Intro -- INTRODUCTION -- What Does It Mean to Be Transgender?American Psychological Association -- Being Transgender Is Not a Mental DisorderDana Beyer -- There Is No Such Thing as "Transgender"Thaddeus Baklinski -- Transgender People Face Widespread DiscriminationJaime M. Grant et al. -- Transgender People Need More Legal ProtectionMovement Advancement Project et al. -- WGiving Transgender People Special Legal Status Is Bad Public PolicyRyan T. Anderson -- The Transgender Rights Movement Is Fighting for EqualityAssociated Press. -- The Transgender Rights Movement Is Harmful to SocietyJoseph Keith Fournier -- Sex-Reassignment Surgery Is a Medical NecessityLambda Legal -- Sex-Reassignment Surgery Is Unnecessary MutilationJulie Binde -- Transgender Kids: Painful Quest to Be Who They AreMadison Park -- Helping Transgender Children Transition Is Child AbuseSheila Jeffreys -- Schools Should Accommodate Transgender StudentsMichael C. Robin Abcarian -- The Wrong Approach to Transgender StudentsMary Rice Hasson -- Transgender People Should Be Banned from Military ServiceJeff Allen -- Transgender People Should Be Allowed to Serve in the MilitaryMelissa Rayworth -- Insurance and Public Programs Should Not Cover Transgender Health CareAllen B. West -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index
Transgender Rights and Issues covers the growing acceptance of the transgender community throughout the years, the discrimination transgender men and women face each day, and how United States and other countries are making changes to fix these issues. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
"Transforming Citizenships engages the performativity of citizenship as it relates to transgender individuals and advocacy groups. Instead of reading the law as a set of self-executing discourses, Isaac West takes up transgender rights claims as performative productions of complex legal subjectivities capable of queering accepted understandings of genders, sexualities, and the normative forces of the law. Drawing on an expansive archive, from the correspondence of a transwoman arrested for using a public bathroom in Los Angeles in 1954 to contemporary lobbying efforts of national transgender advocacy organizations, West advances a rethinking of law as capacious rhetorics of citizenship, justice, equality, and freedom. When approached from this perspective, citizenship can be recuperated from its status as the bad object of queer politics to better understand how legal discourses open up sites for identification across identity categories and enable political activities that escape the analytics of heteronormativity and homonationalism. Isaac West is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Communication Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa"--
ABSTRACT:Transgendered individuals are defined by having a gender identity different from their birth gender. These individuals form a prevalent distinct group within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community that has specific health needs. The goal of the current work is to identify the health needs affecting transgendered individuals in order to guide potential health interventions to ameliorate their well-being. Transgendered individuals often experience elevated rates of social stigma, discrimination and prejudice, which can alienate them from other members of society including family members and health care professionals. This can have negative effects on their employment and socioeconomic status and may even render them targets of hate crimes. The combination of these factors can have significant ill effects on the physical and mental health of transgendered individuals. For example, high rates of depression and anxiety are observed within this population with a reported suicide attempt rate of over 30%. Transgendered individuals are also at high risk of being infected with HIV, with those having undergone the transition from male to female (MTF) being most affected. Although Canada is ahead of the curve in equal rights pertaining to the LGBT community compared to many countries worldwide that still have anti-homosexual legislation, there still exists a considerable amount of stigma around the transgendered community. There is a need to educate the population at large to combat social stigma in order to reduce discrimination, increase social support, improve access to health services and ultimately improve the physical and mental wellbeing of transgendered people.RÉSUMÉ:Les personnes transgenres sont définies comme ayant une identité de genre différente de leur sexe de naissance. Ces personnes forment un groupe distinct au sein de la communauté des lesbiennes, gais, bisexuels et transsexuels (LGBT), ayant des besoins de santé spécifiques. Le but du travail actuel est d'identifier les besoins de santé touchant les personnes transgenres afin de guider les interventions de santé potentielles pour améliorer leur bien-être. Les personnes transgenres éprouvent souvent des taux élevés de stigmatisation sociale, de discrimination et de préjugés, ce qui peut les aliéner des autres membres de la société y compris les membres de leur famille et des professionnels de soins de santé. Cela peut avoir des effets négatifs sur leur emploi et leur statut socioéconomique et peut même les rendre cibles de crimes haineux. La combinaison de ces facteurs peut avoir des effets néfastes importants sur la santé physique et mentale des personnes transgenres. Par exemple, des taux élevés de dépression et d'anxiété sont observés dans cette population avec un taux de tentative de suicide déclaré de plus de 30%. Les personnes transgenres sont également à risque élevé d'être infectées par le VIH, celles ayant subi la transition d'homme à femme (MTF) étant les plus touchés. Bien que le Canada soit en avance dans l'égalité des droits se rapportant à la communauté LGBT par rapport à de nombreux pays à travers le monde, il existe encore une quantité considérable de stigmatisation qui entoure la communauté transgenre. Il est nécessaire d'éduquer la population dans son ensemble à lutter contre la stigmatisation sociale afin de réduire la discrimination, d'accroître le soutien social, d'améliorer l'accès aux services de santé et, finalement, d'améliorer le bien-être physique et mental des personnes transgenres.
