Transgender

Why are intersex bathrooms important? Would cisgender men and women be at higher risk for sexual harassment? Are gender-separated bathroom sexist? To answer the first, gender-neutral bathrooms are essential to the safety and privacy of individuals. Secondly, maybe. The likelihood that cisgender people would experience for sexual assault or harassment is slim, as most crimes are committed against trans* and nonconforming people, as opposed to by them. Thirdly, yes. Gender-separation has been…

So I went home and looked it up and “according to Merriam-Webster defines sex… and The University of Minnesota’s Transgender Commission defines... gender identity and expression as the following: Sex: either if the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male especially on the basis of their reproductive…

the Mid-Twentieth-Century Press published by Feminist Studies 37 covers the role that race, class, as well as heteronormative behavior play in the public perception of trans individuals. In her work, Skidmore utilizes many different stories of transgender females including one of the most iconic figures of transexuality in America, Christine Jorgensen. Throughout the passage she references Jorgensen as the model of a “good transexual” and how her acceptance for the most part had to do with her…

supportive behaviors can reduce a homosexual child’s risk for health, mental health problems in adulthood, and increase their well-being. In Ryan’s (2010) study she found that young adults whose parents and foster parents supported their gay or transgender identity had better overall health, and mental health. They had higher self-esteem and were much less likely to be depressed, to use illegal drugs, or to think about or try to kill themselves. Individuals who are accepted by their family live…

people who are going through the same situation feel better about coming out of hiding and know that it is ok. Transgender people feel different from the time that they were young kids. Most of them start sensing it around them hitting puberty. They become aware that they feel uncomfortable in their bodies, they may feel confused and emotionally conflicted. Most transgender people decide to physically change their bodies by going through surgery or taking hormones to match the…

tv shows sometimes, but more often than not they don’t, and when they do they tend do not do it right. In 2014 only 17.5% of major studio releases included LGBT characters, 65% of those characters were gay men, 30% bisexual, 10% lesbian, and 0% transgender, 28 total characters, and 60% of them were white and 68% of them were male. Only 11 out of 20 of the inclusive movies had characters that passed the Vito Russo test, to pass this test the film only needs three things, and identifiable lgbt…

preference for emotional-sexual relationships with persons of the same sex, persons of the opposite sex, or persons of either sex. This problem first originated in 1924 and the people who were affected by it are the LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Sexual Orientation has always been present but has recently been made a bigger deal since June 26, 2015, the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 US states.…

the festivities because I found a perspective of the event that it seem more harmful than lighthearted. As a junior, I was able to see how such a rally perpetuated sexism and failed to provide adequate representation for gender nonconforming or transgender students. Over two years, I saw that both males and females were generally portrayed unfairly by the opposite sex. Each group would play into detrimental stereotypes in order to gain the most laughs from their peers. I personally found such…

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daily basis. Similarly, a whopping eighty-four percent have reported being called names, teased, or worse, threatened because of their sexual orientation. Thirty-nine percent of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, along with fifty-five percent of transgender students, reported having been commonly pushed around in public places, such as hallways, trans youth being about one-third more likely to suffer the bulk of physical harassment on account of their expression than gay, bisexual, and lesbian…