SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dean Spade, Economic Discrimination, Gender Identity

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

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Keywords: corbett v. corbett (uk1970, m v m (pei 1984, nixon v rape relief, human rights, hate crime (legislation, perpetrator/victim model, dean spade, trickle up social justice , distribution of life changes / life shortening , carceral logic/logic of incarceration. Cisgender: a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth. All trans* identities reject the normative construction of sex/gender. Normative assumption: people simply fit into a biological binary of either male or female, from this follows gender identity and gender expression (behavior) Trans* = umbrella term, incorporates many identities. Gender queer, transgender, transsexual, drag kings/queens, ftm and mtf trans* people, butch lesbians, effeminate (gay) men, cross dressers, gender queer/variant/nonconforming folk, plus many more (!) Transgender - typically (but not always) no medical intervention. May also be used as an umbrella term. Transsexual - typically (but not always) have or are working toward medical interventions.