Transgender Essays & Research Papers

Rebekah Forcier Professor Younkin English 1010 Transgender Equality Men and Women have very distinct similarities and differences. Mainly, there is a difference between genitalia and sex traits that establishes what sex we are. But what if the lines of sex became blurred? What if a boy wanted to be a girl and vice versa? This is called Transgenderism. There are now, more than ever, ways to make these things possible. Now, while it’s possible to change your “parts”, is the sex truly changed?...

Scientific Research on Transgenders In the 1950’s and 1960’s, transgenders, or men and women who feel they are trapped in the wrong bodies, would be considered mentally ill. However, since then there have been many studies on this issue and it has been proved to be plausible; this condition is also popularly referred to as Gender Identity Disphoria. Though the studies are yet to be conclusive, it was found that transgenders were not mentally ill, as previously diagnosed, but it is a result of...

INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS According to Hagg and Fellows (2007:4), sex generally refers to anatomy and biology such as male or female, whereas gender refers to the qualities and behaviours society expects from a boy or girl, a man or woman. The definition of transgender refers to a person having no identification with, or no presentation as, the gender one was assigned at birth (Hagg and Fellows 2007:4). The definition of transsexual in Hagg and Fellows (2007:4) refers to a person who had...

One of the things that the UNited States prides itself in is it's diverse culture. America is seen as the 'land of the free' where everybody is accepted as equals and can accomplish the "American dream" if they put their minds to it. While this may be true on a large scale, if you narrow your line of scope to American schools you would probably see something a little different. Schools now are filled with different cultures, languages and even genders. With all this diversity there are bond...

 SOCIOLOGY A RESEARCH PAPER ON COMMUNITY FORMATION OF TRANSGENDERS Submitted to : Professor Kannan, Department of Sociology, TNNLS Submitted by : Reuben Philip Abraham Roll No.: 48 Class : 1 st Year Semester : 1...

Causes of Regret: Analysis of Transgender Patient Satisfaction Following Sex Reassignment Surgery Zhuting Wang (#41700113) Dr Sean Saunders ASTU 150 (922) July 18, 2011 Introduction Over the past few decades, many legal barriers to the modification of sexed bodies have been removed in several countries and regions, which has led to the trend in transgender individuals undergoing surgery or taking hormone...

The prevalence of transsexuals varies across countries, it is speculated that cultural factors and social convention play an important role in determining the number of transsexuals who choose to themselves and be counted. In Singapore, the prevalence of transsexuals is 1:2900 for male to female and 1:8300 whereas in Netherlands, it is 1:11,900 for male to female and 1:30,400 for female to male. (Cuypere, Hemelrijck, Michael, Carael, Heylens, Rubens, Hoebeke, Monstrey; 2006) ...

TIEN PHAN TSOCWF 354 – Response 1 Apr 18th , 2011 Attending the panel discussion was a great opportunity for someone who was not born in the US and was not subject to American culture, to learn more about transgender people’s lives and what they have had to tolerate from the discrimination that society has put on them. In general on paper, gender is divided into two, which are male and female. Males are defined with manly characteristics such as being independent, responsible, brave,...

MODEL SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY REGARDING TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS PURPOSE California law and District policy require that all programs, activities, and employment practices be free from discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. This policy is designed in keeping with these mandates to create a safe learning environment for all students and to ensure that every student has equal access to all school programs and activities. This policy...

The Trials of the Transgender Population February 17, 2013 The Trials of the Transgender Population Much of the discrimination that is faced by the transgender people comes from the same place that anti-gay discrimination stems from. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) people challenge the “norms” that society has placed, in the workplace and in life, on how men and women should act. “Transgenders face many adversities not only in life, but in the workplace as well.”...

The Discrimination Against Transgender People. In today’s American society, there are many social norms that people are expected to live by. Women are the nurturers, caring for and raising children, and also keeping the household. Men are the providers, working long in the day to make sure his family has everything that they may need, they are the protecters, and heads of the household. But with every social norm, there is a group of individuals who challenge those social norms. With every...

Snelgrove et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:110 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/110 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access “Completely out-at-sea” with “two-gender medicine”: A qualitative analysis of physician-side barriers to providing healthcare for transgender patients John W Snelgrove*, Amanda M Jasudavisius, Bradley W Rowe, Evan M Head and Greta R Bauer Abstract Background: Members of the transgender community have identified healthcare access barriers, yet a...

