Transphobia

Their children aren’t getting educated early enough on LGBTQ, and when they finally do some have very harsh views on those members. Having students introduced to HTP bullying and its effects earlier in life would help diminish the homophobia and transphobia that is happening today. Being introduced to LGBTQ earlier in life has many benefits. The children will understand what it means to be queer, there is a less chance that someone is to become an HTP bully if they were introduced at a younger…

Quebec has just passed a bill which aims to allow transgender minors to change their original name and gender on their birth certificates. On Friday, Quebec approved a bill to change the Civil Code and help transgender teens officially change their name and gender. The province’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms will also be reformed to prohibit all forms of discrimination based on gender identity, The Huffington Post details. The approval of the transgender bill in Quebec is similar to the…

This activity is a modified version of the University of Southern California “Trans situation Exercise”. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LGBT RESOURCE CENTER Trans Situation Exercise (25 min.) Directions: Participants must imagine a giant opinion scale with one end labeled very safe, the middle unsure, and the other end very unsafe. The zones will be indicated with numbers and then given letter grades. Ask participants to imagine how “safe” they think it is for typical transgendered…

genders; male and female and there are specific behaviours, presentations, interactions, and characteristics associated with each gender, where masculinity characteristics are valued over femininity characteristics. Thus, bigenderism creates sexism, transphobia, and homophobia in society. To overcome these problems, Gilbert argues that society should operate on a non-genderism model which is the view that there is no binary distinction between genders and no societal evaluation that makes…

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…

The World Transgender individuals face and the factors that lead to mental and physical health issues Transgender individuals are those individuals that feel trapped in the wrong body; in other words they feel that they have being born with the wrong physical sex. With this out of the ordinary social expectations in today’s society, Transgender individuals are struggling with many issues that greatly impact them as a human beings. These problems can affect transgender or gender nonconforming…

“I think we won't be able to understand the operations of transphobia, homophobia, if we don't understand how certain kinds of links are forged between gender and sexuality in the minds of those who want masculinity to be absolutely separate from femininity and heterosexuality to be absolutely separate from homosexuality”( Judith Butler). Judith Butler, an American Philosopher and Gender Theorist, explains that in society most people believe it is problematic if one displays both stereotypical…

Is there a form of oppression and hate that heavily impacts straight people’s lives? In this essay, I will dispute how heterophobia isn’t a real issue that actively damages the straight community. Does heterophobia exist? Well, what does heterophobia mean? “Heterophobia” Is a term that the straight community has formulated to describe the prejudice and oppression the LGBT community enforces on them. Their idea of heterophobia is when their gay acquaintances display uneasiness or dislike…

body, her mother calls her an abomination. She is grounded and sent to a therapist who tells her that what she is experiencing is merely a phase and that they can “fix” the problem through masculinity training. This “therapy” is another form of transphobia that is common in real life. Real world examples such as Leelah Alcorn show the dangers of “conversion therapy”, and the fact that the book chose to highlight the negative effects of this type of treatment is significant. It adds a layer of…

The disunion of a people in public places isn’t new, as a matter a fact it’s over two hundred years old, and has always been justified as a solution to separating ‘superiors’ white cisgender men from the people deemed ‘inferior’ by them. In the Jim Crow era, African Americans had to use separate water fountains, lunch counters, and bathrooms than whites in Southern states. The reason for this was, according to journalist Katy Steinmetz, because many white southerners believed that African…