- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Implications of Obergefell for Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, and Parental Rights
- Part I Same-Sex Couples and Relationship Well-Being, Dissolution, and Divorce
- 2 Demographic Approaches to Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 3 What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Endure?
- 4 Stress in the Lives of Same-Sex Couples
- 5 Same-Sex Binational Families
- 6 What We Know (And Don’t Know) About the Bereavement Experiences of Same-Sex Spouses
- 7 Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex Couples
- Part II Same-Sex Couples with Children
- 8 Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 9 Social Science Research on Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Where One Parent Comes Out as LGB
- 10 Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 11 Family, Loss, and Change
- 12 A Lesbian Parent’s Perspective on LGBTQ Families of Choice
- 13 Tying Tight or Splitting Up
- 14 From Conflict to Co-Parenting
- Part III Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals
- 15 Trans Partnership and Marriage
- 16 Legal Issues in Divorce for Transgender Individuals
- 17 Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe
- 18 A Daughter of a Transgender Parent’s Perspective on Relationship Dissolution
- Part IV Perspectives on Gender, Heteronormativity, Monogamy, and Marriage
- 19 The Role of Gender and Gender Dynamics in Same-Sex Divorce and Dissolution
- 20 Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces
- 21 Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence
- 22 Dissolution of Polyamorous Relationships, Multiple Parent Families, and Other Complex Arrangements
- Conclusion
- Index
(p. 327) Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe: Reflections on Transitioning and Divorce
- Chapter:
- (p. 327) Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe: Reflections on Transitioning and Divorce
- Author(s):
Denise Brogan-Kator
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med-psych/9780190635176.003.0018
In this essay, the author reflects on her life and the impact that transitioning from male to female had on her marriage, her children, and her life. The piece examines the coming out process; the discovery by her wife (i.e., after an episode of cross-dressing); telling their children; the couple’s attempts to keep their marriage intact despite intrapersonal, interpersonal, and financial strain; and, ultimately, the process of first separation and then divorce. In addition to exploring the experience of transitioning, and the role of this transition in the author’s separation and divorce, the chapter also addresses how employment and financial stresses—incurred in large part because of trans-related discrimination—exacerbated existing intrapersonal, interpersonal, and familial stresses.
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- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Implications of Obergefell for Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, and Parental Rights
- Part I Same-Sex Couples and Relationship Well-Being, Dissolution, and Divorce
- 2 Demographic Approaches to Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 3 What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Endure?
- 4 Stress in the Lives of Same-Sex Couples
- 5 Same-Sex Binational Families
- 6 What We Know (And Don’t Know) About the Bereavement Experiences of Same-Sex Spouses
- 7 Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex Couples
- Part II Same-Sex Couples with Children
- 8 Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 9 Social Science Research on Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Where One Parent Comes Out as LGB
- 10 Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- 11 Family, Loss, and Change
- 12 A Lesbian Parent’s Perspective on LGBTQ Families of Choice
- 13 Tying Tight or Splitting Up
- 14 From Conflict to Co-Parenting
- Part III Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals
- 15 Trans Partnership and Marriage
- 16 Legal Issues in Divorce for Transgender Individuals
- 17 Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe
- 18 A Daughter of a Transgender Parent’s Perspective on Relationship Dissolution
- Part IV Perspectives on Gender, Heteronormativity, Monogamy, and Marriage
- 19 The Role of Gender and Gender Dynamics in Same-Sex Divorce and Dissolution
- 20 Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces
- 21 Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence
- 22 Dissolution of Polyamorous Relationships, Multiple Parent Families, and Other Complex Arrangements
- Conclusion
- Index