Transgender Issues: Brief Summary

The article “Family Invites Paxton to Dinner to put a Face on Transgender Issues” discusses the experience the Briggle family faced after inviting the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over for dinner on Thursday, September 1st. The beginning of the article shared how Adam and Amber Briggle were nervous about having dinner with Paxton. This was because Adam and Amber have a transgender son and knew about Paxton’s recent decision to oppose the expansion of civil rights for gay and transgender people. Paxton opposing to expand civil rights for the gay and transgender population resulted in Adam and Amber to become concerned about their son’s safety when he goes to the bathroom at school. Inviting the Paxton family over for dinner was an act of diplomacy by the Briggle family and was a way for them to bond with the Paxton family; showing they are a family that cares deeply about the safe upbringing of their son in the Dallas-Fort community. Also, the dinner was a way in which the Briggle family made a stand for other families with transgender relatives. Although the families were nervous about having dinner with each …show more content…
One perspective implied in the article is the Conflict Perspective. With the Conflict Perspective arguing, according to Johnson and Rhodes (2015), “Problems are defined as social and structural rather than individual, meaning that they can be solved only by social change, not by individual adaptation (p.12),” it is clear the Paxton’s decision to oppose is a problem affecting the Briggle family. Simply because if transgender and gay civil rights are denied, then this could put their son’s safety in jeopardy. The Briggle family understands only social change would provide safety for their son and that adaptation would only create more challenges with their son being