Transgender

Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report

by Senthorun Raj

NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (March 2012)

The Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report examines the intersections of discrimination in LGBTI communities... more The Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report examines the intersections of discrimination in LGBTI communities and identifies opportunities for further legal and policy reform.

Searching for Self and Society: LGBT Youth Online

by Elise Paradis

The Psychotic SOC

by Aubrey Ellen Shomo

published in Transgender Tapestry (International Foundation for Gender Education, Inc. Fall 2006.)

Most everyone in the transgender community has heard of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association,... more Most everyone in the transgender community has heard of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, or at least of their Standards of Care. Post-ops have gone through them. Pre-ops are in the middle of them. Non-ops have encountered them. Genderqueers know them as a social expectation for their friends. Crossdressers have to listen to pre-ops complain about them.

Opinions vary. Some see them as a necessary evil. Some are glad they exist to protect those non-tranny fools who want an up-close-and-personal garden-shear experience. Some see them as fascist.

Att utveckla ett autentiskt kön

by Lisa Nordlund

“My story is really not mine”: An Interview with Latina Trans Activist Ruby Bracamonte

by Sharon Doetsch-Kidder

Forthcoming in Feminist Studies

Ruby is a Latina trans activist and national spokesperson on issues of violence against transgender people. She... more Ruby is a Latina trans activist and national spokesperson on issues of violence against transgender people. She arrived in the DC area at the age of 16, a refugee from political violence in El Salvador. She has coordinated local support groups for drag queens and trans women as well as the national Latina Transgender Leadership Summit and advocated with the Metropolitan Police Department and other Washington, DC, agencies for better treatment of trans people. In 2003, she gained national attention speaking out against violence after the murder of her friend, Bella Evangelista. With all of her public speaking and organizing, however, the activism that means the most to Ruby is the personal support she provides to those who are “really marginalized,” even within the trans community, those who are homeless, sex workers, addicts, or HIV positive, who she calls her “daughters.”  I interviewed Ruby in Washington, DC, in three sessions, on October 6, 18, and 25, 2004, as part of a larger project collecting oral histories of activists who work at the intersections of race, class, sexuality, disability, and nation.

Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue

by Nicholas Teich

Newsletter Nº20, Octubre de 2010 / ADOPCIONES, FAMILIAS, INFANCIAS / De infancias, (trans)géneros y el poder de las etiquetas

by AFIN Barcelona

Dirección Newsletter: Esther Grau, Diana Marre y Beatriz San Román
Contenidos: Zorana Milicevic
Edición,... more Dirección Newsletter: Esther Grau, Diana Marre y Beatriz San Román
Contenidos: Zorana Milicevic
Edición, Formato y Difusión: Sofía Gaggiotti
ISSN: 2013-2956

La declaración de una famosa actriz de que su hija “quiere ser un niño” –acompañada de las fotos de la pequeña con el pelo corto, luciendo un pantalón militar y corbata o portando una espada de juguete en la cintura– corrió como la pólvora por el mundo. Las reacciones no se hicieron esperar. Desde l@s que criticaron con dureza a la madre y al padre por fomentar semejante conducta, hasta l@s que consideraron que l@s niñ@s tenían que ser libres de expresar sus preferencias.
Aunque en las últimas décadas en las sociedades occidentales la idea de promover la libertad de explorar, negociar y expresar la propia identidad de género va cobrando fuerza, numerosos comportamientos se rigen predominantemente por la obediencia a las normas sociales basadas en la insistencia en una rígida correspondencia entre sexo y género. El término sexo se utiliza comúnmente para designar determinadas características biológicas y género para referirse a la identificación psicológica de una persona y a la elaboración sociocultural de sus atributos físicos, psicológicos y sociales. Esta distinción está recogida en una conocida frase que reza: “El sexo está entre las piernas, pero el género está entre las orejas”.

Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults

by Aaron T Norton

Co-authored with Gregory M Herek, published in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2012

Using data from a national probability sample of heterosexual U.S. adults (N=2,281), the present study describes the... more Using data from a national probability sample of heterosexual U.S. adults (N=2,281), the present study describes the distribution and correlates of men’s and women’s attitudes toward transgender people. Feeling thermometer ratings of transgender people were strongly correlated with attitudes toward gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals, but were significantly less favorable. Attitudes toward transgender people were more negative among heterosexual men than women. Negative attitudes were associated with endorsement of a binary conception of gender; higher levels of psychological authoritarianism, political conservatism, and anti-egalitarianism, and (for women) religiosity; and lack of personal contact with sexual minorities. In regression analysis, sexual prejudice accounted for much of the variance in transgender attitudes, but respondent gender, educational level, authoritarianism, anti-egalitarianism, and (for women) religiosity remained significant predictors with sexual prejudice statistically controlled. Implications and directions for future research on attitudes toward transgender people are discussed.

