Essays about: "transgender people"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words transgender people.

1. 1. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
   Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

   Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE

3. 2. Keeping Up with the Transition: Sex for Compensation and Women with Asylum and Transgender Experiences in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Ines Anttila; [2023]
   Keywords : sex for compensation; transgender; asylum; gender affirmation; waiting; strategy; tactic.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the practice of sex for compensation performed by women with transgender and asylum experiences living in Sweden. It aims to explore the complexities of sex for compensation by positioning this practice as both strategy and a tactic for obtaining income used for gender affirmation, considering that gender-affirmative healthcare is not available for asylum seekers in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Transgender Visibility : Examining the Influence of Media Representation on Attitudes toward Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Gideon Neidenmark; [2023]
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   Abstract : Over the last few years media representation of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people has increased. Despite this, there is a lack of studies looking at the influence of media representation of TGD on attitudes. READ MORE

5. 4. ‘A Catalyst Into Queer Life’: Gender-Open Parenting as an Abolitionist Practice

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Pao Zuccotti; [2023]
   Keywords : Abolitionist Phenomenology; Gender Abolition; Gender-Open Parenting; Gender Creative Parenting; Gender Neutral Parenting; Transgender Studies;

   Abstract : As practitioners of gender-open parenting, the refusal to impose a gendersex identity on children, my interviewee/collaborator and I engage in a dialogic interview about our shared embodied, everyday, relational parenting practices. I ask: What do we do when we do gender-open parenting? What does gender-open parenting do? If Marquis Bey and their black trans feminist theory set the scene, Sara Ahmed provides me with the concepts to move the methodology toward an abolitionist phenomenology beyond resistance to cisgender ideology. READ MORE

6. 5. Surveying the thoughts of Japanese people on its LGBT people

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Vaila Venla Kullberg; [2023]
   Keywords : LGBTQ; lesbian; gay; bisexual; transgender; rural and urban; case study; Japan;

   Abstract : Japan is known for being one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with bustling urbancities, with high rates of education and economic development, as stated in reports showcased by international organizations such as the OECD. Despite these indicators for high development, Japan has been reported to be lacking in the legal rights and treatment of sexual and gender minorities, this may be suprising for some as urban environments are often thought of as safe spaces for these groups of people. READ MORE