Trans News/ Issues

DapperButch · 11-03-2015, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfPacker

Interesting experience filling out forms for my medical today. I go to this HUGE practice (almost like a little hospital in NJ). They now have a patient portal and you update your files and papers online before going for the physical.

this was new

Birth Id:
Gender Id
Sexuality

also they just added someone to the practice who focus in LGBTQI health concerns. They were limited in their Gender and Birth ID's towards the binary but it is a start. You know I will educate my doc when I see her about the limitations.

PP,
Was it a drop down menu, or could you write in your own identity?

DapperButch · 11-03-2015, 10:40 PM

<Gemme's article>

I work with trans teens and adults.

This school year I helped a number of FTM teens and their parents navigate the teens coming out socially at their high schools. So, far, they have not had any problems, even though none of them are currently on hormones. They have been accepted onto male sports teams and have the option to use the male bathrooms.

None of them have chosen the bathroom option, all preferring to use the administrator or nurse bathroom. I am actually glad that they are all comfortable with this option, as I worry that parents will make a ruckus if they knew the teens were using the bathroom of their identified gender, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth.

I would really be concerned if there was a MTF teen in my school district who wanted to use the girl's bathroom. I bet there would be even more push back from parents if a "boy was allowed in the girl's bathroom".

The school district does not have any protocols/policies around trans teens, but they been very supportive.

As a reference point, I live in a mid-atlantic state.

JDeere · 11-03-2015, 11:31 PM

Houstons' HERO ordinance did not pass the vote this evening. It is a very sad day for not only GLTBQI folks but veterans, disabled veterans, POC and any non white/hetero.

It means that we can be booted from jobs still, not hired for jobs, etc. A long list goes on and on.

Sad part is the voters, either party, was brainwashed by scare tactics using the bible and their own imagination by not know the difference between a transgender person and a pedophile.

ProfPacker · 11-04-2015, 03:07 PM

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144

U.S. Reform Jewish Movement Set to Pass Resolution on Transgender Rights
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144

JDeere · 11-09-2015, 10:27 PM

Thommi Clinton, her response to the HERO ordinance not passing in Houston.

*Anya* · 11-20-2015, 02:47 PM

Transgender Day of Remembrance- November 20

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

http://www.glaad.org/tdor

Cin · 11-20-2015, 05:30 PM

More Transgender People Have Been Killed in 2015 Than Any Other Year on Record

At vigils across the country today, people are honoring the victims of fatal anti-transgender violence as part of an annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. At least 21 transgender people have been killed in the United States already this year, which is more homicides than any other year on record, according to a recent report by Human Rights Campaign. During the first six months of the year alone, more transgender people were killed than in all of 2014. Most of the victims were transgender women of color. So far, none of the attacks have been deemed hate crimes.

On Tuesday, a congressional task force launched in response to the "epidemic of violence against the transgender community." The Transgender Equality Task Force, chaired by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), who has a transgender granddaughter, aims to understand the causes of anti-transgender violence and identify what the federal government can do to improve the situation.

Activists say it's hard to know exactly how many transgender people are killed every year. One problem, they say, is that police officers often refer to transgender homicide victims with names and pronouns reflecting their gender of birth, rather than their gender identity. (For example, transgender women are often described by police officers as men.) And while the FBI last year began publishing statistics on hate crimes against gender-nonconforming people, the bureau's figures only reflect cases reported to authorities. Some crime-reporting programs at the state level have also opted, for budgetary reasons, not to collect data on hate crimes against transgender people, according to an FBI spokesman. Lauren Smith, a press contact for Honda, the chair of the congressional task force, said the issue of data collection has come up in discussions among task force members, but that the group won't be meeting until shortly after Thanksgiving to hammer out specific agenda items they hope to address.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015...er-year-record

