Abstract：
Body image concerns are prevalent within transgender communities - many transgender people engage in disordered eating to suppress or accentuate secondary sex characteristics and reduce gender dysphoria. However, this research has mostly been conducted with binary transgender people. Here, we examine how non-binary people experience and relate to their bodies. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted with 13 gender non-binary individuals living in Australia. Photo elicitation techniques were utilised, and the transcribed interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Six themes were identified: Expansive Understandings of Body Image, Body Image can be Linked to Gender Dysphoria, Cultivating a Preferred Body can Lead to Gender Euphoria, Appreciating Diversity in Non-Binary Body Ideals, The Androgynous Body Ideal is not Universally Accepted, and Experiencing the Body as Functional rather than Aesthetic. The present findings highlight the diversity of experiences of body image for non-binary people. The non-binary concept of body image was found to be expansive, stressing various physical attributes involved in social gender recognition and physiological sources of gender dysphoria. Some participants valued gender-affirming medical intervention, others were accepting of their bodies as they are, attributing their body confidence to the process of affirming their non-binary gender.
摘要：
身体形象问题在变性人社区中普遍存在-许多变性人进行无序饮食以抑制或强调第二性征并减少性别烦躁不安。然而,这项研究主要是针对二元变性人进行的。这里,我们研究非二元的人如何体验和与他们的身体联系。对居住在澳大利亚的13名性别非二元个体进行了半结构化一对一访谈。利用照片启发技术，并使用反身性主题分析法对转录的访谈数据进行分析。确定了六个主题：身体形象的扩展理解，身体形象可以与性别恐惧症联系在一起，培养一个首选的身体会导致性别兴奋，欣赏非二元体理想中的多样性，雌雄同体的理想是不被普遍接受的，体验身体的功能而不是审美。本发现强调了非二元人的身体形象体验的多样性。身体形象的非二元概念被发现是扩张性的，强调社会性别识别中涉及的各种身体属性和性别焦虑的生理来源。一些参与者重视性别确认医疗干预，其他人接受他们的身体，将他们的身体信心归因于确认非二元性别的过程。
