EDS220H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 5 reading article summaries : Branksome Hall, Trans Man, Buzzfeed
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Buzzfeed article focuses on reed wanless and andy sprung who are transgender men. They are alumni"s from branksome hall, a private prep school in toronto. Andy was born tammy sprung - rowing star and wants to be the greatest lawyer he can be. Reed was once elisabeth and started going by reed in 2008. Both are also acting as consultants for branksome"s transgender working group. Started in october, the group is working to develop guidelines for both educating the community on trans issues and meeting the needs of trans students. Branksome is proud of its longstanding support of lgbtq students as it is important to provide students with safe spaces where they can discuss relevant topics. The school"s gay-straight alliance was started by students in 2004 and now has 30 to. What i heard about sexualisation: or conversations with my inner barbie. Sexualisation" as a concept and a political strategy is stigmatising.
