{"id":6944,"date":"2017-04-03T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2017-04-03T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:48:11","slug":"therapist-urges-transjordan-to-embrace-sexual-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/therapist-urges-transjordan-to-embrace-sexual-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapist Urges \u2018Trans\u2019Jordan To Embrace Sexual Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amman(Pahichan) April 3 \u2013Suppressing its history of being Trans \u2013 a history that goes back to ancient times \u2013 has wrought emotional instability and a confused sense of self in Jordan.<\/h3>\n

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A counselor working with the Hashemite kingdom that currently declares itself \u201cJordan\u201d has begun encouraging it to stop repressing its original, authentic identity as Transjordan, so that the country can remain secure in the fullness of its gender identity.<\/p>\n

Jordan has refused to identify as Trans since 1949, and since then has remained steadfast in refusing to engage with all aspects of its sexuality, preferring to deny its origins as Transjordan. Therapist Ever HaYardeni began exploring Jordan\u2019s repressed past last year, and this March finally elicited from it a willingness to acknowledge that being Trans was not an alien aspect of Jordan\u2019s identity, and while at present the country prefers to call itself just Jordan, it would be healthier and more constructive in emotional and psychological terms to feel connected to being Transjordan, even if only as part of the continuum of its existence and not a currently manifest part of identity.<\/p>\n

HaYardeni emphasized that the process requires time, patience, and understanding. \u201cCountries in this neighborhood feel tremendous pressure to conform to certain cultural expectations,\u201d he explained. \u201cTrans is not something that has been welcomed in the Middle East, and as the societies of the region confront modernity, those prejudices often assert themselves with extra force. It is no wonder that Jordan, as it currently prefers to call itself, hesitates to express its Trans aspects, or even to acknowledge that being Trans was once a prominent part of its identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suppressing its history of being Trans \u2013 a history that goes back to ancient times \u2013 has wrought emotional instability and a confused sense of self in Jordan, according to the therapist. \u201cThe art of therapy involves establishing a safe space where all feelings are welcomed, and authenticity is invited,\u201d added HaYardeni. \u201cNow that we have reached a milestone of not automatically recoiling from being Trans \u2013 or being Trans once upon a time \u2013 we might be able to move on to integrating Trans into a holistic identity for Jordan, one that embraces and celebrates, rather than rejects, that aspect of self.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other entities in the region have similarly pursued identity issues with HaYardeni, but the one that he would most like to see at his practice is the least likely to feel the need. \u201cIt can be horribly destructive to live a lie, to go through one\u2019s existence as part of an elaborate fiction one tells oneself and the world,\u201d he lamented. \u201cWhat we call the \u2018state\u2019 or \u2018people\u2019 of \u2018Palestine\u2019 is unfortunately a strong example.\u201d<\/p>\n

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