Discrimination of Transsexuals For many years, members of the gay, lesbian and transgender communities have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation. The group that will be the focused on in this essay is transsexuals. Transgender is a term that describes transvestites and transsexuals, which is gender identification not sexual orientation. Transgender are individuals whose gender identities or gender expressions contrast with traditional social norms and expectations. Gender...

Brandon Fontaine 04/14/2014 Transgender; The most hated Minority on the Planet English 101 I. Thesis A.) Transgender is the most discriminated minority status in the United States, and quite possibly the most hated status in the whole world. Numbers don’t lie, and from a purely mathematical standpoint there appears to be a gross negligence from all facets of society to change this. Transgender individuals in the US have the highest chances to have violence committed...

What are the challenges that Australians face today in terms of Transgender? From the moment anyone is born their sex is determined but not their gender as such. Gender is the result of the x and y chromosomes. In the world of transgender there is approximately 1 in every 30 000 males looking to transgender into females while for females to males there is around 1 person in every 100 0001. No matter the facts each transgender person still faces many challenges. The biggest challenge faced by...

Perceptions and Attitudes of Far Eastern University Students towards Transgender People A Research Paper Presented to Mr. Ariel Valeza Department of Literature Far Eastern University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for ENG2 Term 1, school year 2012-2013 by John Jeffrey Calma Karmina De Asis Sharitojah Patalinghug Christine Ramirez Abstract Because of the dominant societal standard of gender as a binary construct, the emerging visibility of the transgender...

Alexandria Hines 4-21-14 Human Growth and Development Transgender Children In the past couple of years The LGBT community has become more public and have let America know, they’re no longer scared of who they are. Everyday more and more people are “coming out saying that they’re gay. Often times we may forget about transgender men and women and what daily struggles they may face. We often wonder why someone would want to completely change their appearance, their gender and normal everyday...

Huimin Son 5.21.14 Prof. Vergas Research paper Sports and Transgender These days, trend of transgender is increasing because many people can easily alter and express their sexual orientation and sexual identification. Most people recognize transgender as normal people. Most people agreed that they should recognize transgender as normal people, and they should recognize men who changed his gender as women not men, and they also should recognize women who changed their gender as men not...

 A time-line of transgender identities. © 1999 Drs. Arianne van der Ven Contents Summery 2 Introduction: The development of gender as we know it 1- How does history relate to us? 3 2- From a one-gender system to a two-gender system, and on to ‘third sex’ categories. 3 Some specifics of gender transitions. 5 Part I: Sexology begins. 3- Transgender Identities before the 19th century 7 The early 19th century: Enters forensic...

Normalizing Transgender Transgender individuals have been at war for years, fighting for equal rights that are so readily available to those who are "normal". These rights that we may take for granted everyday like employment, wages and even acceptance in society. In a passage from Imagining Transgender by David Valentine, he writes about a woman by the name of Holly Boswell who advocated for a position of cross-gender identification, she challenged the notion of normality by saying that...

Sage Witty Pre AP English 3/25/15 Witty 1 The support of homosexual and transgendered teens Are homosexual and transgenedered teens getting enough support from peers, family, and churches? I believe that homosexual and transgenedered aren’t getting enough support and this is leading to violence and death among the LGBTQ community. Firstly, three percent of high school students describe themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, ...

Robert Wilson Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the large number of Transsexuals found in Thailand. Central Idea: There is a growning number of transsexuals living in Thailand and the Thai are comfortable with it, which is not the norm in the west, these transsexuals play a part in many aspects of Thailand's culture and society Method of Organization: Topical I. Introduction A. A little girl, Miss Moon, was once given a crushed paper flower by a passing man of magic. He...

Transgender is a secluded subject to individuals that may not fully understand the sensibility of this lifestyle. At a young age adolescents feel as although they were born to the wrong genitalia. I chose to analyze this topic because I feel as though transgender is a broad topic rarely exposed to the public. If society could understand the means of this lifestyle there social standards would not be restricted. My intensions are to not discriminate or segregate transgender...

So, I looked up transsexual separatism on a google search. I could definitely use some more information about it and so I’m just going to offer an opinion based on my own experiences and leave it up to you and other readers to form your own opinions about it. My basic understanding of it is, that transsexual people have very specific needs, including legal and medical, which are often overlooked in the LGBT movement and side skirted in many conversations in some transgender spaces....

