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Intersectionality Pros And Cons

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“Intersectionality” is defined as the interrelated nature of societal classifications such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, viewed as generating intersecting and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. In order to study these social formations one must understand “how they mutually construct one another” (Collins, 62). President Barack Obama expresses that anyone can be a LGBT individual and therefore we should support those we know with no judgment or cruelty stating, “Every single American — gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender — every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition. (Obama …show more content…

“A National Transgender Discrimination Survey of nearly 6,000 respondents revealed that about 38 percent were parents and at least 18 percent had at least one dependent child” (James), which is honorable considering that many divorced spouses will use their transition as a reason why transgender individuals should not have either primary custody, partial custody and or visitations rights. Leslie Cooper a senior staff attorney with the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project American Civil Liberties union wrote a Guide for fellow lawyers and Transgender Parents called Transgender Parents and Their Children: A Guide for Parents and Lawyers states that you advise Transgender individuals who are in the process of a divorce or a modification should not only show evidence in the case of transitioning, but also get psychologists, as well as transitional doctors to testify in the stability of the individual as well as displaying support to both the individual and the child through testimony on the child’s welfare when they are in the company of the transgender parent. How can someone who has no jurisdiction in Transgender issues advise a Transgender individual that they should not have custody or visitation to their own child to prevent the possibility of a child either following in or becoming a Transgender or the mental capacity of the child in understanding what it means to be

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