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This dissertation investigates how gender minorities in the U.S. transform conceptions of gender as they push for social recognition. Analyzing an original collection of 69 in-depth interviews alongside ethnographic observations and archival Internet data, I find that trans social actors create new interpretive practices that challenge cultural conventions around gender. In so doing, they undermine the hegemonic gender paradigm and introduce an alternative knowledge system that facilitates their recognition. This process of social change takes place at the levels of discourse, individuals, interactions, and institutions. My research illustrates how, contrary to the theory of the "looking-glass self" (which suggests that we see ourselves the way others see us), trans individuals engage an interactional process of "radiant selves," bringing others to see them as they see themselves. Working collectively and individually, they reconceptualize gender and transness. By creating a new gender paradigm and new gender identity concepts, social actors act as citizen theorists. Telling self-stories that contest the dominant "wrong body" narrative of trans identity, actors shift and expand notions of what transness is and can be. They re-educate others, bringing them to use linguistic gender accomplishment practices, where interaction partners verbally communicate their own gender pronouns, and holding others accountable to honoring their identity claims rather than holding themselves accountable to meeting conventional gender expectations, performing emotional labor in the process. Thus, they politically labor to reinvent gender as a system of meaning, reorganize its accountability structure, build a community of practice that affirms trans identities, and collectively constitute themselves and each other as subjects. Drawing on previous queer political approaches—the deconstructionist aims of anti-identitarian queer theory and politics and the structural concerns of identity-oriented gay and lesbian mobilization—trans social actors engage a new form of constructive everyday resistance, using their embodied selves to work on, against, with, and through existing gender notions in order to change them. I argue that by engaging in such efforts to gain social recognition, trans actors reconfigure the gender knowledge system, exercising a degree of "discursive agency," in sharp contrast to frequent assumptions about the overwhelming power of gender structures.

This book introduces the policies surrounding legal gender recognition of trans people in Kazakhstan. Generally, the research in this sphere focuses on medical professions, described as gatekeepers or judges deciding who fit the prescriptions of being a woman or a man, and on trans people themselves, who are often portrayed as victims. However, this process is more complex than only describing the interaction of these two groups or by labelling them either as gatekeepers or victims. The project provides a critical approach and attempts to expand our understanding of the process, the dynamics and the actors involved. This study will be of interest to scholars of contemporary Kazakhstan, and of feminism and LGBTQ activism more generally. Zhanar Sekerbayeva is a PhD researcher. In her work she aims at expanding the concept of "gender" in the general public discourse through activism by mainstreaming questions of gender identity in the academia. She is a co-founder of Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita"

Discusses the ongoing denial of human rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender people around the world, which has implications for their health. While the United Nations offer some support for LGBT human rights, it is not a perfect forum for claiming those rights because of the threat of opposition from various sectors, including the Vatican &, recently, the US. References. Adapted from the source document.

Purpose: Department of Defense policy prohibits, with limited exceptions, transgender individuals from serving in their affirmed gender in the U.S. Military, citing potential impact on unit cohesion and military readiness. To date, however, little is known about the sociodemographic profile and health of transgender military personnel. Methods: U.S. Military personnel who self-identified as transgender completed anonymous online measures of demographics and military service. Participants also completed measures of health, mood, eating pathology, and risk behaviors. Results: One hundred ninety-five service members (mean age: 28.9±7.2 years, 48.7% transmale, 70.3% non-Hispanic White, 7.83±5.9 years in service) completed the survey. The majority of respondents first identified as transgender before military accession. Most had disclosed their gender identity to their command and providers, and had undertaken steps toward gender affirmation. The sample as a whole reported above average physical health, with mood symptoms within normal ranges and few reported risk behaviors. Analyses of covariance indicated that transmales reported significantly better mental health and psychosocial functioning compared with transfemales. Conclusion: In light of current policy that precludes, with limited exceptions, transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. Military in their affirmed gender, the current study provides an initial sociodemographic profile of this understudied population and indicates that transgender service members report above average physical health and few risk behaviors. Preliminary analyses indicated that transfemales in the military may be at higher risk for mental health concerns, compared with transmales. Additional research is needed to elucidate risk and protective factors among transgender service members.

