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Pauline Park: Standing Up for Transgender Rights

Started by LostInTime, February 06, 2007, 09:12:53 AM

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February 06, 2007, 09:12:53 AM
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What particular challenges do you think you face as a transgendered woman?
Well, many. [Laughs] There are challenges that all transgendered women and men face: discrimination, harassment, abuse and violence. Transgendered people of color face multiple oppressions obviously, based on race, possibly immigration status, as well as well as gender identity and expression.

I have faced some discrimination, harassment and violence related to my gender identity and expression.

There's also the challenge of having to explain myself to everyone on a regular basis. Sometimes it feels like I'm a walking gender identity information center. Many of the questions are well meaning; a few may be hostile. The well-meaning ones usually coming from other women, other LGBT people, other transgendered people.

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