Transgender

With the multiple readings this week, let me commence with Is This the Right Elementary School for My Gender Nonconforming Child? Not only did I anticipate the content when I saw my Professor’s name on the article, but the appealing language was hard to overlook. I appreciated the disclosure of Martin’s case, a four and a half year old, with a nonconforming gender identity and was transitioning from preschool to the neighborhood school, Cynwyd Elementary, with his second grade sister, Veronica.…

Winfrey's show expressed "I didn't think I would turn out period" she clarified that her greatest feelings of dread surfaced when she quieted her psyche. Ellen feared judgment by society and anxious of being dealt with diversely since she is a transgender who likewise loved ladies. Sex abuse doesn't permit you to be who you need to be generally because of dread … Fear of individuals who practice their energy and ceasing on you for being…

risk for HIV infection, or physical abuse. Because of the homophobia they face, they are four times more likely than other youth to commit suicide (Cochran 775). American homeless youth/adults that identify as being LBGT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) are constantly facing discrimination proving their experiences to be less ideal compared to their heterosexual counterparts, through rejection, harassment, and being forced to conform. “Where did we go wrong? How can you choose to live this…

information has helped me to better understand myself and to empathize with my clients more effectively. By addressing the current social issues involving the Transgender community and their use of public bathrooms of their choice, one can see the effects that the lack of power or the systemic oppression has on an individual’s and/or the transgender community’s feelings and behaviors. Accordingly, two movies from The Global Peace Film Festival; The If Project, and The Pearl of Africa will be…

a woman.”, and “You’re really a man.” using the tools Bettcher provides in Trans Identities and First-Person Authority. Bettcher explains what the first person authority is and how it is useful for the transgender community while mainstream uses of gender and sex negatively affecting the transgender community. First person authority is things that happen internal to a person, such as their thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and desires. These are things others cannot object, and you do not have to…

In the twenty-first century, society has become more open-minded and tolerant to change and to ideas that are new or different from their own. For example, the controversy over whether same-sex marriage should become legal has been resolved and legalized in most of the U.S and will soon become licensed and recognized in other countries. Unfortunately, not everyone can accept this change, some still fight again the legalization of gay marriage. The relationship between the different types of…

Symbolic interactionism functions with three main ideas, the first being: “Humans act towards things on the basis of the meanings that these things have for them” (Blumer, 1969, p.2). People will react to different types of things based on their own experiences with them. It is completely objective, depending on the person’s own personal feelings. Everyone’s meaning attached to a symbol can be different. The example of different symbol meanings that Blumer provides the reader with is a tree.…

Charlotte passed an ordinance that allowed people who identify as transgender to use the restroom they associate with. In response to this, HB2 was passed March 23rd at a “late-night session” (Peralta). This secretive response to an ordinance meant to promote equality raised many questions, such as how those who identify as transgender can safely use the restroom. As stated by the Unitarian Universalist Association, “Some transgender people desire gender neutral bathroom space; some identify as…

Boys Kissing” by David Levithan. Throughout the novel Levithan describes the day to day lives of seven different teenage boys and the struggles they face because they identify as gay. I will be examining the concepts of constructing gender, being transgender, and the correlation of compulsory heterosexuality and discrimination against LGBT people. Gender is constructed at a very young age. An individual’s gender construction begins the second they come into this world. For example, when babies…

less. Both men and women looked down the birth terminating drug, yet the ignorance was soon overlooked because women needed more freedom and equality for their own decisions. The final example of ignorance is transgender humans being bullied and not getting any attention. Being openly transgender is still pretty new to the world and is not socially…