MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION
1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuong
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: November 19, 1985
4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Student recognition decision No. 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic name:Transgender people's awareness and attitudes towards transgender rights in Vietnam
8. Major: Sociology Code: 60.31.03.01
9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, Faculty of Sociology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
10. Summary of thesis results:
In addition to the introduction, references, appendix, the thesis is divided into 4 chapters and some conclusions and recommendations.
Chapter 1: In general, the content of Chapter 1 aims to help readers understand the concepts related to Transgender people, transgender rights and the theoretical basis of the research topic. For example, in terms of concepts, the thesis focuses on stating and analyzing the concepts of: Perception, attitude, Transgender people, Gender, Gender, Gender identity, Transgender rights, etc.
Similarly, in terms of research theoretical basis, the thesis uses Gender Role Socialization Theory, Symbolic Interaction Theory of H. Mead and Blumer and Rational Choice Theory to explain the choices of publicizing gender identity, living true to oneself as well as the desire for surgery and the needs related to legal protection of transgender people.
Chapter 2 of the thesis helps readers have an overview of the transgender community in Vietnam as well as focuses on describing the object of the study. In addition, this chapter also highlights the difficulties and challenges in life regarding studying, working, love, revealing one's gender identity to those around them, and the legal gaps that transgender people are facing.
Chapter 3 of the thesis clarifies the perceptions of transgender people about the right to change their name, have sex reassignment surgery, reassign gender, recognize marriage, and the personal and property rights of transgender people in Vietnam today as well as the differences in transgender rights when the revised Civil Code is implemented on January 1, 2017.
Chapter 4 of the thesis focuses on clarifying the attitudes and feelings of transgender people about the changes in their lives when the rights of transgender people were recognized by law in Vietnam on January 1, 2017. In general, most transgender people participating in the study expressed their agreement when the Law on Protection of Rights for Transgender People was passed. However, the level of influence of the recognition of transgender rights in Vietnam on transgender groups is also different: For the female transgender group, the most concerned issue is the issue of gender reassignment surgery in Vietnam being recognized, while the male transgender group places their most concern on changing their name and gender on their identity documents as well as recognizing same-sex marriage. The study also shows that there are groups of transgender people who only need to use hormones or have partial gender reassignment surgery but do not want to have genital surgery. This group of people are extremely concerned and clearly express their desire to change their gender on paper even though they have not yet undergone complete surgery.
Based on the content of the chapters, the thesis also presents some conclusions and recommendations in continuing to realize the Laws related to the rights of Transgender people in Vietnam.
11. Practical application:
The research results of the topic can be used as reference material for individuals and organizations interested in researching transgender people in general and the LGBT group in particular. With the results achieved, the research hopes to contribute to improving the understanding and sharing of the community with this vulnerable group and contribute to the common voice to bring legal regulations on transgender rights in Vietnam into reality soon.
12. Further research directions:
13. Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuong2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: 19/11/19854. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number: 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH issued on December 31, 2014 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.
6. Changes in academic process:None
7. Official thesis title: Awareness and attitudes of transgender people toward transgender rights in Vietnam
8. Major: Sociology Code: 60.31.03.01
9. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa – University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
Beside the introduction, reference, appendix, the thesis is divided into 4 chapters and some conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 1: General view, the aim of Chapter 1 is to provide readers further understanding of definitions related to Transgender People, their rights and theoretical basis of the research topic. For example, in the aspect of definition, the thesis focuses on listing and analyzing definitions on: Awareness, attitude, Transgender People, Gender, Gender Identity, Transgender People Rights, etc.
Similarly, on theoretical basis of the research, this thesis is based on Theory of socialized gender importance, Theory of symbolic interaction by H.Mead and Blumer and Theory of Rational Choice to explain the transgender people's choice to publicize their gender identity and live truly with what they have inside as well as their desire for gender reassignment surgery and demands related to legal protection for transgender people.
Chapter 2 of the thesis helps readers to have a general view of transgender community in Vietnam as well as focus on the description of the research object. Besides, this chapter also highlights difficulties and challenges in the life of transgender people, on their study, career, love, the publicity of their gender identity and legal gaps they are facing.
Chapter 3 of the thesis clarifies awareness of Transgender people on their rights to change their full names, take part in gender reassignment surgery; rights for gender re-determination, marriage regconition, current personal and property rights of Transgender people in Vietnam as well as differences in transgender rights when the updated Civil Law is implemented on the next January 1st2017.
Chapter 4 of the thesis focuses on clarifying the attitudes and feelings of the Transgender People towards changes in their lifes after the legal regconition of their rights in Vietnam since January 1st2017. In general, most of the transgender people participated in the survey expressed agreeing attitude toward adoption of the Right protection law for transgender people. However, the impact extents of the transgender right regconition in Vietnam toward different transgender groups are not the same. Female transgender group prefers mostly regconition of gender reassignment surgery in Vietnam, meanwhile, male transgender ones express their most concern on changing their full names and gender on personal identity documents as well as regconition of marriage between transgender people. The study has also shown that there are groups of transgender people only demanding for using hormones or partial gender reassignment surgery without desire for genital surgery. This group of objects is extremely in a divided mind and has great desire for gender change in documents even when complete surgery has not been carried out.
On the basis of the chapters' contents, the thesis also raises a number of conclusions and recommendations for the continuing realization of Laws related to the rights for transgender people in Vietnam.
11. Practical applicability:
The findings of the study can be used as a reference for individuals and organizations interested in learning about transgender people in general and transgender groups in particular. With these results, the study hopes to contribute to the improvement of the understanding and sharing from the community to this vulnerable groups of people and the general voicing effort to put the law on transgender rights in Vietnam soon come into reality.
12. Further research directions, if any:
13. Thesis-related publications:
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