Emily Johanson First Year Seminar Response Paper #4 Final Version due Monday, Nov. 12 Gender Roles in Transamerica Transamerica is an example of how Hollywood portrays transgender people in film. The movie gets rolling when Huffman who portrays Bree a conservative pre-operative transsexual woman tells her therapist she discovered she had a son named Toby. She has to bail him out of jail in order for her therapist to allow her to have her procedure done in a week. The plot unfolds as...

La Consolacion University Philippines (formerly University of Regina Carmeli) Aguinaldo, Arian Leincy A. BSTM 2 Stop Transgender Discrimination! Good day to all of you! Transgender? What does it mean? Why some person discriminate and don’t accept transgender? Is transgender discrimination against the law? These are the huge question about transgender. Transgender means anyone who lives, has lived or wants to live as a member of the opposite sex to their birth gender. In the past, the...

Transgender is the state of one's gender identity (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching one's assigned sex (identification by others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex).[1] Transgender does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them. The...

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, transgender means of, or relating to, or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth. Children have commonly developed their gender and identity roles by the age of three. At such a young and tender age, it is important that schools be prepared to handle situations these children may face as well as give them the support they may need. In 2013, a 6 year old boy from...

“Transgender” describes a person, male or female, who dresses, behaves or presents themselves in a way that is different from their gender norm. Transgender includes transvestites/crossdressers, Drag Queens/Kings, androgynes and genderqueers. It does NOT include transsexual people. The word transgender is used to include many groups of people who share one important "trait" (a way of feeling or behaving) but may not be the same in other ways. The common trait for transgender people is that they...

 RESERVATION OF TRANSGENDERS IN FIELD OF SPORTS The existence of those human beings who do not confirm to their gender has been documented throught human history1.The term transgender is deeply rooted in Indian history, it has been an umbrella term. The problems that transgender are facing are more of a psychological rather than a social problem. They are still not accepted and recognized in the society. Transgender is a term for those people who do not fall either under male category or...

 In life people feel uncomfortable in all sorts of situations. When you were five you were uncomfortable meeting new and strange people. When you were in middle school you were uncomfortable talking to adults. In high school you were uncomfortable talking in front of the class to give a presentation or a speech. However, in each of these cases the uncomfortable feeling eventually went away. Some times after the task was done and over with you realized that it was not all that uncomfortable to...

From an interactionist perspective, we have to look on the micro level of things. Several different views we could possibly look at are the symbols attached to and shown to transgender persons and how they have received or perceived them, the events that may have led them into their present roles and the relationships that continue to impact them on a daily basis. Symbols are in every portion of society as we know it; conversations, relationships, material things, facial expressions and...

The Progression of Transgender Rights in the Workplace Since 1975, Congress has considered amending Title VII to include a ban on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Most of the first employment discrimination cases brought by transgenders were dismissed because there is no federal law designating transgender as a protected class, or specifically requiring equal treatment for transgendered people. Until recently, Title VII’s lack of legislative history and...

 English Midterm Essay Introduction Identity can be ever changing externally according to the life experiences through which a person goes through. However, In “Transgender teen’s suicide poses parenting puzzles” by Naomi Schaefer Riley, “Parenting Expert Worries for Jolie & Pitts Gender- Bender Daughter” by Steve Malzberg, and “Bruce Jenner Gender Identity” by Russell Brand, transgender people face the difficult challenge of being accepted into society because they either do not fit a...

 Depression and Anxiety in Transgender People Jace M. Hodson Introduction Spike in Interest In Transgender Research As interest in the psychology community has spiked in regards to transgender people, so has the amount of research done involving and pertaining to them. Many researchers have chosen to focus on the relationship between being transgender and having a mental disorder(s). Research seeks to find if there is a correlation between being transgender and having...

ENG 381 Essay #2 4 pp., 12 pt. font, double spaced, 1” margins, with page numbers, Georgia font due in class TH FEBRUARY 28 double-sided o.k. A. Queer Liberation in Film Analyze Stranger Inside as an allegory of gender as both/either a prison-industrial-complex and/or a site of queer cultural expression and interpersonal connection. Your paper must focus on racism. Use detailed examples, and make a clear argument based on close analysis of the film’s formal...

Introduction In the culture of South Asia, hijras or chakka in Kannada, khusra inPunjabi and kojja in Telugu are physiological males who have feminine gender identity, women's clothing and other feminine gender roles. Hijras have a long recorded history in the Indian subcontinent, from the antiquity, as suggested by the Kama Sutra period onwards. This history features a number of well-known roles within subcontinental cultures, part gender-liminal, part spiritual and part survival. In South...

