title: Autoethnography: Exploring Gender Diversity.
abstract: Academic discourse proscribes a particular way of writing that may leave the reader informed but uninspired. There are three intentions for this paper: to create a counter-discourse for academic writing, to illustrate autoethnograpy as a compelling approach to nursing inquiry, and to demonstrate how autoethnography is well suited to research the experience of people who identify as transgender or transsexual. The setting is a doctoral nursing seminar where the student is introducing autoethnography to fellow students. All characters are fictionalized compositions. The writing is in the style of creative non-fiction and illustrates the use of evocative prose and poetry.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merryfeather
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruce
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D063545:Personal Narratives as Topic; D063106:Transgender Persons; D014956:Writing
keywords: Autoethnography; creative non-fiction; nursing; transgender; transsexual