This inspiring and moving story, told from the heart of an extraordinary family, recounts the emotional and uplifting journey of raising a transgender son. Janna Barkin's family has come a long way since their child, Amaya, first told them he was a boy and not a girl and this captivating memoir charts the family's experiences of raising Amaya, from birth through to adulthood. With powerful chapters written by Amaya's family and friends, Janna shares personal stories of the support and discoveries her family has encountered and provides a 'care package' of advice for families facing similar issues, including a glossary of terms and a list of hand-picked support sources. Written with warmth and humor, He's Always Been My Son reminds us to accept others for who they are and will support, educate and inspire anyone who reads it

The apparatus of social reproduction describes the process by which knowledge production contributes to oppressive conditions. This article explains and defines this process through the application of a critical theoretical lens informed the Foucauldian concept of apparatus or dispositif and social reproduction as developed by feminist activists and intellectuals. This process has a notable influence on the political economic conditions of transgender women, conditions that include disproportionate reliance on the use of criminalized economies such as sex work. Social workers inadvertently influence this process through an overreliance on broad categorizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations, which impede our ability to adequately assess such complex oppressive social relationships. Increasing the profession's familiarity and competence with critical theory is necessary to reduce our participation in such processes and identify effective interventions for this population. Presenting a review of social work literature and a discussion of the proposed lens, the following seeks to illuminate the apparatus of social reproduction and explain how broad social categorization of transgender women is problematic. The authors recommend the adoption of the proposed lens as a tool social workers can use to better assess their research and practice and better understand the complexities of power and exploitation.

Cover -- Of related interest -- Title page -- Copyright -- Foreword by Christine Burns -- Introduction -- Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) -- Albert D. J. Cashier (1843-1915) -- Anne Lister aka Gentleman Jack (1791-1840) -- Barbette aka Vander Clyde Broadway (1898-1973) -- Betty Cooper aka Cato (mid-18th century) -- Ellen Craft (1826-1891) and William Craft (1824-1900) -- Biawacheeitchish (Woman Chief) aka Pine Leaf (1806-1858) -- Bill Allen (1906-1949) -- Brandon Teena (1972-1993) -- Carlett Angianlee Brown (b. circa 1927) -- Charles Hamilton (circa 1721-1770) -- Chevalier d'Éon (1728-1810) -- Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989) -- Claude Cahun aka Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob (1894-1954) -- Colonel Victor Barker aka Valerie Arkell-Smith and other names (1895-1960) -- Dora (Dorchen) Richter (1891-1933) -- Dr James Barry (1789-1865) -- Dr John (Johann) Theodora de Verdion aka Miss Grahn (1744-1802) -- Elagabalus Marcus Aurelius Antonius Augustus (203 or 204-222 ce) -- Francisco de Loyola aka Catalina/Katalina de Erauso and other names (circa 1585-1650) -- George Sand aka Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-1876) -- Harry Allen aka Harry Livingstone (1882-1922) -- Hatshepsut (circa 1508-1458 bce) -- Herculine Adélaïde Barbin aka Alexina and also Abel Barbin (1838-1868) -- Hermaphroditus -- Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy aka Coccinelle (1931-2006) -- James Allen (1788-1830) -- James Grey aka Hannah Snell (1723-1792) -- John Taylor aka Mary Anne Talbot (1778-1808) -- Karl M. Baer (1885-1956) -- Laurence Michael Dillon (1915-1962) -- Lili Elbe aka Lili Ilse Elvenes (1882-1931) -- Mademoiselle Lefort (circa 1800-1868) -- Marguerite Malaure (b. 1665) -- Mark Read aka Mary Read (1685 or 1690-1721) -- Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992) -- Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse (circa 1584-1659) -- Miss Fanny Winifred Park aka Frederick William Park (1846-1881).