Transition videos posted on Tumblr and YouTube chronicle the lives of MTF and FTM individuals as they travel the road from gender dysphoria to positive gender identity and alignment (Gibbs et al 2014; Steinmetz 2014). Audience members are able to post questions and receive answers and access to resources via vloggers who are sharing their own experiences as a means to strengthen the knowledge base of the trans community. In this way these videos act as powerful gatekeepers, creating the path and
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issue is undeniably difficult as it not only affect the society, but also future generations. I believe that the marriage law should be taken into account on current theories of sexual identity because every individual is unique and we should not expect them to be part of the norm. The development of sexual identity is a complex process and there are many factors that may affect it—genes, prenatal hormones, socialization, and many more that we have yet to discover. For this reason, we should consider
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Central Oregon Community College Nursing Program NUR 206 Fall As Provider of Care Nursing Care of Clients with Mental Illness MENTAL HEALTH BOOK REPORT PROJECT Authors over the centuries have given us vivid descriptions of the workings of human minds. Some of the most impressive descriptions of the struggles of people with a mental illness are recorded in the works of writers who either struggle with mental illness themselves, or have grown up in homes dominated by the waxing and
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I agree with the DSM’s decision to rename “gender identity disorder” to “gender dysphoria”. The term gender disorder meant the focus was on what is wrong with the person (Whitbourne & Halgin, 2013). By placing the label that they had some dysfunction, the people who were having the struggle would just feel even more doubt that there was something that needed to be fixed so they would accept the sex they were born with. This would lead them to being depressed, and may even lead to alcoholism or
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“People tend to use the terms “sex” and “gender” interchangeably. We assign a newborn’s sex as either male or female, based on their genitals. Once a sex is assigned, we presume the child’s gender. Someone born with a penis will be a boy and someone with a vulva will be a girl. For many people, this is cause for little, if any, concern or further thought.” Our society has a set of norms and if you do not follow them it becomes controversial and through most people's eyes “wrong.” Many people and
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etterman SOC 324 Extra Credit The best reading of section three I would choose would be “Whose body is this Anyway”. This article by C. Jacob Hale explores the idea of the importance of genitalia in the Transgender nation as well as the larger society. I consider this reading to be very interesting and defiantly eye opening to the transgender community. Being transgender means different things to different people, there's no one way to be transgender, and no one way for transgender people to
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Outline and evaluate the role of genes and/or hormones in gender development (8 + 16 marks) AO1 – Outline of the the role of genes and hormones in gender development Biological sex is determined by genes, which are on chromosomes. Humans generally have 23 pairs of chromosomes, one pair of which determines sex. Females have an XX pair while males have an XY pair. Chromosomal sex largely controls how masculine or feminine the egg's development will be. Chromosomal sex controls whether an embryo
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Sexual and Gender Identity, Personality, and Eating Disorders Outline 1. Sexual and Gender Identity a. Categorized as just that, sexual and gender identity disorders b. Some classifications include gender identity disorder, sexual dysfunctions, and paraphilia’s c. Biological contributions include physical disease, medical illness, prescribed medications, use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs d. Emotional patterns of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, emotional instability
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the stories he writes is what separates him from the other writers of his time. After learning about and researching his background and life struggles, it becomes even more impressive that he chooses to create and develop characters of all races, genders, and ages, as it is clear he draws his motivations from his life encounters both in the US and overseas later in his career. Yet in one of his most famous and controversial books, Baldwin uses the main character in Giovanni’s room and uses his mindset
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Boys' love genre in manga, Japanese comic, encompasses genres such as shounen-ai and yaoi, both of which are based on male homosexual romance though the latter is the more erotic version. While one might expect readers of boys' love manga to be male homosexuals due to its same-sex male romance content, majority of the audience are, in fact, females. Levi (2010, 1) defines boys' love manga as "same-sex male romances and erotica written mostly by and for women", clearly reinforcing the fact that majority
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