 Gender Identity and Transgender Issues Gender is a human social system of differentiation by sex for roles, behaviors, characteristics, appearances, and identities. Everyone has an internal sense of their gender, and this sense is called gender identity. Most people’s gender identity is congruent with their assigned sex, but many people experience their gender identity to be discordant with their natal sex. Transgender is a broad term used to describe those whose gender, gender identity, or...

 Casey Perkins Dr. Dowling Rhetoric and Composition II 1 December 2014 Transgender Students on College and University Campuses Across America According to a survey of 75 undergraduate and graduate students from 61 different college and universities across the United States zero students indicated that their college or university included gender identity or expression in its non-discrimination policy (McKinney). Transgender individuals are treated unfairly on college and university campuses....

Transgender is a term that is used to describe men and women who were born a certain sex, but feel their true gender is the opposite. Some live completely - or part time - as the opposite sex. There are also some transgender people that get sex reassignment surgery, completely changing their gender. While the definition of transgender is not yet fully agreed upon and is indeed still changing on a regular basis, there are some elements that seem to remain consistent: 1. Not identifying with...

March 18, 2010 Essays on Transgender Transgender is an umbrella term used to refer to individuals whose expression of gender identity deviates from their corresponding gender at birth. Transgenderism is another highly sensitive topic that sparks strong reactions from people. In fact, the issue is controversial enough to make essays on transgender common writing assignments in universities. Like essays on same-sex marriages, persuasive essays about gays in the military and essays on gay...

Gender Identity and Transgender • Questions From Class (If you haven’t answered these questions, do so before watching your video.) o What is your opinion regarding gender identity? What do you feel about a boy whose favorite color is pink or a girl who plays with superheroes? o Do you believe it is possible for someone to feel trapped in the wrong genders body? • Video o Go to YouTube and watch ‘20/20 “My Secret Self”’ (there are 5 parts) o Now: has your opinion regarding gender and...

Today more than ever companies are changing the way gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals are treated in the work place. Companies are adopting non-discriminating policies, starting to give more benefits and other practices that include GLBT in the workplace. In 2002, the first Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index rated employers strictly on seven criteria, which remain the basis for today’s rating system. The original criteria were guided in part by the Equality...

“Becoming Chaz” Growing up in an old fashioned household with immigrant parents from the Middle East, I didn’t hear anything about anything that wasn’t traditional in relation to sexuality. I didn’t know anything of becoming transgendered. As I got older I learned more about it, and the reasons why people don’t feel comfortable as the person they were born. Watching “Becoming Chaz” showed me even more insight on the topic, showing his personal perception, and his journey changing from a...

The morality of sex has been given wide attention because it is a principle to differentiate between proper sexual behavior and improper sexual behaviour. Since the sexual act is connected with the giving birth to children (human reproduction),it despite being a very private and intimate matter. People normally born with only one sex either male or female. There are people who unsatisfied with their own sex which most probably happen in man,they undergo gender reassignment therapy to make...

Dush, Ashley 10/26/2014 Mason A Transgender HBO Biography Special In the beginning of this video it’s a story about a transgender female that gets killed by some guys after they found out that the “girl” they had sexual interactions with was actually born a male. Unfortunately transgenders being abused in any way is very common in today’s society; fifty percent of transgenders get killed or end up killing themselves due to the abuse they receive due to their sexual identity. A majority of the...

Mental Health Issues in Transgender Females Defining Transgender In the past decade, the term transgender has rapidly come to be used to describe a range of social identities, a political movement, and a community that had no name until the early 1990s. Transgender women identify themselves as being a man either by feeling as if they are men or by having both genitalia at birth and the penis being removed leaving only a vagina. They are uncomfortable being identified as a woman and choose...

RUNNING HEAD: THE TRANSEXUAL MIND ! ! Psychology 1100 Term Paper: The Transsexual Mind and Development of Transgender THE TRANSSEXUAL MIND ! Abstract Discussing the physical aspects of a person identifying as transgender. Articles and journals were chosen with information pertaining to the fact that transgenderidentifying people are not merely facing a biological, physical ailment and rather a psychological illness. Using evidence from MRI brain scans and infant hormone...

