and Challenges the Transgender Advocacy is facing Transgender advocacy has been in the Philippines for quite some time‚ but still the advocacy has not escalated into something more than promotion. Many organizations have emerged through the years to fight for the rights and protection of transpinays‚ despite it all the government has failed to give the transgender community what they need. The main mission of transgender organizations is to focus on the issues that the transgender community face and
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A love letter to my country: from a transgender Filipina InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Mga minamahal kong kababayan (To my beloved Philippines): I know that it has been an emotional three weeks to all of us who have been affected by the death of Jennifer Laude‚ the 26-year-old transgender woman whose lifeless body was found with her head in a motel toilet in Olongapo City‚ Philippines on October 11‚ 2014. I know‚ too‚ that Jennifer Laude’s story has divided us as a nation. While
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In recent years‚ gender has become a controversial topic all over the world. Many of millennials have embraced the idea of accepting people of all genders‚ bringing the concepts of transgender‚ agender‚ genderfluidity‚ and others to light. However‚ with more publicity to these concepts‚ comes misinterpretations‚ confusion‚ and hatred towards those identities. Gender‚ according to Judith Butler’s article “Performativity Precarity and Sexual Politics‚” is a performance‚ meaning that each person
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quiet kid who really wants to speak infront of the class. This is exactly how transgender people feel in the workplace. Many of the transgender people in the workplace‚ as described by the Out Now Global LGBT 2020 study‚ are scared to come out: “Almost one in two trans respondents feel that coming out will definitely or probably hurt their career prospect…” ( Higginbottom 2). An example of descrimination against transgender people can be seen more in certain work places: The financial sector has in
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In the past‚ being transgender has been a topic that has been swept under the rug and avoided. It was not until recently that research has been done in the field of transgender studies. A major component of this concept‚ from a diagnostic perspective‚ has been the study of Gender Identity Disorder (GID). Gender Identity Disorder is defined as a frustration‚ distress‚ or unhappiness with one’s biologically gender identifying features and how it relates to their perceived gender‚ or their gender identity
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biological sex is different from their gender identity (transgender). A person may realize he or she is transgender in childhood or later in life. Transgender people come from every ethnic and religious background. They are part of communities across the
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started at birth but the choice wasn’t mine‚ my outer image was designed for me but my inner spirit no one can see. Life is a choice and I choose to live and be me. Even despite what society says‚ thinks and naturally sees. This is more for the transgender community but we surely don’t differ from each other. Blake Brockington was a young activist that was brave enough to come out to family and friends at a young age about being Trans. "I’ve lost a lot of
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Lately‚ the transgender community’s push for more gender-neutral public bathrooms has drawn a fair amount of attention‚ support‚ and criticism. I identify as pansexual and I personally do not have any gender preferences. I’ve been supporting LGBT since I had an understanding of the term. There was a time I cut my hair very short and dressed more masculine than feminine. I used to get weird looks when I went to female bathrooms in public places like grocery stores and malls; therefore I had the experience
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I’m the second speaker for the proposition team and our stand is transgender should be classified as the third gender. My first point is that transgender should be given a proper recognition in the society. Let’s be honest‚ there’s a good chance that you have not heard of Transgender Day of Remembrance. How often do we actually think about the “T” in LGBT? Over the years‚ there have been far too many cases of hate crimes that have been motivated by an individual’s sexual preference. Often‚ what prompt
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psychological attributes commonly associated with being male or female. Therefore‚ transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression‚ and their assigned sex. In other words‚ transgender are people of one sex who feel trapped inside a body of a different sex. Looking at the definition‚ should a transgender participate normally at the Olympics completion? Well‚ the article titled “Transgender Athlete Can Now Compete in Olympics Without Surgery” published in the The
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