Increasingly I now spend my time as a speaker raising awareness of Trans issues and it is a difficult task because there is so much confusion and so many stereotypical views. First there are so many different terms and even in the trans community there is little agreement regarding identities. Transvestite, transsexual, transgender, trans, cross dresser - and I have not even started on the cultural differences like Hijra, Kathoey and Travesti. For more information on this please do visit my Squidoo Lens on Trans History
This video is a recent News Night interview by Jim Braude with Joanne Herman and Diego Sanchez, two very successful trans people, about what it means to be transgender. What has really impressed me about this is that Jim is a very sensitive interviewer and has focused on the acceptance and social attitudes which is so seldom done in the UK where the focus is all too often on surgery. If you have never really spoken to a trans person I am sure you fill find these interviews enlightening as well as entertaining.
TransGender 101 - Part 1 - Interview with Joanne Herman and Diego Sanchez
TransGender 101 - Part 2 - Interview with Joanne Herman and Diego Sanchez
If those videos have prompted questions - please do ask me - post a comment and I will respond as soon as I can.
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We are a group of professional social work students who have been asked by our institution to create a blog on transgender inmates. We will be especially interested in exploring the policies and procedures which are responsible for the creation of a repressive atmosphere for the transgender population. As such, we will be viewing this issue from within an anti-oppressive framework. We invite fellow bloggers who have a curiosity or interest in the experiences of transgender incarceration to participate and contribute.
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