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For many transgender individuals, researchers, and practitioners, an eco-development framework provides unique insights on the social influences that dynamically interact, influence, conflict, and support each other during the individual’s identity development and through their unique transition process. Fourteen transgender individuals were interviewed on how their transition process affects their gender and sexual identity. Guided by content analyses, this study focused on micro, meso, and macro level categories within the eco-developmental model framework that emerged from the data including 1) the micro level influences of embodiment, 2) meso level conflicts between embodiment and romantic partner expectations, and 3) macro level influences of societal gender expectations. This research is unique in exploring transition processes from an eco-developmental model, examining not only the micro level …