Transphobia

In picking my topic for my research paper, I was at a cross road in deciding which topic I should focus on. I wanted to pick a topic I knew I would be comfortable with but at the same time give me a challenge as well. At first I went with Counseling Disabilities because that was one of the areas I wanted to focus on as far as a potential career choice. Just when I was about to go into the social lounge to present my topic, I notice a note to all the other students that it was probably best that…

Your suffering is my suffering. Your happiness is my happiness. I would always regard your emotions, your needs, and your vulnerabilities as I regard my own. I am unskillful, and I apologize If I cause you suffering. Love is devoid of suffering; our unskillfulness and egoist practices is what causes another to suffer. I would never want for you to feel abandon. I am present and mindful of you. You mean everything to me. My suffering. Unskillfulness. Shortcomings. The abusive behavior and…

In the past, there were peculiar differences between men and women, between their roles in society and their models of behavior. For centuries the power and rights of women and feminist has always been lessened compared to a typical male of any color. Women faced many obstacles down the road, such as oppression, segregation, racism and gender. The term intersectional analysis is use by many feminist and civil rights activist, but Kimberle Crenshaw is an American feminist legal scholar and civil…

“Go ask Daddy if he thinks you look pretty!” my mom would tell me daily, my scalp throbbing from a tight french braid, every piece of my hair perfectly set. I grew up in a house that expected nothing other than pretty. As long as my long blond hair was still in place, and my dress was free of stains, the price of living on this planet as a “girl” was being paid. I also grew up in that same house having to feel ashamed of that femininity. I was trapped- longing nothing more than to be able to…

heterosexuals within GSAs heightens awareness of LGBTQ issues (Klotz, 2014). Moreover, in GSAs, students challenge the societal norm of heterosexism, which alienates the LGBTQ community, and GSAs educate others on the negative effects of homophobia and transphobia suffered by the LGBTQ community (Kassen & LaPointe,…

future. I woke up feeling a fear I had never felt before. November 9th was the day America threw its black, Mexican, female, trans*, LGBT+, Asian, and disabled people under the bus. It was the day America voted & chose racism, hatred, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, xenophobia, and intolerance. If you don’t agree with what was voted for, but your support still went to Trump, you consciously and silently disregarded all of this, therefore supporting it. To put into perspective, there is only…

The documentary Valentine Road details the heartbreaking story of a young teenager who was ostracized, ridiculed, and ultimately killed, simply because he expressed his true gender identity. Lawrence “Larry” King was a 15-year-old biological male who presented as a female—and was not afraid to wear makeup and feminine clothing. Larry was adopted into a family that physically abused and neglected him; despite his negative and painful childhood, Larry was still capable of positivity and possessing…

Most people believe gripping plots and good storytelling make a good movie. But what happens when a film lacks those key elements and leaves you feeling like you misplaced a piece of it’s puzzle? Does that make it a “bad” film? Not necessarily. Film’s are made up of so much more than gripping plots and good storytelling, and sometimes can rely solely on cinematography and lighting to evoke feeling out of its audience. Three films that are prime examples are a A Fantastic Woman directed by…

As a country, we have grown, being less narrow-minded and ignorant, to being more open-minded and accepting. Consequently, while this may be true, it might not apply to places where it should be the truest, for instance, schools. Why does the fear of the unknown lead to the oppression of certain individuals in today 's school system? Fear of the unknown leads to the oppression of certain individuals in today 's school system because not allowing Transgender Children and teens to be themselves in…

Her rejection can be seen throughout her article such as when she praises Greer’s “magnificent bloody-minded performance” in which said feminist denied transphobia and the inclusion of trans women as women with a “Hurrah for Germaine Greer” (Edwards). This can also be seen in other instances Edwards mentions in which contemporary feminists, according to her, overreact. For example, when Tim Hunt, a nobel prize…