Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Genderqueer, Pangender, Cisgender

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

Document Summary

Some may have the desire to: properly belong to another gender, fill some space not yet clearly defined, get away from conventional expectations, socially transition but not physically. Glaad: tip sheet is closely linked to sexual behaviour. It was historically used when actual surgery took place gender categories through expression both, sometimes one more than the other: some trans folk prefer the term while others detest it. Transsexual: a contested term today can sound overly clinical or imply the issue. Genderqueer: resist gender norms without medical interventions challenge. Non-binary: variant, fluid, pangender, not identifying with any gender sometimes. Jenner and sawyer interview had 17 million viewers. Some of the worst moments : still not casting trans actors for major roles. Jenner was instantly sexualized the moment her vanity fair cover hit the: preoccupation with transition and surgeries puts less focus on actual like of a workers or sexual deceivers.