Trans-Form the Occupation (Occupy Wall Street, 11.13.11)
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Pauline Park at Occupy Wall Street
http://www.paulinepark.com/index.php/2011/11/trans-form-the-occupation-occupy-wall-street-11-13-11/I'm honored by the invitation to speak here at Occupy Wall Street, which I think is one of the most exciting recent developments in American politics. People are finally standing up to corporate greed and the powers that be. And that includes transgendered people. I'm a transgendered woman who was born in Korea. I've lived in New York since 1995 and I'd like to talk about the people who make up my community.
1) The diversity of the transgender community.
We need to recognize the full diversity of the transgender community. There are as many different ways of being transgendered as there are transgendered people. Do not assume that sex reassignment is the end point for every transgender transition; most transgendered people do not want sex reassignment surgery, and most people who do never get it.
