Transphobia

Racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, it went on and on. This couldn't be my America. From 2012 to 2015, my family and I lived in India, and I would often be made fun of for being a 'dumb American.' I never let it bother me because my home was 'the land of the free and…

According to the “50 Female Privileges” video on YouTube, “A woman has the legal power to rape a man or underaged boy and sue him for child support.” This means that the man would be doing something against his will and then getting punished for it. Men’s rights is a very important subject, and yet it’s rarely ever talked about. There are many rights in America, which is supposed to be a country for equality, that are either against men or favor women. One example of this is cancer funding.…

In Cindy Boren’s article titled “When football players join in to mock transgender people, Kansas high school students protest with a sit-in,” Cindy reports on Kansas students who protested transgender slurs used in an app known as GroupMe. “More than one hundred students… cuts classes and held a sit-in” protesting transgender slurs and “football player… who could play”, after being part of such conversation. The sit-in was led by the Total Equality Alliance, when students, like sophomore Elliot…

Why Donald Trump becoming Prime Minister of New Zealand will make New Zealand Great. DISCLAIMER: This is satire, not real, a joke. Whilst the National Party has upheld the prosperity and status of New Zealand, they have not managed to make New Zealand the country is once was. All countries aim to be the best they can be, if not the best in the world. The only way New Zealand can achieve greatness is if Donald Trump becomes the new Prime Minister. Not only is Donald Trump a lobbyist for the…

1. Tomi is the client. The problem is Tomi is struggling with being able to be comfortable being transgendered and being accepted by his family and friends. This is a micro level problem 2. Tomi is a male who feels that he was born to be a woman. He is struggling because he grew up in a strict catholic family. Being the only male and child in his immediate family he has to be the next generation to lead the family. His friends believe he is wrong. Due to Tomi’s struggle within himself he is…

Purple Day is an awareness day created in Australia in 2010, with the main purpose of creates a positive and safe environment for all LQBTQ+ students, and to stop transphobia and homophobia at schools. This awareness day has expanded over the years, and during 201* it reached the attention of a small group of students at John Fraser Secondary School. This group known as Positive Space has the mission to provide a safe environment for all students regardless of their sexuality, background, age,…

In the early 18th century Australia was colonised by the European settlers. At that time land was claimed ‘terra nullius’, an empty land without an owner, however, the fact was Indigenous people were living here for thousands of years (Prentis, 2011). According to Forsyth (2007) European settlement came with laws and policies that aimed at isolating and regulating the Aboriginal people in Australia (). Racism means separating the people based on their biological appearance mostly based on skin…

reality of a white guy having long prideful lesbian past can be bit disorienting. Rather than give a long winded explanation I want this cultural confusion of anger, or hatred In the face of today’s communities when the rules shaped by misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, also including w hite supremacy , capitalism, and ableism…

circle is classified as queer. Sykes demonstrates the extreme flaws within this system and the tragic consequences that result from such a system. Examples of these tragic consequences of the normalized and queer body coexisting are fears such as transphobia, homophobia and fatphobia (Sykes, 2011). These phobias then result in discriminating attitudes and biases of queer bodies, and thus create a discriminatory environment for queer bodies in physical education. We ultimately set up these…

It was seventh grade when I officially recognized what it was that made me feel so disconnected from the rest of my peers. This was during the time most kids were growing into their bodies and finding discomfort in how they viewed themselves. I fell into that category in a way many people can’t say they relate. The hatred I felt for my body sprung from something a bit different than the typical middle school bodily insecurities. I grew in the opposite direction from which I knew my gender was.…