LEARNING TO EMBRACE DIFFERENT

By: Wesley Wilkinson

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How are transgender individuals throughout their communities perceived by others and how do they personally perceive themselves while they are unquestionably disapproved by multiple groups of people?

WHAT IS A TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUAL?

A transgender individual has a gender identity which is inconsistent with the assigned gender. Meaning, for example, someone may look like a man physically, but they feel and prefer to be female or vice versa.

WHAT DO TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH? A transgender individual will go through multiple forms

of HRT and surgeries if they chose to follow that path They will be disapproved often by friends, family, and

always aspects concerning the media and society we live in

IS BEING TRANSGENDER A MENTAL ILLNESS?

No, but this remains a stereotype about transgender people.

Transgender identity is not a mental illness that can be cured with treatment

Transgender people experience a persistent and authentic difference between our assigned sex and understanding of our own gender

ORIENTATION VS. IDENTITY

Sexual orientation is who one goes to bed with

Sexual identity is what one goes to bed as

Neither of the two are connected in any way; both are their own unique category under the topic of gender

RELIGION VS. TRANSGENDER

Religion votes no God's intent is heterosexuality, with

definite boundaries between men and women in both appearance and behavior (Gen 1:26)

SCIENCE VS. TRANSGENDER

In America we are not as physically equipped to meet the needs of transgender individuals unlike Thailand and Ireland

Science is about trying new things and experimenting so the scientific community is not opposed to the idea

SOCIETY VS. TRANSGENDER

Society tells us that those who are different from the “in-crowd” are not acceptable

It’s close minded to shallow topics that our eyes can not visibly see past

LET’S EDUCATE OUR SOCIETY

It’s important that we are taught to believe whatever we want to believe in and not what society tells us to believe

DO NOT let other influence your own opinions, find things out for yourself

LET’S MEET GEENA ROCERO

Geena Rocero is a fashion model who was born in the Phillipines

She is a MTF Classified her

gender identity at the age of five

JUST BECAUSE WE CAN SHOULD WE?

VIDEO

http://www.ted.com/talks/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out

FIND ME AT

CITATIONS 1325 Massachusetts Avenue Nw, Suite 700, Dc 20005 Washington, and (202) 903-0112. Understanding

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PICTURE CITATIONS

"Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog." : OMG Pics: Popular Model/pageant Queen Reveals She Was Born a Man. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2014.

"Geena Rocero: La Bella Modelo De Lencerà a Que Confesó Ser Transexual Tras Años De Silencio." BioBioChile. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2014.

"History Greenlights ‘The Bible’ Docudrama Series From Producer Mark Burnett." Deadlinecom. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2014.