GWSS 257 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Transfeminine, Transmasculine, Safe Sex

• School: UW
• Department: Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: GWSS 257
• Professor: Ann E.Culligan

Document Summary

Views from both sides of the bridge: gender, sexual legitimacy, and transgender peoples. Summary of main points experience of relationships. Aim of this paper is to examine whether transgender people"s experiences of relationships are influenced by heteronormativity, the related concept of sexual legitimacy, and gender as a binary construct. A set of sexual practices and norms that are perceived as acceptable and considered to be morally good within mainstream society. Leads to a heirarchal model of sex and seuality. Is an effort to theorize how power relations shape and normalize only certain types of sexualities. Transmasculine= transgender people who were assigned female at birth and now identify as male or masculine. Transgender people who were assigned male at birth and now identify as female or feminine. Relationship with partner, significant other, spouse, steady bf or gf, regardless of whether or not they were sexually active. Questions focusing on relationships addressed eight areas.