Quote from: Valerie Elizabeth on April 10, 2009, 10:44:50 AM
I am looking to write a research paper on transsexualism. I am having some trouble coming up with ideas for topics to write on. I feel like because I am a transsexual that I shouldn't have trouble with topics, but I am.
This is going to be a sort of Argumentative Research Paper, without taking sides though. I need topics that I can get information for both sides.
If you need more info, let me know. I need to write the proposal for Monday.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
There are no lack of ideas if you are looking at the social implications of being transsexual.
For example, there is all the current hubbub about trans people being in public washrooms and locker rooms. Granted, that is more of a trans
gender subject, than strictly transsexual, it does have very vocal issues on both sides of the argument.
Also in a more transsexual vein there is the issue of changing the gender on the birth certificate. Many states don't allow it at all, and others put extreme restrictions on verifying the completion of the transsexual surgery. While many trans people feel that it should be a simple matter of being properly diagnosed as having GID as a basis for amending the B/C.
Then there is the issue of transsexuality even being a valid medical condition in the first place. Many claim that a person is incapable of changing their gender through simple surgery and that the underlying DNA is the only real arbiter of gender. Then of course there is the religious zealots who claim that a person shouldn't tamper with what God has given.
Really, if you look around there are quite a number of argumentative topics that could be found. You probably just have a case of writers block.
Good luck!
-Sandy