Transsexualism [pic] People with gender identity disorder should change their sexual identity and live among us as the opposite sex as long as they acknowledge and reveal themselves as “transsexuals”. Now, let me define what is known as “gender identity disorder”; it is commonly referred to as “transsexualism” which is a condition where a transsexual person self-identifies as a member of the gender opposite to the one assigned to them at birth. Transsexualism is considered a taboo...

ABSTRACT Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles. Male to female and female to male are the two gender identities which have been widely noted in the transgender literature. The study aims at unraveling the nutritional status of the selected transgenders. One hundred and twenty transgenders from the age group of 20-70 years were selected from the locale by using...

6. INTRODUCTION: “Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you”.1 Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles. Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity” (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching ones "assigned sex" (identification...

Transgender people face unique challenges — such as widespread discrimination and hate violence, the complex process of getting appropriate identity documents, finding culturally competent healthcare providers, and family and parenting issues — that make them some of the most vulnerable members of American society. These issues affect thousands of people and their families, representing all ages, classes and ethnic groups, who together are an integral part of India. A transgender woman whose...

Running head: EMPOWERING AND EDUCATING ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER Empowering and Educating about the Transgender Sodality through Social Media and Laws Abstract For many years, the transgender community has been constantly ridiculed by society because of the negative impact that media and laws have placed upon them. As a result, suicide rate, drug abuse, and suicide have been on the rise. By informing and educating our society, we can all help reduce the high risks and open the door for new...

Denise Marie Silva | Communication Skills 2 | I Am What I Am A Report Essay Between the ages of 2 and 3, a child can label his or herself as a boy or a girl. And by the age of 6 or 7, they already know what they should become and what is expected of them as dictated by the society ˡ. It is the job of those who are in authority to teach the children the basic skills, roles, and values that would help them function well in the community. This process is called socialization ². The roles...

A love letter to my country: from a transgender Filipina InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Mga minamahal kong kababayan (To my beloved Philippines): I know that it has been an emotional three weeks to all of us who have been affected by the death of Jennifer Laude, the 26-year-old transgender woman whose lifeless body was found with her head in a motel toilet in Olongapo City, Philippines on October 11, 2014. I know, too, that Jennifer Laude’s story has divided us as a nation....

Atypical and Abnormal Sexual Behavior Transvestism There are many different usages and meanings of the term transvestism. Most experts agree that the correct usage is when people dress in clothes normally worn by the opposite gender in order to identify with that gender in some manner. A transvestite is a biological male who feels a strong compulsion to dress and present, on a regular basis, as a female. It is also known as cross-dressing. Some dictionaries add the words 'for sexual...

 Boys Don’t Cry The movie I chose was Boys Don’t Cry which was produced in 1999 featuring Hilary Swank. This film is based on a true story talking about the problems that transgender individuals face and the way other individuals view the way they live. Boys Don’t Cry is a tragic story that takes place in a small town in Nebraska, where Teena genetically a woman leaves her old life to live as a male, Brandon. While living in Nebraska her real story comes out and is the target...

How is gender performed? Gender is performed through the way people dress their kids. The color that is chosen for the baby’s room or the toys that the baby plays with, is all part of gender being performed. From an early age a newborns gender is decided for them. You can divide gender into two parts: the adolescent and also the person’s adult hood. Now a day, some people change their gender and become the opposite sex. There are different words for the gender changes: transsexuals are those...

Artists use music video’s to visually show the meaning behind of the song and how they want it to be portrayed. Some music video’s use socio-cultural codes to construct the visual narrative and structure of their work. For example the music video of Christina Aguilera’s song ‘Beautiful’, ‘packed with a message of holding one’s self up against criticism from the outside.’¹, shows the insecurities people have with what society portrays to be beautiful. Such as showing characters throughout the...

Running Head: Conceptual Framework Conceptual Framework: Resilient Individual Shelton Land Virginia Commonwealth University CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ESSAY: RESILIENT INDIVIDUAL Introduction The crossing of genders has been a hurdle that society has stumbled to accept since the beginning of time. Early hypotheses about the so-called cause of homosexuality originated from the psychodynamic perspective that men became gay because of a dysfunctional family system in which they were...

Kaleen Rodriguez ENC 1102 Exploratory Essay The Third Gender What is the role of the third gender in South Asia? How does Asian society identify the third gender? I walked into my best friend Joel’s room this morning extremely excited to have lunch with him after a long four months without seeing him and on my journey to his room I picked up a paper that was lying by his door. I picked it up and the title was “Hijra” as I continued to read this paper, it had me very...

