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Speech-language Therapy and Gender: Exploring Migrant Voices in Gender-nonconforming People

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2025: Perspectivas críticas, experiencias, afectos y comunicación de personas género-disidentes
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4692.2025.80015
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Abstract

The voice in travesti, trans, and non-binary (TTNB) people reflects a migratory identity process, wherein the body becomes a symbolic, political, and expressive territory. This perspective calls for a comprehensive and situated speech-language therapy approach, grounded in a gender-based perspective that acknowledges the centrality of voice in the construction of identity and the exercise of the right to communication. This study aimed to analyze the "migrant voice" as a situated vocal-communicative practice (SVCP) among TTNB people, in relation to their life course and experiences with speech-language therapy interventions. A qualitative approach with a narrative perspective was adopted, using life stories as an entry point to explore the meanings that gender-nonconforming persons attribute to their vocal experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 TTNB individuals residing in Córdoba, Argentina. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis guided by narrative strategies. Narrative coding was carried out using Atlas.ti software (v. 24.0.6.0), which allowed for identifying emergent categories. The findings revealed that physical migration does not always entail vocal migration, highlighting the uniqueness of each identity process. Life trajectories are key to understanding vocal migration as imperative, conditioned, or optional in response to pre-existing models. Comprehensive speech-language therapy interventions have been shown to foster well-being and autonomy by adjusting the voice as an expressive and communicative medium aligned with individual needs. Conversely, a focus on vocal technique that is disconnected from its social context can lead to discomfort and dependence. Speech-language therapy approaches that recognize diverse identity trajectories through inclusive and contextualized strategies are essential to ensuring the right to communication, thus reducing healthcare inequities for gender-nonconforming people.

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Voz , Pessoas Transexuais , Pessoas Não Binárias , Imagem Corporal , Comunicação por Fala
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Méndez, A. L., & Serra, S. V. (2025). Speech-language Therapy and Gender: Exploring Migrant Voices in Gender-nonconforming People. Revista Chilena De Fonoaudiología, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4692.2025.80015
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