LinkWhat 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.