Contemporary discourses on non-heterosexual and gender non-conforming citizens of Turkey

by Lukasz Szulc

2011 International Review of Turkish Studies - ISSN 2211-3975 - 1(2), p. 10-31

This article explores discourses on non-heterosexual and gender
non-conforming individuals in contemporary... more This article explores discourses on non-heterosexual and gender
non-conforming individuals in contemporary Turkish society. First, I
examine gender and sexual norms established within the Turkish project of
modernization with a special emphasis on the formation of a strict binary
system of interrelated gender and sexual categories. Next, I investigate
different strategies of self-conceptualization employed by those who fall
outside such a system in order to either incorporate or challenge dominant
norms. The discussion is based on empirical data and theoretical contributions
by academics specialized in different fields as well as on the material provided
by Turkish and international human rights organizations.

Vertigo and Luke: love and redemption in an urban pastoral

by Virginia Barratt

Towards Addressing the Different Dimensions of Vulnerability and Resilience: Proposed Community Organizing Approach

by Chang Jordan

Portrait of a Brave Woman

by John C. McCall

1996. "Portrait of a Brave Woman." American Anthropologist. 98(1): 127-136.

Queer Imag (in) ing: Liminality as Resistance in Lindqvist's Let the Right One In

by Benny Lemaster

LeMaster, Benny. "Queer Imag (in) ing: Liminality as Resistance in Lindqvist's Let the Right One In." Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies 8.2 (2011): 103-123.

This thesis is a qualitative study of transsexuality, with the main Purpose of revealing the lived experiences of Iranian transsexual(abstract)

by Morteza Rostami

This thesis is a qualitative study of transsexuality, with the main Purpose of revealing the lived experiences of... more This thesis is a qualitative study of transsexuality, with the main Purpose of revealing the lived experiences of Iranian transsexual. ..............

Gender, Integrity, and Spirituality

by Petra Doan

Published in Friends Journal: Quaker Life and Thought Today,
January 2002

The Spiritual Side of Gender Journeying

by Petra Doan

Safety and Urban Environments: Transgendered Experiences of the City

by Petra Doan

Women and Environments International, 78/79

'We Won't Know Who You Are': Contesting Sex Designations in New York City Birth Certificates

by Paisley Currah

Paisley Currah and Lisa Jean Moore, "'We Won't Know Who You Are': Contesting Sex Designations in New York City Birth Certificates," published in Hypatia Vol. 24, no. 3 (Summer 2009): 113-135. Published online here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2009.01048.x/abstract.

This article examines shifts in the legal, medical, and common-sense logics governing the designation of sex on birth... more This article examines shifts in the legal, medical, and common-sense logics governing the designation of sex on birth certificates issued by the City of New York between 1965 and 2006. In the initial iteration, the stabilization of legal sex categories was organized around the notion of “fraud”; in the most recent iteration, “permanence” became the measure of authenticity. We frame these legal constructions of sex with theories about the “natural attitude” toward gender.

If you lack access to the journal through online subscription databases, please email me for a copy of the article: pcurrah at brooklyn.cuny.edu.

Challenging Cases for Experienced Therapists

by Katherine Rachlin

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 15(2):180–199, 2011

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 15:180–199, 2011

Challenging Cases for Experienced Therapists... more Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 15:180–199, 2011

Challenging Cases for Experienced Therapists

Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D. Private Practice, New York, New York, USA and Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW-R, CASAC Choices Counseling and Consulting, Albany, New York, and Albany School of Social Welfare, New York, New York, USA

The authors, both experienced gender therapists, engage in an interactive discussion of two cases that involve ethical dilemmas and complex psychological presentations. Three themes are discussed: (1) writing letters of recommendation for hormonal or surgical treatment when the clinical presentation involves complicating factors, (2) providing support for transgender persons who are not expressing their authentic gender and choose to remain closeted, and (3) the flexible use of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH’s) Standards of Care. The authors each present a case and then discuss various strategies that are affirming of transgender identities.

KEYWORDS transgender, transsexual, crossdresser, nontransitioning, standards of care, sex reassignment surgery, gender affirmation, gender therapy, hormonal therapy

Another Side of Clare Savage’s Identity Crisis: A Queer Theoretical Analysis of Michelle Cliff’s Abeng

by Michael Carosone