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In response to concerns voiced by Judith Butler and Joan Copjec regarding the possible incompatibility of the discourses of Lacanian psychoanalysis and gender studies, this paper argues that gender studies and Lacanian psychoanalysis can hope for a meeting ground precisely around the topic of ``sexual difference.'' Questions about transgender subjectivities afford a point of entry for thinking through the impasses and political purchase of a necessarily contestatory integration of these two domains; however, imagining this integration requires in part an analysis of each discourse's limitations. This paper suggests that one of the limitations of Lacanian psychoanalysis resides in the too easy capitulation of the terms ``feminine'' and ``masculine'' to ``gendered'' readings. Arguing that Jacques Lacan's formulas of sexuation write against the facile collapse of sexual difference into gender identity, the paper considers what it would look like to conceptualize transgender subjectivity as an expression of the logic of sexual difference, ultimately suggesting there may be a way of reading transgenderism as a ``feminine'' phenomenon. The paper responds to two texts also invested in the integration of Lacanian psychoanalytic and queer/feminist concerns: Judith Butler's Antigone's Claim and Tim Dean's Beyond Sexuality. Dean's project to ``de-gender'' desire offers a reply to Butler's concerns about the compulsory heterosexuality of the Oedipal scene; however, both texts, in their preoccupation with scenes Oedipal and object based, occlude to some extent a ``feminine'' perspective and by extension significant ``feminine''/transgender insights concerning sexual difference.

Dr. Michele Angello und Alisa Bowman geben fundierte Antworten aus ihrer langjährigen Arbeit mit transidenten Kindern und deren Familien. Die liebevollen und praktischen Tipps helfen Eltern dabei, Ängste, Sorgen und Schamgefühle zu verlieren, die Identität ihres Kindes anzunehmen und es auf dem Weg in eine glückliche Zukunft zu begleiten

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the workplace experiences and access to career-enhancing opportunities of transgender employees and to apprise organization leaders of opportunities to create an all-inclusive workplace environment.


Design/methodology/approach
This phenomenological study used semi-structured interviews with transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in the US. Study participants (n = 12) varied slightly in racial and ethnic identities, the highest level of formal education completed and the industry sector they were employed at the time of interviews.


Findings
The data reveals a lingering presence of dominant narrative (cissexism) in US organizations and its adverse impact on workplace experience and access to career-enhancing opportunities of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. The participants' narratives reveal recommendations for effective organizational practices for a transgender-inclusive workplace.


Research limitations/implications
The challenge of recruiting qualified participants from the marginalized group along with the selection criteria of English proficiency and legally adult age resulted in a relatively limited sample (n = 12) nevertheless adequate for the study.


Practical implications
Results of this study point at the urgent need to increase visibility and acceptance of the represented population and expand workplace diversity policies to create inclusive, just and equitable organizations for all individuals that will translate into job satisfaction and improved productivity.


Social implications
This study contributes to developing a culture of inclusion and prevention of discrimination in the workplace thus ensuring respect, safety and agency for gender minority employees.


Originality/value
This study contributes to a better understanding of workplace experiences, access to career-enhancing opportunities of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and best practices for a transgender-inclusive workplace.

-- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transgender Identities and the Press -- 3. A Matter of Choices: Identity Labels in English -- 4. Semantic Prosodies in the Press -- 5. Differences and Similarities in the Representation of Trans Identities -- 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers.

Foreword / by Shannon Minter -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Emerging -- Confessions -- Becoming Phyllis -- Sharing Her Story -- Breaking Barriers -- Into the Streets -- Trans Rebel -- On the March -- Advocating for Others -- The Personal and the Political -- From Protest to Politics -- Radicalized -- Shaping Transgender Law -- Breaking the Barrier -- Stonewalling -- On Capitol Hill -- Judgments -- Transitions -- Back to Battle -- From Law Breaker to Law Enforcer -- Concluding Interview.

This Essay contends that the Trump Administration's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military is based on prejudice and bias, lacking any legitimate justification. As such, the transgender military ban cannot be justified on legal grounds. Nor can it be justified based on health and safety. Engaging a robust empirical record, the authors show that the ban cannot be justified based on matters of efficiency, preparedness, or combat readiness—arguments used by the Trump Administration to justify the ban. Despite transgender individuals serving openly in the military in recent years, the Trump Administration has not been able to offer in reports or court documents proof of its claims that transgender service members undermine combat readiness and thus pose a risk to the military. Given this, the authors argue, the Supreme Court's intervention to lift the preliminary injunctions bodes poorly for how the Court will address this issue and other LGBTQ rights issues to come. The Essay identifies several problems with the Trump Administration's policy to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. First, the policy is unjustifiably discriminatory on the basis of gender identity. Second, it perpetuates harmful stereotypes and stigmas that have serious consequences in society generally, and specifically, for transgender service members and their families. Third, the policy singles out transgender members of the military through what ultimately can be understood as coercion and shaming, forcing trans military service members to obtain a psychological diagnosis of gender dysphoria and to do so rather abruptly in order to continue in their military employment. The Essay shows how the transgender military ban perpetuates historical patterns of discrimination in the military, which reach back to race- and sex-based discrimination. The authors conclude that promoting equality in the military will only occur when those who wish to, and are qualified to, serve are permitted to do so with dignity and ...

This article aims to reflect on the adequacy of the name and gender in the Civil Registry of the minor transgender in Brazilian law and Spanish law, since the problem seems to be appeased only with regard to the transgender person of legal age and capable. Spain is slightly ahead of Brazil in this matter, as it already has a constitutional decision in favor of the smallest transgender, however, both countries still do not present rules applicable to these individuals, nor does it have pacification in the judiciary on the subject. Thus, through qualitative methodology, with an emphasis on bibliographic and normative research, elements are presented to bridge the legislative gap in relation to the smallest transgender, in both countries, aiming to alleviate the arduous and slow march of these individuals to ensure the adequacy of the first name and gender, justifying the present study. In this perspective, preventing the desired adequacy may constitute a restriction of their fundamental rights, in addition to preventing the free development of the minor's personality according to their gender.

Abstract
This essay contains an introduction and a translation of an account provided in Indonesian by Rully Mallay, a transgender community leader and activist at the Kebaya Foundation, a shelter for people living with HIV in the province of Yogyakarta. It describes the impact of restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and mobilization in response to it by those who identify as "waria" between February and September 2020. Waria played a pivotal role in mobilizing a community response in that city, providing support not only to their own community but also to other marginal groups impacted in similar ways. Harsh lockdown measures imposed to respond to COVID-19 disproportionately affected waria, cutting off access to economic and community support. This was particularly acute for the many waria without state-issued identity cards. Nevertheless, Rully expresses her hope that through the skills and adaptability they have demonstrated in their response to the public health emergency, they might achieve recognition and acceptance from Indonesian society.