Transgender%20Issues

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Transgender Issues

• Laura McReynolds
• Chelsea Donaldson
• Lauren Mueller
• Grace Jones

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What We Are Covering

• Definition
• History
• Discrimination
• Influences and Support
• Conclusion
• Questions

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Definition Just A Few Terms

• Gender Identity vs. Gender Expression vs. Sexual
  Orientation
• Cross-dresser vs. Drag
• Hermaphrodite/Intersex

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What It Means To Be Transgendered

• Transgender vs. Transsexual
• Defies gender binary
• Gender neutral pronouns (Sie, Hir)

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History How does T fit into LGBT?

• Transgender an ancient and modern idea
• 1953- first surgery (Christine Jorgensen)
• 1966- Comptons Cafeteria
• 1975- Minneapolis anti-discrimination law
• 1993- Intersex Society of North America
• (ISNA)

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Discrimination Within the Movement

• Movement started out conservative
• Excluded butch lesbian, feminine gay men,
  transgender people, and bisexuals

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Discrimination

• Hospitals, Restaurants, Bathrooms
• 1991- Brandon Teena (Boys Dont Cry)
• Laws
• ENDA
• Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
• The Real ID Act
• Goal Social Equality

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Influential Organizations

• C.O.G. (Conversion Our Goal) in 1967
• STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries)
  in 1970
• FTM 1980
• Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
  1985
• Queer Nation 1990
• ISNA 1993
• GenderPAC 199
• National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
  2003
• Basic Rights Oregon
• SONG

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Questions

• Has your idea about transgender changed?
• Do you agree with transgendered inclusion within
  the movement?