Sexual Orientation in the Workplace MGMT 577 01 MGMT 577 01 Professor Finch Sexual Orientation in the Workplace “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence The philosophies of equality and unalienable rights upon which America was...

Cultural Differences Paper Cultural Differences Introduction Many people throughout the world indentify themselves by their cultural background. It is common knowledge that there are many different cultures throughout the world. Each culture has its similarities and differences. Every individual has multiple identities Race, ethnic, gender, national, regional, organizational, personal, cyber/fantasy—that act in concert. The importance of any single identity is a result of the situation. As...

Running head: TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND INEQUALITIES Transgender Rights and Inequalities-Final Paper Meegan Peebles Ashford University Social Problems 203 Dr. Sharon Chapelle March 1, 2015 Transgender Rights and Inequalities In this paper I will describe the social problem, I will give a statement or a description of the social problem; I will explain why this problem qualifies as a social problem, I will indicate the sociological theories that explain this social problem, I will discuss...

Gender Identity Disorder Jenna Talackova is a Canadian transsexual woman who knew she was different T the age of 4. She was naturally born a boy, but felt as if her gender did not accord with who she felt herself to be. In her teen years she took special hormone shots to become more feminine and at the age of 19, she got sex-reassignment surgery to become a full woman. Her story blew up when she was recently kicked off a Miss Canada Beauty Pageant after organizers discovered she had surgery...

The Case of CeCe McDonald: Murder—or Self-Defense Against a Hate Crime? She pled guilty to manslaughter, but activists believe this trans woman was "on trial for surviving a hate crime." By Nicole Pasulka | Tue May. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT Update: On June 4, CeCe McDonald was sentenced to 41 months in prison. This is the minimum sentence for second degree manslaughter in Minnesota. CeCe will receive credit for the 275 days she's already spent in custody. Along with a...

 Step Outside Your World Analysis Nathan Holquist COMM/315 July 3, 2014 William Powers Step Outside Your World Analysis An activity I chose to put myself out of my normal environment was to put myself into my current roommates world. My roommate identifies as a homosexual and sometimes dresses in a flamboyant fashion. With his aid I was able to kind of go through a small transformation to give myself a more a feminine look complete with some makeup and a Michael Kors purse that I borrowed....

I’m the second speaker for the proposition team and our stand is transgender should be classified as the third gender. My first point is that transgender should be given a proper recognition in the society. Let’s be honest, there’s a good chance that you have not heard of Transgender Day of Remembrance. How often do we actually think about the “T” in LGBT? Over the years, there have been far too many cases of hate crimes that have been motivated by an individual’s sexual preference. Often, what...

Why is there a conflict? Actually, science and religion are often not in conflict. Theologians don't care much about the tensile strength of steel when they have church buildings built. Scientists are generally not particularly interested in the functions of a soul. However, science and religion overlap on some topics. Each then generally puts forth conflicting beliefs on the same topic. The results of these conflicts can often strain the culture. cause needless suffering. and even generate...

Jennifer Hopkins Dr. McDonald Hu 101: Ethics June 29, 2010 Gender Reassignment Surgery: Is It Ethical? I found this topic interesting because it is not often looked at from an ethical point of view. In my research I found that most of the controversy surrounding sexual reassignment was which procedures to use and also a few theological viewpoints which varied considerably which I will not be going into. At this current time, there are psychological protocols in place before a person can...

Brooke Forgetta Professor Ghilaine McDayter November 20,2010 Discrimination of Transgeders within America “Every single day, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people get fired from their jobs simply because of who they are. When employers discriminate, we all lose because hardworking, qualified Americans are out of a job. We need everyone to tell Congress clearly why ENDA needs to pass and pass quickly. The march is a great opportunity for people to get resources and skills to make...

Hate Crime and Antidiscrimination Laws Although hate crime laws were first introduced after the American Civil War, the modern era of protection began in 1968 with the passage of Title 18 U.S.C. 245. This bill enabled federal agents the power to prosecute crimes based on race, color, creed, or religion. The law was designed to prevent violence or intimidation against protected citizens during their attempt to engage in one of six federally protected activities. In the past 40 years, the...

THE INNATE PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN: PROOF AND APPLICATION Eric V. Snow, 3-10-01, Speech for Cabela’s Years ago, the government sued Sears Roebuck for not hiring enough women for certain direct sales jobs. What Sears didn’t roll over and play dead. They argued that women simply didn’t like high pressure direct sales jobs, and wouldn’t apply for them much. In order to prove their point in court, they brought in a feminist scholar who argued that because women have a...

