“Trapped in the Wrong Body:” Katie Couric Talks to and About Trans* People with Limited Success. On February 26th, Katie Couric’s daytime TV talk show Katie, aired “Growing Up Transgender,” a segment focusing on the experience of trans children and their parents.
You can watch it on the show’s website. image via katiecouric.com. Trapped in the Wrong Body: Growing Up Transgender. Transgender.
The word alone can be so hard for many of us to understand. Not just dressing like the opposite sex, but truly feeling you were born the wrong sex. Chaz Bono once said that gender is between the ears and not between the legs. Coy Mathis from Fountain, Colorado knows what Chaz means. Meet 51 Kickass Women From The 2013 Trans 100. The 2013 Trans 100, the brainchild of Jen Richards of We Happy Trans and Antonia D’orsay, Executive Director of This Is H.O.W, aims to provide “an inaugural overview of the breadth and diversity of work being done in, by, and for the transgender community across the United States.”
The cultural conversation around trans* people tends to err on the side of “non-existant” punctuated by brief forays into “tragedy,” but Richards and D’orsay wanted to shift that conversation towards the accomplishments and strength of individuals within the trans* community. From over 500 nominations, 100 lucky humans were chosen and the list was announced at a March 29th event sponsored by Chicago House, GLAAD, The Pierce Family Foundation, Orbitz.com and KOKUMOMEDIA; featuring Janet Mock, Dr.
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The page you requested has either moved or been deleted. LISTEN LIVE Cayucas High School Lover Watch: Phantom Gourmet reviews Back Bay Harry’s What’s on your Boston Marathon plate? The changing faces of local TV news and sports Sights along the Boston Marathon route 10 Most Fattening Foods in the World 2014 MTV Movie Awards scenes Boston Globe video: Long road for the Richard family. Clicks on a Keyboard: Dungeons, Dragons, and Trans-Feminism. Trans*scribe illustration ©rosa middleton, 2013 “Click” can best be defined as the moment you became conscious of the personal being political, the moment you learned a social fact through a deeply personal interaction.
Your “click” moves you from an individual experience to a collective empiricism. It connotes the precise instant that everything changed; forever. Yet for me, my click was a bit longer and slower than that. Transgender. Cisgender. Cisgender and cissexual (often abbreviated to simply cis) describe related types of gender identity where an individual's experience of their own gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth.[1] Sociologists Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook define cisgender as a label for "individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity" as a complement to transgender.[2] Prominent gay activist John Aravosis considers the term "a slur against non-trans people.
"[3] There are a number of derivatives of the terms in use, including cis male for "male assigned male at birth", cis female for "female assigned female at birth", analogically cis man and cis woman, as well as cissexism and cissexual assumption. In addition, certain scholars have begun to use the term cisnormativity, akin to the queer studies' heteronormativity.[4][5] A related adjective is gender-normative; Eli R. Cisgender vs. cissexual[edit] Origins[edit] Lana Wachowski receives the HRC Visibility Award. Community and Consequences: Understanding the Costs of Reclaiming “Tranny” « In Our Words. By: Tobi Hill-Meyer I’m at a small local performance hall.
It’s the annual queer women’s music festival. In this small college town, events like these only happen a couple times a year, and after an anti-social northwest winter, it feels good to be out. Trans Etiquette 101: No Offense, But That’s Offensive. Brennan: [to Booth] You seem uncomfortable.
Does his size make you self-conscious? Booth: Bones.Brennan: It’s a condition: skeletal dysplasia. Pseudoachondroplasia or S.E.D. congenita? Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She — omglog. Survival Tips for Trans Youth. Trans*toons. Trans*toons. You Know You're Trans* When... - What does that mean? You Know You're Trans* When... You Know You're Trans* When... - Trans vs. Trans* The Lives of Transgender People. Genny Beemyn and Susan Rankin Paper, 248 pages, 20 illus.; 10 tables ISBN: 978-0-231-14307-3 $27.50 / £19.00 November, 2011 Cloth, 248 pages, 20 illus.; 10 tables ISBN: 978-0-231-14306-6 $84.50 / £58.50 "This book’s greatest strengths are twofold: it outlines a wide diversity of gender identities that step outside of previous identity markers, including the experiences of young genderqueer people, and it contributes to research on trans people, which has been very out of date.
" — Arlene Istar Lev, University of Albany, School of Social Welfare, and Choices Counseling and Consulting "The authors have done an excellent job of using up-to-date references and the text is reflective of current trends. " — Gerald P. Senate Approves Transgender Bill. Measure Heads To Gov. Malloy's Desk June 04, 2011|By DANIELA ALTIMARI, altimari@courant.com, The Hartford Courant The state Senate early this morning gave final legislative approval to a bill that provides equal protection to transgender people.
The measure, which passed on a largely party-line vote of 20-16, seeks to bar discrimination in the workplace or while seeking housing or obtaining credit based on gender identity and expression. GATE – Global Action for Trans* Equality. Trans Center San Francisco. National Center for Transgender Equality: 52 Things. 52 Things You Can Do for Transgender Equality Achieving our goal of transgender equality requires activism at the local, state and national levels.
While NCTE focuses on federal policies, we strongly support and encourage the vital work of grassroots activists. Each week during 2006, we will feature an idea for action that you can take at a local level. Some will be challenging, some will be simple; all are effective ideas and we will include links, resources and thoughts to help you get started. Some are things you can do on your own, while others are ideas for local groups to work on.