A richly evocative collection of photographs by internationally renowned photographer Kike Arnal, Bordered Lives seeks to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico. Despite some important advances in recognizing and protecting the rights of its transgender community, including legislating against hate crimes targeting transgender people, discrimination still persists, and the majority of the violent attacks against the LGBT community are against transgender women.In the highly personal profiles that make up Bo
An estimated 150,000 transgender individuals have served in the U.S. armed forces, or are currently on active duty. In addition, an estimated 134,000 transgender individuals are veterans or are retired from Guard or Reserve service, 8,800 transgender adults are currently on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, and an estimated 6,700 transgender individuals are serving in the Guard or Reserve forces. Transgender individuals assigned female at birth are nearly three times more likely than all adult women, and those assigned male at birth are 1.6 times more likely than all adult men, to serve. The estimates are derived using data from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey and the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, which was conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Foundations and ruins : why don't transgender and architecture get along? -- How to beat a straight flush : DS+R's brasserie and the rhetoric of transgender "plumbing" -- "The ladies lavatory" : woolf and the transgender biographical imperative -- Woolf's Einfühlung : an alternative theory of transgender affect, space, and time -- "I'll call him mahood instead, I prefer that, I'm queer" : Samuel Beckett's spatial aesthetic of name change -- Against transgender integrity : Beckett's grey matter -- Epilogue: a transgender poetics of the high line park -- Works cited -- Index
At least eighteen countries allow transgender personnel to serve openly, but the United States is not among them. In this article, we assess whether US military policies that ban transgender service members are based on medically sound rationales. To do so, we analyze Defense Department regulations and consider a wide range of medical data. Our conclusion is that there is no compelling medical reason for the ban on service by transgender personnel, that the ban is an unnecessary barrier to health care access for transgender personnel, and that medical care for transgender individuals should be managed using the same standards that apply to all others. Removal of the military's ban on transgender service would improve health outcomes, enable commanders to better care for their troops, and reflect the military's commitment to providing outstanding medical care for all military personnel.
Communication scholars have played an instrumental role in this field theorizing about the nature of identities in relation to media, interpersonal, organizational, intercultural and rhetorical practices and exploring the political conditions these practices create for persons across the spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations. Each chapter of Transgender Communication Studies: Histories, Trends, and Trajectories addresses previous communication scholarship on transgender lives, makes an original argument or contribution to the field, and concludes with directions for future rese
This edited collection synthesizes existing transgender communication scholarship, contributes original research, and sets an agenda for future work in human communication, media studies, and rhetorical studies. It is unique in its expansive coverage of the field of communication and the specific focus on transgender lives.
Spectrum. Jessy: the house of my soul -- Christina: every girl is different -- Mariah: the real deal -- Cameron: variables -- Nat: something else -- Lifeline. Luke: untouchable -- Notes and resources. Author's note -- About the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center -- Q & A with Dr. Manel Silva -- About Proud Theater -- Glossary -- Resources.