Transgender

exposure of transgender issues, media portrayals of gender dysphoric characters are becoming common. I found a book and TV show that I chose to analyze. These two examples include characters that share almost no similarities except their diagnosis of gender dysphoria. The first is the character Sophia Burset (formally Marcus Burset) on the show Orange is the New Black. The particular episode I evaluated dealt with how Sophia began her transition as an adult; however, a multitude of transgender…

Dr. Antel/Class, A challenge for me is working with any transgender youth. I feel this will be a challenge for me because not many people focus particularly on transgender youth. Most therapist/counselors focus on gay, lesbian, and bisexual population within LGBT, but many don’t differtiant transgender (Bernal & Coolhart, 2012). Just as there is limited information from the counseling perspective, I believe this will be the same for me: not having enough information. An ethical responsibility a…

while the long-lasting battle for the legalization of same-sex marriage was won, the battle for gender identity equality was still at war. There is no federal law that prevents businesses and states from discriminating against gender identity and transgender people. Recently, South Dakota passed a bathroom bill that only allows people to use restrooms and changing areas by the sex that they were born, with North Carolina to follow (Somashekhar). Thankfully, Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed South…

I’ll first like to mention, how thankful I am to go to a liberal art college and to be able to take a gender course. I went in the course thinking that I would have to change my opinions on certain topics just to earn a good grade but it wasn’t like that. In the classroom, I felt safe to have opinions and during the group discussions to voice my thoughts. I enjoyed to hear the different perspectives from my professor and peers, it helped me adjust my ideas. Another thing I appreciated was that…

Before taking SGST 200 class, I had a very narrow view of sexualities and gender’s problems, but I was fine with that for such a long time. Even when I decide to take this class, I wasn’t expecting to change or have a whole new view of problems like racism, sexism, and homophobia. In SGST200, I learned that there is nothing wrong with being different from others, we should be proud of ourselves and be respectful to others. We can’t change the biological diversity; everyone is different since…

The show I Am Jazz is an American television series on TLC about a transgender girl called Jazz Jennings. The series features Jazz and her family as they deal with the typical teen drama through the lens of a transgender youth. From an early age Jazz’s family removed the social boundaries between male and female toys, clothing and behavior making the environment as gender neutral as possible despite the reactions of society. This allowed Jazz to freely choose which gender she wanted to be. As…

group; many people feel like they don 't deserve right at all. Thousands of people think that the LGBT community is such a foreign concept and their default reaction is fear. It is ironic how so many people can feel like the thought of being gay or transgender is so entirely new because it 's been around for hundreds and thousands of years. When I was younger I remember having one cousin who was gay and I was…

Since the founding of our nation, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community have faced various social obstacles. They have jumped over hurdle after hurdle to gain acceptance into our society. But for the past decades, they have fought mercilessly for the rights and acceptance they deserve, and they are now starting to get it. The majority of US citizens are now starting to open their eyes and help end this prejudice. But the battle is not over yet, there is a group of…

I want more data on how transgender people fit or do not fit into the stories the scientific literature currently tells us. I want to be more inclusive of people of different sexual orientations and ethnicities. Any disappointments I had in this course focus on the extent that we covered the male and female dichotomy and disregarded transgender and gender nonconforming people for the most part. Intersectionality, something that affects…

Wendi Andrews Illustrative Essay Mrs. Wilson 10:30 MW (F) First Draft ENGL1113BL1 09 June 2017 It’s My Party and I’ll Pee Where I Want To One of the topics being debated in the news today is the legal establishment of transgender bathrooms. Should Americans be allowed to use the bathroom where they feel most comfortable? Is the sex or gender listed on a person’s birth certificate a life sentence or do we live in a more fluid and accepting society that is capable of seeing past genitalia to…