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Rethinking Normal is the perfect way to describe the author’s development of redefining and recreating herself despite the pressure of others to be normal, as well as Katie’s personal struggle in finding her true self while discovering that normalcy should be based on how people feel about themselves rather than how others perceptions. “The most important thing is she made me feel normal, made me feel that despite being trans, I was just like everybody else.” pg 125

Imagine, you go to work in your dress shoes, black suit, buzz-cut hair, red power tie, and nobody pays you a second look. But, the second you get home, you kick off your shoes, and don high-heels, the suit is replaced with a dress, your short wig is taken off, and you let your long curls fall, and your tie is in the closet, with a necklace in its place. Such hiding of true feelings is not an unheard concept in the transgender world. Millions of transgender people will never express their true feelings in their lifetime. This is similar to The Intruder by Andre Dubus, Kenneth Girard a

In Octavia Butler’s Dawn the idea of gender is deconstructed and reformed from the typical human’s definition. Often people do not consider the role of gender in society today. Usually the first thing one notices when meeting someone new is their gender or their presumed gender. However, there becomes a problem when the person whose gender we perceived identifies as a different gender. Butler forces the reader to examine how they judge and perceive gender. While the ooloi are actually “its” their personalities seem to imply a certain gender. The transgender community often brings up this issue because these assumptions of gender based on our judgments of what defines a male and what defines a female can skew how a transgender person is treated and addressed. In Chapter One of Gender Through the Prism of Difference by Anne Fausto-Sterling, the idea of expanding the number of genders based on one’s biological differences is examined through the five sexes theory. By now the concept of gender being defined solely by one’s biology has mostly been left in the past but the question remains of how do we truly define gender? How does being outside of the social norms that Michael Warner talks about cause us to feel shame when discussing our gender and our perceptions of gender? In this essay, I will argue that preconceived notions of gender create shame when a person’s own perception of their gender does not fit the social norms. This stigma around the limited and strict definitions

This work, Three Points Masculine by An Owomoyela heavily conceptualizes what it means to be trans. It plays upon our preconceived ideologies and materializations of gender, creating an internal, mindful gender fuck-up within the reader. It questions beliefs of what a “good” trans person looks like and allows us to question if transness is defined by perceived gender nonconformity, identity, and/or expression.

We are all living in a society that is filled with social expectations of gender. From our early age, we seem to be able to response to these expectations accordingly. For example, we notice Barbies are for girls while robots and cars are for boys only. In the “Performative Gender”, “Doing Gender”, and “Nerd Box”, authors all indicate gender is learned instead of inherited. They bring out their insightful observation and critical personal experience to illustrate how the social expectations with punitive effects construct our gender unconsciously. These articles provide a great lens for us to understand the mental state and behaviors of the main characters in Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. In Fun Home, Alison Bechdel portrays how living in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania during the 1930s not only repressed both her father, Bruce, and her from coming out as a homosexual and genderqueer, but also trapped her mother, Helen, in her “women box”. Through the graphic memoir, Fun Home is able to present the struggling process that one may need to go through before admitting one’s unusual gender identity and sexual orientation.

Elizabeth Blevins quoted Neil Carpathios in an article saying “’ [Stacey Waite] dares to explore and write about the often complicated terrain of gender, sexuality and societal perceptions of the self, the body and desire.’” Waite is slowly helping everyone break away from the idea that gender is a solid tangible concept. In “The Kind of Man I am at the DMV” written by Stacey Waite, traditional gender roles are being challenged by explaining that transgender people are the same as everyone else and pointing out the ignorance that some have towards less commonly recognized genders.

Growing up in America in the 50s and 60s was brutal for young trans people, let alone an transgender orphan born into poverty. Her mother killed herself when Sylvia was just three; her biological father was already long gone. Sylvia’s forbidding Venezuelan grandmother took her in, but despised Sylvia’s

All in all, the documentary The Middle Sexes covers many controversial topics. Some of these topics include the biology of middle sexes, the dangers of being a transgender, and societies outlook on transgenders. With much analysis, I’ve realized that this film has too narrow of a perspective on transgenders and middle sexes. The restricted perspective prevents the audience from being

Secondly, the discrepancy between times moves the drama in the plot along, in particular, Dana’s relationship with Rufus. Once Dana learns that her purpose is to protect the life of Rufus, in order to continue her own family line, she takes on the maternal role. She teaches him the lessons of discipline and respect for others that have been considered the parents role:

By far Dana showed the most relevance to the novel. She impacted on Rufus 's decisions and made him think for himself. Dana is an African American woman in her late 20 's teleporting back in time during the antebellum to her old ancestors, which later she discovers about, and also is considered a slave. Dana has connected to every character throughout the novel. Rufus, Sarah, Alice and many more. Throughout her journey to Maryland during the 1700’s and 1800’s she learned many things, like believing only in herself.

Complexity is what makes life exciting and fascinating; it is also, however, what makes life challenging and stressful. When difficult situations occur, people tend to avoid them as much as possible. In the essay “The Naked Citadel,” author Susan Faludi explores the underlying problems with sexuality, which are unknown to the general public, at The Citadel, an all-male military academy in Charleston, South Carolina. Shannon Faulkner, a female who applied to, and was granted admission to the academy, challenged the masculine mindset of the academy. Faulkner managed to gain admission by not marking her gender on the application, which led to a controversial court case. In “Selections from Losing Matt Shepard,” author and Laramie, Wyoming

Still today I cannot relate to anything that’s going on with my daughter, but I am accepting it”, in obvious discuss, hurt and shame. [Debating Diversity, ’02, R. Takaki] HOM quoting Lee goes on to say: “I was hoping that it was a stage she’s going through and that she could change”. Again cognitive dissonance rears its Janus Face again in the naïve thinking of Ms Lee’s believe that her daughter’s same-sexual gender travails are only superficialities that are motivated by the capricious actions that come along with youth. Life’s choices of a sexual partner are more in-depth and substantive than that.

Building her credibility throughout, she maintains a front as a God-Loving Chrision and mother. But her outrage and highly opinionated argument is disreputed when she mistakes the expression of feminine traits by a male character as transgenderism. Her integration of specific facts displays her

Jess has presented herself as transgendered, even though she exerted to act as female/girl and later on as male. But the penalties of all that were not good for her as she was ridiculed everywhere and stripped by gang of disreputable boys in neighborhood. In her teenage, first, while coming from a gay bar she was harassed by cops, later, on another day she was beaten and gang raped by football team members at school. Through this narrative, Feinberg tried her level best to exhibit inner and outer struggles and challenges in squatting and altering her body for happiness and inner satisfaction; Jess was going through. Such queerness of female/masculinity is, not acceptable in the society throws transgender persons to “face huge discrimination in access to public spaces like restaurants cinemas, shops, malls etc.”

Most of these individuals feel such intense uncomfortable emotions, who also, sadly, like David, end up committing suicide (Herman, Haas). Colapinto’s book helps us to understand the issues of “intersexuality” or more commonly now known as transgender individuals. It helps us as reader understand the negativity of these conditions and the turmoil these individuals experience. It makes us realize the importance gender has an identity, something we may not realize and take for