Transphobia

I am a lover and frequent user of elaborate metaphors so here is one: We all walk around wearing a theoretical pair of glasses with lenses that skew the way we perceive the world around us. These lenses have specifically crafted prescriptions based on external, conspicuous sources in our lives. These sources are influential in the way that we form outright opinions, as well as the way we form unconscious biases. Because of this information, it might be easy to justify why we cannot always see…

men defining themselves against women. This is because of the sexist idea that men are inferior to women, and to have feminine traits or characteristics makes you like a woman and thus, inferior to other men. This plays along with homophobia and transphobia, as men who are gay or trans face prejudice and discrimination because they are ‘too much like women’. These stereotypes also create a ‘script’ for men to follow for example, the script that men always want sex. This problematic script…

involves an actual or perceived power imbalance. In other words, bullying is picking on someone because the bully thinks are better than their victim; this can (and usually is) based upon prejudiced ideologies such as racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia or even beauty and fashion. The bully’s actions may include actions such as threats, rumours, exclusion, and even attacks. Overall, these engagements can be defined into three types: verbal, social and physical. Verbal bullying is saying…

possible for people within the LGBT community to feel accepted and comfortable when seeking out services for health care, thus showing the influence of psychology in terms of going against the societal ideations of heteronormativity, heterosexism, and transphobia, as well as becoming more inclusive to all people throughout the population. According…

Question 4 The issue of police brutality is sickeningly present in America and highly controversial. Instead of being flooded with feelings of relief and safety upon seeing a member of the police force, people of color feel anxiety and fear. Will this police officer harass or question me with no valid reason? Will they attempt to search my body or violate me? Will they even try to kill me? Black individuals are the most prone to acts of unnecessary police violence. In chapter 5, they discuss…

the rights of these individuals. It has gained critical attention through the media, mainly through actors who have publicly identified within the spectrum. Tolerance has been a goal for the transgender community, but it has yet to be achieved. Transphobia has existed for decades, and early discrimination occurred in the 1800s. Initially, transgender individuals were referred to as transsexuls as a result of cross-dressers. It was not until 1966 that the term transgender entered popular…

I have been an “honors” student since the fifth grade. After graduating high school, I had no intention of purposefully participating in anymore advanced or gifted or honors classes, anything more rigorous than normal was ultimately not on my radar. After all, these are the type of classes I had known my entire school career. Nonetheless, I was slightly disappointed when I found out that students were invited to join the honors college on immediate acceptance to Georgia State and I had not been…

of color; 88 percent self-identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning" (1). This speaks to how vital intersectionality is when discussing any social justice topic from youth homelessness and housing inequality to sexism and transphobia. The marginalization and stigmatization often begins inside the home, and continues when they are pushed out of their homes and onto the street. This stigmatization takes a myriad of forms, from urban policing to gentrification and the…

In this journal, I will be discussing Margaret F. Gibson’s article “Queer Mothering.” The article reflects on queer mothers in reference to women who have queer sexual identities and/or are in relationships with other women, and who parent children. In this journal, I will be looking at the question of normalcy and “homonormativity” in terms of the depoliticization, commercialization, and co-optation of queerness and LGBTQ activism, using the pride parade as an example. Gibson notes that…

The topic of religion can be a sticky one. Religion for most people sets their base beliefs and affects at least some of the standards that they live their life by. Challenging these sacred values can be dangerous because it arguably stands against someone 's core virtues they live by and cater to. Although these waters a treacherous, it’s imperative to question anything and everything about a religious system. Why would we not ask questions about something that so many blindly follow? Personal…