Transgender Essay

In last week’s class, we watched a video of an interview with a cisgender woman and a transgender woman. The transgender woman asked the cisgender woman invasive questions that she was typically asked in her interviews. The intense questions made the cisgender woman visibly uncomfortable as she sunk lower and lower into her seat while making remarks such as, “I never even thought about that”. The intense questions made me realize how inappropriate and unnecessary the questions are, regardless of

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. In the book, Reproduction of Mothering by Nancy Chodorow displayed the framework of ‘object-relations psychoanalysis,’ Chodorow described how the personalities of white, middle-class American girls

Transgender individuals who experience discrimination, violence, or interpersonal rejection are at risk for developing symptoms of depression. Studies reported significantly higher levels of anxiety (26–38%) and depression (48–62%) within this community (Pflum, Testa, Balsam, Goldblum, Bongar, 2015). Different ethnic groups have varying experiences related to social support, gender-based stressors, and health outcomes. Racial outlook presents additional risk of prejudice and discrimination for transgender

Before watching this clip, I was concerned about what I would see, and by that I meant what adversity would the kids face and how did they handle it. To be honest, I have not met that any transgender people or I have not been aware that I have; so I knew little to no information about how the transition works. Before watching, I also thought to myself that it must be hard watching other kids be something that they already are born with and already know who they are in life, while you are trying to

So how did you get like…. this?” Said the therapist, gesturing towards my wheelchair. “That’s a long story,’ I sighed. The therapist looked down at her clipboard, “It says on here you’ve been depressed, is this the reason?” I shook my head, “That’s also a long story.” I glanced out the window and gazed into the forest right outside the building. I waited for the therapist to finish scrawling notes down on her clipboard before she continued to question me. She flipped through some pages in previous

Results show that participants with a background in sports have a greater advantage over their contenders with no familiarity about sports, in applying for sports related jobs. In the case of the transgender/transsexual participants, playing sports helps to deal with society’s biases against them. Transgender participants become comfortable playing sports, because they gain acceptance, and experience equal treatment from their team mates. They do not feel discriminated against because they are judged

The staggeringly high statistics on transgender discrimination, including verbal and physical harassment, make it vital to develop and implement anti-bullying and anti-discrimination practices and policies in the classroom and at our schools. These practices and policies also need to be made well known to the students, parents, administration, and all school staff members as a part of their commitment to making schools safer, more respectful, and welcoming for all. This will help ensure that schools

some students are revealing that they are either lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The National Center for Transgender Equality (2014) defines transgender as a term for people whose gender identity, expression or behavior is different from those typically associated with their assigned sex at birth. Due to the students revealing their gender identity, several schools had to address some controversies. The Transgender people were having a difficult time accessing the bathrooms on school campuses

ability to serve in some capacity to include Transgender Americans. In 2011 “don’t ask, don’t tell” act was repealed (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell), thus allowing LGB service members to serve, but what about the T? The repeal left Transgender service members to continue to serve in secrecy or lose their career (Transgender Military Post DADT). Being transgender does not limit ones capacity to perform a job. Despite potential controversies in the workplace, Transgender Americans should be permitted to serve

Kansas passed a bill on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 that denies transgender students from using the restroom, as well as other facilities retaining to gender “when they are in various states of undress” (Committee on Federal and State Affairs, page 1; sec. 2; subparagraph b; lines 8-12), based on their preferred gender and forces them to use the restroom based on their birth sex. This bill was passed by the Committee on Federal and State Affairs in order to protect the privacy of students and to prevent