WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Transphobia, American Psychiatric Association

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Jenny Janke

Document Summary

Transgender comes from a latin word meaning on the other side of, and the cis comes from a latin word meaning on this side of ] The umbrella term: transgender reminds us that gender is not stable, inherent, or natural. Transgender pushes the binary structure of gender and reminds f us the liminal. Increase in the number of people identifying as transgender or gender blending, bending, and or gender queer, gender independent. We need to rethink the normalcy of gender and its assumed naturalness. (reduces transphobia. ) Transgender politics opens u any new ways to be or think about gender. Alerts us to the notion of a third (or more?) gender. This third gender has been thought of as occupying the liminal space between the dualistic masculinity and femininity. An accepting approach to gender ambiguity has not been prevalent in the western world where binary rules. Many cultures have a place for a third gender.