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Transgender 101Stephanie M. Dykes, Ph.D.
North Seattle College
November 15, 2017
Trigger Alert! This presentation may include discussions of some or all of the following topics:
• Anatomy
• Politics
• Religion
• Family issues
• Hormones
• Medical terms
• Emotions
• Sexual orientation
• Gender dysphoria
• Aging
• Parenting
• Surgery
• Parenting
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Basic Terms
• Gender• Transgender
• Cisgender
• Sex• Intersex
• Sexual Orientation
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“Cis” – on the same side ofhttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/cis-
“Trans” – on the other side ofhttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/trans?s=t
“Intersex” is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.Intersex Society of North Americahttp://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex
Transgender (TG)
• Umbrella Term
• Crossdresser (CD)
• Transsexual (TS)
• Pre – Op
• Post – Op
• Non - Op
• Gender variant
• A cornucopia of genders• Gender Queer
• Agender
• Bigender
• Pangender
• Gender fluid
• Two Spirit
• Hijra
• Kathoey
• Boi
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Gender
• Gender Identity
• Male
• Female
• Neither male nor female
• Gender Expression
• Masculine
• Feminine
• Androgynous
• Gender Performance
• Behaviors are often “gendered.”
• “Appropriate” gender performance can vary across cultures and across time.
• Gender Attribution
• Passing
• FTM
• MTF
• “The tyranny of passing”
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Male and Female Craniofacial Differences
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Source: “Feminization of the Transsexual,” Douglas K. Ousterhout, M.D., D.D.S., cited at http://www.drbecky.com/dko.html
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Vocal Chords• Male vocal folds: 17 mm and 25 mm (0.67" to 1.0") in length.
• Female vocal folds: 12.5 mm and 17.5 mm (0.5" to 0.7") in length.
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faculty.augie.edu/~pchanavan/speech/Chapter3.ppt
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Transgender Health Issues
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
• http://www.wpath.org/
• Standards of Care (SOC)
• Health Insurance
• Coverage in Washington state
• Inclusions
• Exclusions
• Employer Health Care Plans
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Transgender Healthcare
• Mental Health
• Hormones
• MTF
• FTM
• Hair
• Removal, i.e. electrolysis, laser
• Transplants
• Surgery
• Genitalia
• MTF
• FTM
• Chest reconstruction (FTM)
• Breast augmentation (BA)
• FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery)
• Other
• Vocal chords
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Challenges Faced by Transgender Persons in Healthcare
• Accessibility
• Finding qualified, compassionate care
• Educating the health care provider, i.e. being “the first”
• Preventative health
• MTF
• FTM
• Affordability - Many transgender persons cannot afford the healthcare that would enable them to live happy, productive lives.
• Ancillary Costs• Transportation
• Lodging
• After – surgery care
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Estrogen and the Adult MTF Transsexual
• What estrogen will do:
• Breast development
• Fat redistribution
• Stops male pattern baldness (MPB)
• Effect(s) on emotions
• What estrogen will not do:
• Stop growth of whiskers
• Raise pitch of voice
• Change facial bone structure
• Regrow hair lost due to male pattern baldness
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Issues Transgender Persons Face
• Violence
• “Death by a thousand cuts”
• Unemployment
• Underemployment
• Increased risk of suicide
• Anti – transgender violence
• Rejection by loved ones
• Rejection by social supports
• School
• Pronouns
• Identification documents
• Bathroom
• “Throw – away” children
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Is it just a phase?
• How can a child know they are transgender?
• Insistent
• Consistent
• Persistent
• Hormone blockers, AKA “puberty blockers” or ”puberty inhibitors”
• “Pause button”
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Big Deals
• Pronouns (and other gendered words)
• Call me by my name• Bathrooms• Terms to avoid:
• Transgendered• Tranny• Trans• Transvestite• Hermaphrodite• Shemale• Chick with a _ _ _ _
• Questions to avoid:• Have you had “the surgery?”• How could you do that to your [insert
name of body part]?• What do your [insert term] think
about you?• What does God think about you?• “Lifestyle,” as is “How do you defend
/ describe your life style?”
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Transgender Resources
• Ingersoll Gender Center
• http://www.ingersollgendercenter.org
• Gender Justice League
• http://www.genderjusticeleague.org
• Washington Gender Alliance
• http://washingtongenderalliance.com
• Gender Alliance of the South Sound
• http://www.southsoundgender.com
• Trans Life Line
• 877 – 565 - 8860
• http://www.translifeline.org
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