1. Transgender Cultural Humility

2. Who is the person in the front of the room?

3. “People have to understand that people are people
“People have to understand that people are people. We just want to be ourselves.” Sylvia Rivera 3

4. Definitions: TRANSGENDER
Transgender: A term for people whose gender identity, expression and/or behavior is different from those behavoirs typically associated with their assigned sex at birth. Transgender is a broad term and is good for non-transgender people to use. "Trans" is shorthand for "transgender." (Note: Transgender is correctly used as an adjective, not a noun, thus "transgender people" is appropriate but "transgenders" is often viewed as disrespectful.)
Transgender Man: A term for a transgender individual who was assigned female at birth and currently identifies as a man (sometimes called FTM).
Transgender Woman: A term for a transgender individual who was assigned male at birth and currently identifies as a woman (sometimes called MTF).

5. Definitions: CISGENDER
Cisgender: denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with their sex assigned at birth sex; i.e. not transgender.

6. What is sex?

7. Basic Concepts: SEX Sex (assigned at birth) Male Female
Intersex (Formerly hermaphrodite)

8. Basic Concepts: SEX
Intersex (also known as DSD - Differences of Sex Development):
A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. For example, a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside. Or a person may be born with genitals that seem to be in-between the usual male and female types. For example, a girl may be born with a noticeably large clitoris, or lacking a vaginal opening, or a boy may be born with a notably small penis, or with a scrotum that is divided so that it has formed more like labia. Or a person may be born with mosaic genetics, so that some of her cells have XX chromosomes and some of them have XY.
-The Intersex Society of North America

9. What is gender?

10. Basic Concepts: GENDER
Gender Identity
Gender Expression

11. Basic Concepts: GENDER
Fluidity:
Being Transgender does not mean that you are assigned a label or category or that you wish to conform to the gender binary.
Many people, especially younger urban transgender people, are embracing identity terms like genderqueer, gender fluid, bi-gender, tri-gender, etc.

12. What is sexual orientation?

13. Basic Concepts: SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Gay/Lesbian
Straight
Bisexual
Asexual
Pansexual

14. Where do I fit?

15. My Gender My Sexual Orientation
Both
Both
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Sex Birth
Male
Female
Gender Expression
Male
Female
Neither
Neither

16. Facts: THE REALITY Injustice at every turn:
Favoritism - Privilege goes to those who fit in with the gender binary over those who do not.
Increased:
Homelessness
Unemployment
Violence
Trans people of color experience the most violence and discrimination
Suicide

17. Suicide attempt rate for general population vs. transgender population

18. "It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist." - Laverne Cox 18

19. Questions?

20. References & Credits:
Transgender 101 was originally created by Cooper Lee Bombardier at the New Meixco Gay Straight Alliance Network(NMGSAN) and is based on the presentation Teaching Transgender by the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE).

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