Transgender

Explain the characteristics of gay and lesbian intimate partner abuse. Then thoroughly discuss explanations for the failure/reluctance of gay/lesbian victims to report domestic violence victimization to police. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious yet often ignored issue facing LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities. Until recently most studies of partner violence have been almost exclusively of heterosexual partners, with only limited information about prevalence/incidence of partner…

Deconstructing the gender binary and gender roles and expectations, serves as an initial pedagogical tool in the discussion of trans identities in the classroom. Since trans identities are as much a part of the field of gender and sexuality studies as conventional cisnormative and heteronormative identities, they cannot be studied in isolation, but must rather be viewed in terms of intersectionality. Mary Armstrong, in her essay, “Towards a Queer Pedagogy of Conflicted Practice,” identifies a…

Social construction of gender is a popular topic in today 's society. The Feminist Agenda states, “A social construction is something that doesn 't exist independently in the "natural" world, but is instead an invention of society” (1). In other words, social construction of gender is formed by the ways in which we view and value gender roles. According to society, females are supposed to be interested in makeup, fashion, and colors, such as pink; however, men are expected to be into the gym,…

you are. (Enigma 35-6) Activists say that there should not be gaybashing; instead, people should use genderbashing, which shows the difference between gender and sexuality (Namaste 423). On top of that, aggression has affected transsexual and transgender public spaces which are the areas full of sexual minorities. Gay male public spaces has gay bars and businesses; whereas, transsexual public spaces has transsexual and transvestite sex workers (Namaste 423). According to Pat Califa about…

mean they should be punished or disgraced, they should rather be set as an example for others to tell them that it is ok to be different and that you are who you are and no one should influence change that you are opposed to. Jenna Talackova is a transgender individual who was chosen to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, but was disqualified because she was not a natural born female. Even though she is legally recognized as a female to the public, pageant owner Donald Trump still…

spotlight after it was discovered she was a white woman passing as a black woman. Lance Bass, former N’Sync boy band heart throb, spent years in the closet passing as a straight man to not to jeopardize the marketability of the band to young women. For transgender individuals, the notion of passing is much more complicated. The term passing is “loaded, tainted with the implication that trans women aren't really women, and trans men aren't really men, but are merely trying to pass off as such and…

as high schools and colleges there has been uprising debates on the accepting of transgenders, (or persons transitioning but already identifying themselves as the opposite sex of which they were born) privileges to use the restroom of their choice. Although transgenders are protected under “Title IX” meaning that “any school that receives funding from the federal government must treat those who identify as “transgender” by simply being respectful of their gender identity”. This contradicts the…

experiences’ and the identification of social problems and patterns. Jessica Lynn, founder and president of Your True Gender, provided our class with a presentation that concentrated on not only her personal experiences as a transgender but also the issues that the transgender community faces. My knowledge of these topics was limited due to my lack of experience and exposure to this community. Because of Jessica’s presentation I now understand that each and every trans- person is different and…

would have accumulated for a long time, which makes sense to me. The comic strip “Transcension” accurately depicts the hardships transgenders face is common public environments. And, it makes me upset to read this comic because I know that people get stereotyped every single day. I did like how the character in the comic said that trans means beyond. To me, transgenders are not “crossing” the “invisible line of gender”, but are going beyond what society has tried to make a clear-cut division…

Bisexual and Transgender”. The initialism is meant to highlight the diversity of sexuality and gender identity-focused cultures. The “LGB” or lesbian, gay, and bisexual of LGBT refers to the sexual orientation element of the community. There are three components to sexual orientation: behavior, identity and desire (Ard & Makadon, 2012). The “LGB” or lesbian, gay, and bisexual refers to the sexual orientation element of the community. There are three components to sexual orientation:…