The key objectives of the research are to: 1) Explore the ways in which gender recognition brings new meanings to gendered, sexual, intimate and embodied identities. 2) Analyse how gender recognition speaks to issues of gendered and sexual citizenship, and to debates around recognition and assimilation. 3) Examine the extent to which gender recognition characterises continuities and/or changes to the medicalisation of transgender. 4) Consider what recent policy developments around gender recognition say about gender and sexuality, and their intersections, more broadly. The data includes preliminary research materials such as the research timetable, description of methodology, summary of research which was sent out to potential participants. The interview schedule and an example of a participant information sheet are included. Included is an example of the participant consent form. The dataset includes individual interview transcriptions(21) and transcriptions of focus groups(2).The project will qualitatively examine the impact of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA, 2004) on the formation and the experiences of individual and collective transgender identities. The research will examine the significance of gender recognition for those who seek it and those who do not, and will explore how multiple variables impact upon understandings and experiences of gender recognition. This is important as transgender is an arena in which questions of gender, sexual, intimate and embodied identity and citizenship are being debated, contested and reconfigured in contemporary society.

The project utilizes a range of qualitative methods, including semi-structured in-depth interviews, focus group interviews, analysis of virtual (online) materials and policy analysis. Data collection methods therefore includes: (1) Textual Analysis (of UK Gender Recognition Act, 2004), (2) In-depth Semi-structured Interviews x 25, (3) Virtual Analysis (on-line discussion forums and wikis) and (4) 2 Focus Groups. Participants were transgender women, transgender men, and transgender campaigning groups.