TRANSSEXUALITY AND ISLAM Does Islam as a religion affect or restrict people’s ideas towards gender issues? Does it make people feel embarrassed or deny who they are? What about transsexuals? Are they not the children of God also? The answer to all these questions is ‘yes’. Over the years with the growing bias and prejudice among Muslims, transsexuality has become a more controversial issue. Since religious parties are in the governing position, the attitudes of the governments affect people....

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We take this opportunity to express are profound gratitutde and deep regards to our guide Professor Silpy Gupta for her exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this thesis. The blessings, help and guidance given by her time to time shall carry me a long way in the journey of life which we are about to embark. We also take this opportunity to thank almighty, our parents, brothers, sisters and friends for their constant...

Gender Identity Disorder What is gender identity disorder? Gender identity disorder (GID) is the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent with the biological sex they were born with). It is a psychiatric classification and describes the attributes related to transsexuality. Gender identity disorder in children is usually reported as "having always been there" since childhood, and is considered...

Running Head: LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual: A Deviated social identity Name: Amrita Malhi Student Number: 207820368 Professor: Noemia C. Cuoto Communities and Public Law 2200 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual: An Unaccepted Facet of all of the World’s Societies Society is shaped through the furtherance of two genders, male and female, and most countries rely on the heterosexual tradition for defining society. There are many countries...

The DSM-V and Gender Identity Disorder UVIC April 5, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 1-2 Diagnostic and Statistics Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) 2-3 Problems with the Current Diagnostic Criteria for GID Support of Keeping the GID Diagnosis in DSM-V Therapists Role in Transgendered Issues Introduction Although Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and homosexuality has been in the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

Boys Don’t Cry Synopsis: The film Boys Don’t cry is about a transgender female who lives her life as a man. Born with the name Teena Brandon she inhibits the lifestyle of her male counterparts as Brandon who is just looking for acceptance and to be loved for who she is. The story of Brandon takes place during the ‘90’s in the working class area of a small Nebraska town where he meets up and befriends a group of young people. They are readily acceptant of Brandon being a man, but it is later...

 Janice Raymond’s publication “Sappho by Surgery” misrepresents, misunderstands, and misinterprets what it means to be a transsexual person. The conclusions that Janice Raymond reaches are not based on concrete science, psychology, or sociology. It also is not based off of any real interactions with transgender people. Instead, it is based off of stories, second hand reports, media misrepresentations, and weakly strung together pieces of historical fact that have been manipulated to support...

Introduction In this assignment, intertextuality will be employed to analyse drag performance and culture. Intertextuality was first introduced by the French semiotician Julia Kristeva in the late sixties, and describes how texts can be understood with references to other texts- often associated primarily with poststructuralist theories. Kristeva referred to texts in terms of two axes: a horizontal axis connecting the author and reader of a text, and a vertical axis, which connects the text...

Situation B: Your company president tells you not to hire any gay or lesbian employees to work as part of his office staff because it would make him uncomfortable. Task2: What would you do in this situation B? Provide your rationale based on Canadian employment legislation to support your decision. Answer :- yes ,becos it against the law or its a discrimination of sex if i did 'nt hire him For instance:- it is not a justifiable reason of not hiring against [Bona Fide...

In this, the 21st century, control over the masses seems to becoming more apparent from a hierarchy containing a handful of self-selected highly ranked, influential individuals. Controlling the views and beliefs of whole nations of people, by controlling what information they receive and how this information is delivered. Some of these people are highly respected, trusted and in positions of authority. Their words have the power to not only give hope to, but also scare and shape the beliefs...

Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness There are a variety of vulnerable populations that exist in today’s struggling society. There are groups that are more vulnerable for certain illnesses or death and individuals that are segregated or treated differently because their preferred sexual interests and habits. This discussion will cover the definition of vulnerable population with the focus primarily on transvestites. The transvestite demographics and my personal awareness of this...

Paris is Burning 1. I would argue that the group of poor gay minorities, like the people in the ball, is a subculture in itself. This group is a subculture of the gay culture. The distinguishing aspects of the group are that they are poor, gay, and minorities. Another distinguishing aspect is that members of this subculture are typically outcasts. They have been rejected by family members, friends, and American society as a whole. “It’s hard to imagine a more outcast group in American society...

