Abstract

YSLADO MENDEZ, Rosario Margarita; DE LA CRUZ-VALDIVIANO, Carlos Bacilio  and  SANCHEZ-BRONCANO, Junior Duberli. Affective manifestations and gender identity in peruvian transsexuals. Revista InveCom [online]. 2025, vol.5, n.2, e502102.  Epub Apr 04, 2025. ISSN 2739-0063.  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13978405.

Transsexuals in Peru are affected by stigma, discrimination and social violence. It is necessary that the right to gender identity be recognized, to reduce the internal and external stigma that affects mental health. The objective of this article is to describe and interpret the indicators and symbolisms of the affective manifestations and gender identity of 16 transsexuals, who were evaluated with two projective tests. The documentary review technique and content analysis were used for the interpretation of the data. Among the answers are a variety of contents such as "skeleton", "wolf", "monkey", "iguana" that reflect unpleasant and very peculiar affective experiences (Rorschach test). Likewise, they all identify with the gender role that does not coincide with the sex assigned at birth (person in the rain test). These responses indicate anxiety and insecurity in the face of frustrating situations, shyness and lack of self-confidence, associated with aggressive tendencies in the face of failures and unresolved internal role conflicts, as well as difficulties in their social interaction, due to rejection of body image and trans gender identity.

Keywords : affective manifestations; gender identity; transsexualism.

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