Transgender Identity Research Paper

One can liken my transgender journey to being on a seldom used bumpy old state highway with very few service stations along the way. I was scared to take the route, to begin with, and it took three-quarters of my lifetime to choose to make the trip, having enjoyed nicely paved modern highways for all of it, so why would I? One good reason is that the better highways with their smoothly rolled asphalt and all the convenient well-lit rest areas didn’t take me to any destinations I wanted to reach. So at age 62, I packed all my undeniable inclinations, my dreams, hopes, and desires and chose a ribbon of bad pavement, that went on and on into the horizon for as far as the eye can see and only two lanes, to boot. For sure, my side of the road seemed to go on forever, but the other lane just as frightening. It took me

In the documentary Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, the prejudices towards transgender and intersex individuals, as well as the fear they experience because of these prejudices, are underlined. A transgender individual is one that identifies with a gender that is not associated with their biological sex. An intersexual individual, however, is one that is born with indefinite sexual anatomical characteristics, making it difficult to identify as a male or female (Croteau & Hoynes, 2013). In addition, this documentary emphasizes the impact of cultural expectations on sexual orientation and gender identification.

I wondered how internalized bias transgendered individuals have influence their experiences. I would imagine it would complicate things. What I mean by that is we can possess pre-reflective biases (e.g., racism, sexism, and classism) about our own community. For instance, a transgender individual may not agree with a negative bias intellectually, but holding a negative feeling about transgender people and act as if he or she does not support one’s own community. This can happen in pre-reflective manner.

When it comes to gender identity, I identify myself as a masculine or a man. As a masculine I’m going to play the role of a female where I would go to a neighborhood close to where I live, wear a wedding dress, and see how people around the block reacting to my kind of behavior. Base of my moral norm, I think it would be shameful, and I expect people to feel disgusting by it because that’s how I would feel if I were the public. As we all know when it comes to the behaviors between men and women, there is a lot of thing women can do but man can’t do because if a man does it, it would look weird or shock the society. For instance, throughout the weekend I was thinking about an experiment to see what exactly a woman can do which would be normal,

In accordance to this, the following are examples of two common sexual identity labels based on differing sexual orientations. When one person is sexually attracted to another person of the opposite biological sex, he/she embodies the label of ‘heterosexual’ or ‘straight’. Regarding my sexual orientation, this encompasses the attraction I believe to feel and the label that I attribute to myself. In contrast, when one person is sexually attracted to another person of the same biological sex, the label he/she (most likely) identifies with is ‘homosexual’, which can take the two more colloquial forms of ‘gay’—when males are attracted to males—and ‘lesbian’—when females are attracted to females. All that said, this doesn’t necessarily mean that one’s attraction to a certain perceived gender fully indicates the biological sex of a partner. To reiterate, assigned anatomical sex and the gender one believes to embody don’t always match. This is where the descriptors involving gender identity come into play, and (again) the following are definitions of the two most common gender identities. When the gender one identifies with and/or expresses corresponds to the sex assigned at birth, he/she is labeled as a ‘cisgender’ person. I am anatomically a female, which is also the gender I identify with and externally present so, this is the label I relate to. On the other hand, when the gender one identifies with and/or expresses differs from the sex assigned at birth, he/she is labeled as a ‘transgender’ person. There are an incredible amount of equally important terms and labels in respect to these broader categories, but for the purposes of this essay, these are the ones I’ll be using most

Previous studies suggested that it might be complicated to find a big sample of transgender employees. Indeed, studies on that topic have not exceeded 263 participants (Brewster, Velez, De Blaere & Moradi, 2012). Target sample size (N=159) was estimated using G*Power statistical software, with α=.05, β=.8 and f=.25. Giving the exploratory nature of this study, a medium effect size was utilized. According to the power analysis I will study three different groups of 50 transitioning transgender employees (total N=150). The study will focus on transitioning transgender individuals, who have already started their transition by having taken at least one shot of hormones, but who have not yet been through the sexual reassignment surgery. Before beginning any study procedure, I will be sure to obtain the approval from the Institutional Review Board at the University of California, Irvine. Anticipated risks are minimal since the target population will be over 18 years old, and that the questionnaire is online and anonymous, which does not involve any risk for the participant.