Sarah Santiago Student ID# VT1501024 English2: Part 1 General (Revision B) Assignment 3_8 In this generation people should be more accepting, understanding and more supporting of the LGBT community, we’re not aliens and we’re not completely different. We are who we are and we’re going to be in this world as long as anyone else is. Time passes, development begins; “sugar, spice and everything nice” is all I hear. “No, wait”, I say to the ultrasound tech. “You’re wrong! It's snips, snails and...

HDFS 276 November 1, 2011 Cognitive Dissonance in my Life When I first looked through the guidelines of this report, it was clear that I had the perfect beginning topic. Recently, my older brother has come out to the family about feeling gender confused. This was evident in our childhood because he always seemed awkward with his body and growing up, he didn’t have very many friends. My brother has always been a little different to the rest of the world, my parents used to say he “marches...

Cassondra Velazquez Composition II Mr.Kressner September 15, 2014 Do you know who you are, because these kids do? There are a lot of cases of young children knowing who they are sexually, but still being discriminated against because they feel like someone they are not. In today’s society, people everywhere are coming out about who they are sexually and there preferences. These people are usually adults, but in the case of it being kids, it is handled differently, not only by adults, but also...

Issues Related to Raising a Transgender Child The first step in the process of raising a transgender child is realizing that there is something different about your child. This is comething that comes naturally to most parents as gender typical behaviours are fairly easily picked out by most people in this society. However, sometimes it is difficult to differentiate a transgender child and a child who portrays certain characteristics traditionally associated with the opposite gender....

Aya Kamikawa- Reformation in the land of conformity Scholars have suggested that in the modern Japanese society, transgendered individuals (transgendered individuals and transsexuals are interchangeable and are referred to in the context of the Japanese society) are only valuable to the entertainment industry (Mackie 412, McLelland 167-168). In a country where mainstream conformity is promoted and preferred, any career outside of the entertainment and sex industries would seem impossible...

Transsexualism is the most pronounced form of Gender Dysphoria. A typical medical definition of transsexualism would be along these lines: A transsexual is someone who experiences a deep and long-lasting discomfort with their anatomical (genital) sex, and wishes to change their physical characteristics, including genitals, to the opposite of those usually associated with their anatomical sex, and to live permanently in the gender role opposite to that normally associated with their anatomical...

Willene Joan D’ Costa Professor Abbott LIT 370- 002 4/23/2015 Boys Don’t Cry As Yoshino explains, the decision of whether or not to come out as homosexual, bisexual, genderqueer, or even transgender isn’t just driven by the individual’s desire to openly be who he or she really is, but also by the negative attitude of society, which can range from physical violence to threats, and in many cases, even death (Yoshino, 57). However, in the movie Boys Don’t Cry, Kimberly Peirce shows that in spite...

Gender dysphoria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Gender identity disorder) Jump to: navigation, search Gender Dysphoria Classification and external resources ICD-10 F64.9, F64.8 ICD-9 302.85 MedlinePlus 001527 MeSH D005783 Transgender topics Identities Agender • Androgyne • Bigender Cisgender and cissexual Genderqueer • Hijra Sex and/or gender diverse Third gender / Third sex Trans man • Trans woman Trigender • Two-Spirit Queer heterosexuality...

David Reimer: The Boy Who Lived As A Girl David Reimer was born a boy, but after an unconventional circumcision gone wrong, his parents decided to have him undergo an involuntary gender reassignment based on the influence of Dr. Money, a pro-nurture advocate (CBS, 2004). David, referred to as “Brenda” in his younger years, endured many difficulties throughout his childhood as a girl. Some of which included peer rejection, social isolation, mood swings, anger issues, & most notably gender...

Lady boys In at least one story of creation there were three children born. There was a boy, a girl and another. Lady boys should be considered that third sex. Lady boys occur in all societies under a variety of names.In Thailand they are called Kathoey, in Mexico they are called Vestidas, in India they are Hirja, in the West they go under a variety of names like Shemale. Lady boys are not accepted in many countries. Some hate lady boys and deny them to the society. I am the one that is a...

Women and GLBT Yesterday and Today Sherri Joiner November 25, 2012 Maria Kithhart Women and GLBT Yesterday and Today Throughout history women and people of the gay, lesbian, and transgender community have faced many acts of inequality. Women have experienced inequality in many aspects such as jobs, voter rights, public offices, and other areas simply because of the fact that they are women. People of the GLBT community have faced these inequalities in jobs, society, public offices,...