Ky Peterson's Dilemmas

When it comes to trans individuals they are discriminated by the law. When it comes to self defense they become the target by the law for defending themselves. In the trans is life and liberation art series, trans individuals are discriminated in the media, they become the perpetrators instead of the victims. These two trans individuals were defending themselves from transphobic individuals who wanted to do harm towards them. The first individual image explanation is named Ky Peterson, he is a young African Americans trans man. He was a victim during a transphobic sexual attack. He was arrested for defending himself from the attack. For defending himself, he was sentence to jail. Unfortunately, he did not have any legal support and was forced …show more content…
In her case she was attacked by a group of transphobic individuals. When trying to escape from the group of men, she accidentally injured one of the attackers. When was later arrested and sentence to a men prison for nearly 4 years. She did not get a tria because she was not able to pay for bail. African American trans individuals are the most discriminated, their identify is not respected. They feel powerless because they cannot do anything to change the aspect of the law. However when it comes to protecting who they are from individuals who discriminate them, they feel like they will be the blame for the assault that happened towards them. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Stated, “Medicalization masks the cultural biases, sexism, transphobia and homophobia that can underlie responses to the birth of an intersex child” (Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, 2016 pg. 18). When it comes to intersex individuals who are born with extra chromosomes, sex hormones, and genitals. Intersex is more common. Many individuals do not know they are intersex. However, when it comes to identify trans individuals we do not want to offend them, so referring them by their current