Abstract:
This research investigates appearence composition in the trans population. In our community, the body appears unconforming to the cisgender society and its binary norms that dictate gender appearence in accordance to "passing" exigencies, which dictates social legitimacy status based on cisgender appearence immitation. Through "passing", many trans persons believe to be less exposed to rights deprivation and transphobic violence. On the other hand, in regards to appearence the need do affirm identity through a distinct way - not immitative of cisgenderity - expresses itself through "style", a fashion concept capable of synthetizing immitation and distinction dynamics characteristic of such phenomena. "Style" as in a repeating structural shape points at permanency over time, while simultaneously conceptualizing existence through reverberation of its appearence.
