Sex/Gender knowledge in transition? The individual meaning of sex/gender and ‘doing gender’ in the context of the introduction of a legal third sex/gender option (S04)

• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research ; Sociological Theory
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 515637292

The project will conduct qualitative interviews and analyse whether and how the introduction of the third sex/gender option affects the interviewees’ understanding of sex and gender, whether and under what circumstances they consider choosing the “third option” or not, and whether changes occur in relation to their knowledge of sex and their processes of doing sex/gender occur in the context of the legal and social changes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1665: Sexdiversity - Determinants, meanings and implications of sex diversity in sociocultural, medical and biological landscapes
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Lübeck
• Project Head: Dr. Martina Jürgensen