title: Gender transitions in later life: the significance of time in queer aging.
abstract: Concepts of time are ubiquitous in studies of aging. This article integrates an existential perspective on time with a notion of queer time based on the experiences of older transgender persons who contemplate or pursue a gender transition in later life. Interviews were conducted with male-to-female identified persons aged 50 years or older (N = 22), along with participant observation at three national transgender conferences (N = 170 hr). Interpretive analyses suggest that an awareness of "time left to live" and a feeling of "time served" play a significant role in later life development and help expand gerontological perspectives on time and queer aging.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Service Administration , University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Vanessa D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Fabbre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: GLBT issues; GLBT populations; gender; qualitative