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trans Hey folks,
I have a presentation to give next week for an upper-division women's studies class. Six of us are facilitating an article, which talks about specific cases of trans* people who have married and then seperated, and the legal decisions in each case (most of which, sadly, were to anull the marriages as same-sex marriages on the basis of the trans persons assigned gender. huge sigh).
Anyway, part of my portion of the presentation is to give everyone a basis for language use during this talk. I don't want to make the mistake of going off only my own experiences or preferences, so thought I'd ask here what kinds of information people think should be covered.
I am avoiding Trans-101 type info (basically, avoiding things about how to talk TO a trans person) because that's not in the scope of the article or discussion; but I was going to put a link or two to a good Trans 101-type website on the handout, just in case anyone has any questions about that sort of thing. Anyone have any good websites for that?
The info I'm really looking for and will be mostly covering in my 2-minute intro and on my handout is how to talk ABOUT trans people. I'll put some definitions on the handout, such as ftm, mtf, transgender, transsexual, etc. I'm interested to know what other people think is important in facilitating an open, academic converstation like this? Any links to websites I where I can find more info on respectful converstation, etc?
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I have a presentation to give next week for an upper-division women's studies class. Six of us are facilitating an article, which talks about specific cases of trans* people who have married and then seperated, and the legal decisions in each case (most of which, sadly, were to anull the marriages as same-sex marriages on the basis of the trans persons assigned gender. huge sigh).
Anyway, part of my portion of the presentation is to give everyone a basis for language use during this talk. I don't want to make the mistake of going off only my own experiences or preferences, so thought I'd ask here what kinds of information people think should be covered.
I am avoiding Trans-101 type info (basically, avoiding things about how to talk TO a trans person) because that's not in the scope of the article or discussion; but I was going to put a link or two to a good Trans 101-type website on the handout, just in case anyone has any questions about that sort of thing. Anyone have any good websites for that?
The info I'm really looking for and will be mostly covering in my 2-minute intro and on my handout is how to talk ABOUT trans people. I'll put some definitions on the handout, such as ftm, mtf, transgender, transsexual, etc. I'm interested to know what other people think is important in facilitating an open, academic converstation like this? Any links to websites I where I can find more info on respectful converstation, etc?
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