Imagine a group of people have spent years, decades, even generations battling fear, prejudice, invisibility, and struggle. Now imagine that, after all this time, these people found their voice against an era of loss and ignorance, only made worse by societal indifference to their cause. Imagine that, over the past decade, everything seemed to have changed- the world begins to take notice of this prejudice, to fix it- it would seem like a dream. But behind that perfect façade is a harsh reality: things are not as perfect as they seem, though tremendous gains have been made.

Thesis Statement: Even though it is becoming more popular for transgenders to use public restrooms of their own personal sex identity, it effects the privacy, comfortability, and safety of others using public restrooms.

In the book, The Transgender Phenomenon, a study was conducted of ‘gender blenders’, by Ekins and King in 2006. This combined the ethnomethodological understanding of gender and also the norm of (binary) sex. They demonstrated how medicine has been fundamental for how the sex of individuals is defined.

My main inspiration on making this sculpture is based on what’s happening in today's world. There are many boys and girls that want to be the real them without having to hide it or being judge at everyday of their lives. Just for being what they want to be in there life. Being transgender has a lot to deal with the United State history. Transgenders were a big issues back in 1620. Many transgenders were killed or punished by being slaves (Genny Beemyn).They did not had the freedom to be whatever they wanted to be. My view in the next 250 years is that every human being will be loved and cared no matter of who there are they will be accepted . As well have the freedom and right to be themselves. This is important to me because we all are different

The topic of transgenders and the use of the bathroom is one I find particularly entertaining due to the fact that is basically nonsense, and just fake news to keep you distracted from what really going on in the world. The topic has become increasingly popular today, for reasons I’m not really sure about. The reason I say this topic is nonsense is because transgenders have been using whatever bathroom they want for years, and no one is going to care or even notice. If a man is a transgendered woman, or vis versa, they will use the woman’s bathroom because that’s who they think they are. They look like a woman, so no one will even care or notice. Same goes to woman who have transgendered to men. Secondly, how many transgenders do people think

Gender identity as defined by Ivy in our textbook, is a subset of gender to refer to the way you view yourself either in a female or male fashion. (Ivy, Pg. 24, 2012) When I think of gender identity I think of all the differences amongst the female and male species. We have invented elaborate ways to define our gender whether it be masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated. In fact, researchers have developed tools like BEM sex role inventory which allow researchers to categorize the person’s gender identity. According to the BSRI scale I was considered androgynous in regards to gender identity. These are results that I would have to agree with; and when I would be asked to describe my general identity I would reply as such. Those

In the West a paradigm shift change occurs in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s regarding transgender identities. This move emerges from two different sources; one, from a growing activist faction of the transgender community and two, from academia, where an ascendant poststructuralism/postmodernism from various disciplines such as the Social Sciences and the Humanities is challenging (or queering) the hegemony of traditional social structures, such as the essentialist framing of gender. Instead it recognizes, reifies, and disseminates a social constructivist or social-approach model to gender. Our identities are less an imprecise product of DNA chromosomes and fetal hormones than an enforced reflection of social mores and discourses. Just as biology is not destiny,

My friends would have an Introduction and call themselves Social Butterfly before transgendered was even a name this was used to describe someone that is popular. Often times those peoples are friendly. It is not always used to describe popularity alone; it could also be describing someone who is friendly to strangers. Social Butterfly is a person who’s good in socializing with others.

Have you ever walked into a public bathroom and found someone of the opposite sex in a stall? Do you think it’s weird? It’s not. Society made it weird. Well, have you ever thought if maybe they were transgender? However, thanks to the new HB2 law, if you are transgender, you are required to use the bathroom according to the gender that's on your birth certificate. There are many people that agree as there are who don’t agree. Including, “Predators in a bathroom, transgender people don’t deserve protections, letting children identify as transgender is harmful”. I completely disagree with all those claims.