Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trans Man, Germaine Greer, Craigslist

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

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Jenner/ dianne sawyer interview: 17 million views: shows off transgenderism to people who may have never experienced it, more films and tv programs being made; trans people on reality tv, programs that focus on trans youth. I am jazz, ect: trudeau states he fully supports bill c279, more millennials are accepting of trans individuals than ever. So(cid:373)e of the worst (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts : still not casting trans actors for major roles, trans-related violence arguably at all-time high in 2015: 21 trans women killed, mostly trans women of colour. Fact that its available to everyone to watch. Not reduced to a sex worker even though she was one. More things that drive the plot than just being transgener. Heterose(cid:454)ual (cid:373)a(cid:374) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t a(cid:374)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e to k(cid:374)o(cid:449) he(cid:859)s (cid:449)ith a tra(cid:374)s(cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374: does(cid:374)(cid:859)t like (cid:449)he(cid:374) her (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:373)ight go o(cid:374) a (cid:374)e(cid:449)s stor(cid:455) Ho(cid:449)s tra(cid:374)s(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) i(cid:374) a differe(cid:374)t light tha(cid:374) (cid:862)de(cid:272)epti(cid:448)e(cid:863) or (cid:862)patheti(cid:272)(cid:863), just sho(cid:449)s her engaging in everyday life.