11-03-2015, 10:40 PM	#2
DapperButch Roadster Guy How Do You Identify?: FTM, Stone Butch Preferred Pronoun?: He Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,745 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,545 Thanked 26,807 Times in 5,771 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	<Gemme's article> I work with trans teens and adults. This school year I helped a number of FTM teens and their parents navigate the teens coming out socially at their high schools. So, far, they have not had any problems, even though none of them are currently on hormones. They have been accepted onto male sports teams and have the option to use the male bathrooms. None of them have chosen the bathroom option, all preferring to use the administrator or nurse bathroom. I am actually glad that they are all comfortable with this option, as I worry that parents will make a ruckus if they knew the teens were using the bathroom of their identified gender, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. I would really be concerned if there was a MTF teen in my school district who wanted to use the girl's bathroom. I bet there would be even more push back from parents if a "boy was allowed in the girl's bathroom". The school district does not have any protocols/policies around trans teens, but they been very supportive. As a reference point, I live in a mid-atlantic state. __________________ -Dapper Are you educated or indoctrinated?

11-03-2015, 11:31 PM	#3
JDeere Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Transgender Preferred Pronoun?: He/him/his Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 17,752 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,018 Thanked 28,832 Times in 9,707 Posts Rep Power: 21474865	Houstons' HERO ordinance did not pass the vote this evening. It is a very sad day for not only GLTBQI folks but veterans, disabled veterans, POC and any non white/hetero. It means that we can be booted from jobs still, not hired for jobs, etc. A long list goes on and on. Sad part is the voters, either party, was brainwashed by scare tactics using the bible and their own imagination by not know the difference between a transgender person and a pedophile. __________________ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

11-04-2015, 03:07 PM	#4
ProfPacker Member How Do You Identify?: butch/MOC Preferred Pronoun?: Hy/hym/hys but in circumstances like work and some other places she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: nj Posts: 1,365 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,023 Thanked 4,816 Times in 1,187 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Interesting article http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144 U.S. Reform Jewish Movement Set to Pass Resolution on Transgender Rights read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144

11-20-2015, 02:47 PM	#6
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,443 Times in 7,285 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Transgender Day of Remembrance- November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. http://www.glaad.org/tdor __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner

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11-09-2015, 10:27 PM	#5
JDeere Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Transgender Preferred Pronoun?: He/him/his Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 17,752 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,018 Thanked 28,832 Times in 9,707 Posts Rep Power: 21474865	Thommi Clinton, her response to the HERO ordinance not passing in Houston.

11-20-2015, 05:30 PM	#7
Cin Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Truly Madly Deeply Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: In My Head Posts: 2,815 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,333 Thanked 10,401 Times in 2,477 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	More Transgender People Have Been Killed in 2015 Than Any Other Year on Record At vigils across the country today, people are honoring the victims of fatal anti-transgender violence as part of an annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. At least 21 transgender people have been killed in the United States already this year, which is more homicides than any other year on record, according to a recent report by Human Rights Campaign. During the first six months of the year alone, more transgender people were killed than in all of 2014. Most of the victims were transgender women of color. So far, none of the attacks have been deemed hate crimes. On Tuesday, a congressional task force launched in response to the "epidemic of violence against the transgender community." The Transgender Equality Task Force, chaired by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), who has a transgender granddaughter, aims to understand the causes of anti-transgender violence and identify what the federal government can do to improve the situation. Activists say it's hard to know exactly how many transgender people are killed every year. One problem, they say, is that police officers often refer to transgender homicide victims with names and pronouns reflecting their gender of birth, rather than their gender identity. (For example, transgender women are often described by police officers as men.) And while the FBI last year began publishing statistics on hate crimes against gender-nonconforming people, the bureau's figures only reflect cases reported to authorities. Some crime-reporting programs at the state level have also opted, for budgetary reasons, not to collect data on hate crimes against transgender people, according to an FBI spokesman. Lauren Smith, a press contact for Honda, the chair of the congressional task force, said the issue of data collection has come up in discussions among task force members, but that the group won't be meeting until shortly after Thanksgiving to hammer out specific agenda items they hope to address. http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015...er-year-record