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  1. On Being Trans: Narrative, Identity, Performance, and Community

    terms of my own research, the most important section of the essay concerns the need for the transgender community 2 to propose a "counterdiscourse" to the discourses that currently existed within the feminist and scientific communities.

  2. 10 Challenges Transgender and Queer Students Face in Schools

    In particular, for transgender and non-binary (gender-queer) students there continues to be significant difficulties on a regular basis regarding how to conduct themselves in various campus ...

  3. The Experiences, Challenges and Hopes of Transgender and Nonbinary U.S

    A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary - that is, their gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.

  4. What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender

    Learn from the scholarly research how gender transition affects the well-being of transgender people in various aspects.

  5. Transgender identities: a series of invited essays

    To coincide with the consultation, The Economist is hosting a series of essays from a range of people with interesting and varied viewpoints, insights and arguments on transgender identities. The ...

  6. 7 talks on the transgender experience

    7 talks on the transgender experience. Alice Miller was born in a body that didn't feel like hers. Every day, Yee Won Chong has to debate whether to use the men's restroom or the women's. Geena Rocero found success as a fashion model — but kept her birth gender a secret for nearly a decade, fearing what others would think.

  7. Transgender College Students Mental Health

    The largest and most comprehensive mental health survey of college students in the United States reveals that students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary face enormous mental health disparities relative to their peers. In a first-of-its-kind study published on Friday, August 16, in the American Journal ...

  8. Supporting Transgender Students in Higher Education: Opportunities for

    Mental health professionals with explicitly stated ethical imperatives toward advancing diversity, multiculturalism, and social change are uniquely positioned to advocate on behalf of TNGC higher education students. The purpose of this scholarly essay is to summarize challenges faced by TGNC students and to identify specific ways that mental ...

  9. Applying While Transgender

    For some students, writing short essays about their trans identity to answer those questions is the best way for them to fill out their application. If that's your case, go for it! These can be powerful and helpful essays. However, we also know that (like all students), transgender students are multifaceted individuals.

  10. Change to college application represents a step forward in how colleges

    The Common Application now lets students indicate their gender identities and pronouns when applying to college. But is that enough to make trans students feel welcome? A scholar weighs in.

  11. Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity

    In 2016, a controversial bill was signed in Georgia, banning transgender individuals from using restrooms designated for the sex with which they identify. In the wake of this legislation, Between the (Gender) Lines: The Science of Transgender Identity explored what was known at the time about transgender identity, discussing scientific evidence ...

  12. Supporting the Health and Well-Being of Transgender Students

    School nurses are in a unique position to provide gender-affirming care in order to improve the safety, well-being, and health of transgender students. They can expect to work with transgender students presenting in a myriad of ways depending on age, gender identity, and gender expression.

  13. How to Support Transgender Students

    How to Support Transgender Students. I n recent years, the percentage of young people who identify as transgender or nonbinary has risen dramatically. At the same time, many US states are debating and passing laws that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people—including bans on teaching children at the K-12 level ...

  14. Transgender experiences and transphobia in higher education

    While categories like "campus climate" highlight variation across institutions, trans people's experiences also vary within an institutional context. By studying trans people's experiences in higher education, however, we can better understand and respond to the differentiated and changing needs of transgender people in other arenas.

  15. Transgender Students in Higher Education

    The U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS), a survey of over 27,000 trans adults, found that 24% of respondents who were out as or perceived as trans in college reported being verbally, physically, or sexually harassed at that time—with 16% of those who experienced harassment having left college because of the harassment (James et al., 2016).

  16. How Transgender Adolescents Experience Expressing Their Gender Identity

    The literature suggests gender expression to be a key experience of transgender young people that may impact upon the development of their gender identity and psychological well-being. The present ...

  17. Friday essay: transgenderism in film and literature

    Friday essay: transgenderism in film and literature. In Laurie Frankel's new novel This is How it Always Is, an American family grapples with prejudice about transgender children. Youngest child ...

  18. Transgender students' struggles on a college campus

    A second reason transgender students struggle on college campuses and in their community is there are very few resources specifically for transgender students. Universities will offer a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) or a Pride group, but those organizations tend to focus more on sexuality since, in most cases, the people who attend are cisgender. ...

  19. Transgender College Students Face Enormous Mental Health Disparities

    The largest and most comprehensive mental health survey of college students in the US reveals that students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary face enormous mental health disparities relative to their peers. In a first-of-its-kind study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, School ...

  20. Documenting Research with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Other Gender

    There is limited information about how transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse (trans) people have been studied and represented by researchers. The objectives of this study were to: (1) increase access to trans research; (2) map and describe ...

  21. Transgender College Essay Examples That Really Inspire

    Looking for College Essays on Transgender and ideas? Get them here for free! We have collected dozens of previously unpublished examples in one place.

  22. Writing my Common App Personal Statement about being transgender?

    I'm applying to liberal universities so being trans won't be a hindrance on my application, but I'm worried about the uniqueness of my essay. There will be at least a few dozen transgender people applying to each college I'm applying to, most of whom will probably write their essay about being transgender in some form or another.

  23. Poll: Americans support LGBTQ+ people but split on some trans issues

    American support for LGBTQ+ people has surged since 1985, but support for transgender and nonbinary people lags, according to a new poll for The Times.

  24. 5. Gender identity, sexual orientation and the 2024 election

    Voters who support Biden and Trump differ widely across a broad range of issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation.

  25. Writing my college essay on being nonbinary/transgender. Is it going to

    My trans kid wrote about being transgender last year and did just fine (accepted to 4/6 schools, with merit scholarships at all 4). They ended up at UMass Amherst and are extremely happy. It's a good school, very supportive of lgbtq students, and the surrounding towns are completely safe for trans people.

  26. Tadáskía Makes Her U.S. Debut, Drawing on the Walls at MoMA

    The explicit trans theme of the Parcours work is linked to her MoMA installation. "For me, being trans is related to being human, and the drawing humanizes the condition of being trans," she said.

  27. NCAA News: Caitlin Clark's Gender Identity REVEALED! Is Iowa ...

    In the high-stakes world of women's college basketball, Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes stands out not just for her extraordinary talent on the court but also for being the subject of ...

  28. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal challenge in CAS ruling

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed a challenge from transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who had asked the Swiss-based court to reject a policy that would prevent her from competing ...

  29. A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out

    A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults

  30. The debate over transgender athletes in sports reaches schools ...

    Earlier this year, more than a dozen athletes and former athletes sued the NCAA for its policy allowing transgender athletes to participate in certain sports.