TRANSGENDER DIVERSITY TRAINING - "An introduction to Transphobia" Joanna Darrell
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TRANSGENDER DIVERSITY TRAINING “An introduction to Transphobia” Joanna Darrell darrelljoanna@yahoo.co.uk
Agenda
AGENDA
Page 2
About us Page 3
The Transgendered community Page 4
Transphobia - definition Page 5
Internal Transphobia Page 6
External Transphobia Page 8
Statistics Page 9
Recommendations Page 11
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyThe Beaumont Society Our Aims
ABOUT US
• We are the largest and longest established • To form a support network for all transgendered
transgender support group in the UK. Since 1966, individuals and their families.
along with our independent sister organisations,
we’ve provided a support network for all • To promote and assist the study of gender role
transgendered people as well as organise training differences and gender dysphoria.
talks and workshops on all aspects of Gender • To inform lay and professional groups about cross-
Dysphoria, trans-sexualism, cross-dressing and dressing, transvestism and trans-sexualism, as well
transvestism. as the work of the society.
• To gain public understanding and tolerance for
transgendered individuals.
The
Beaumont • To support any cause or project which promotes
Society the above purposes.
Joanna Darrell
Wives and
The • Beaumont Society Regional Organiser for the
significant central region and Manchester.
Beaumont
others • Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester, South
Trust
(WOBS) Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Powys,
Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West
Midlands
• All Beaumont Society Regional Organisers and • First feelings of gender dysphoria occurred 15
years ago. I am married with children and have no
Executive Committee members are volunteers -
desire to transition to become a trans-sexual,
We’re here because we WANT to be !!! which makes me a cross-dresser, not a
transvestite.
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyTHE TRANSGENDERED COMMUNITY
The Transgender community
Trans-sexuals Cross-dressers Inter-sex
Male to Female to Drag
Cross- Bi Herm-
Female Male Transvestites Kings & Androgyne
dressers gendered aphrodite
(MTF) (FTM) Queens
A lot of boxes !!!
• Cross-dresser – A person who dresses in clothing stereotypically worn by the other sex, but who generally has no intent to
live full-time as the other gender. Cross-dressers are usually comfortable with the sex they were assigned at birth and do not
wish to change it. ("Cross-dresser" should NOT be used to describe someone who has transitioned to live full-time as the
other sex, or who intends to do so in the future.)
• Drag queen/king - Drag is the performance of one or multiple genders theatrically. Drag queens perform femininity
theatrically, and drag kings perform masculinity theatrically. (Usually we understand drag performers to be theatrical cross-
dressers but this is not necessarily the case.) This term is considered by many within the community as offensive)
• Transgender - People whose gender identity, expression or behaviour is different from those typically associated with their
assigned sex at birth, including but not limited to transsexuals, cross-dressers, androgynous people,. Transgender is a broad
term and is good for non-transgender people to use. “Trans” is shorthand for Transgender
• Trans-sexual - A person whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth. Often transsexual people alter or
wish to alter their bodies through hormones or surgery in order to make it match their gender identity. (Some people
consider this term derogatory because the word “sexual” is part of the term)
• Transvestite - A person (esp. a male) who adopts the dress and often the behaviour typical of the opposite sex esp. for
purposes of emotional or sexual gratification. (The term is considered by many within the community as offensive.)
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyDefinition Typical trigger points
TRANSPHOBIA - DEFINITION
“Transphobia is the negative attitude, feeling of • When a person first comes out to their initial
expression, stereo-typing or discriminatory circle of friends – ironically called their “Circle
treatment towards transgendered individuals, on of Trust”.
the basis that their appearance and/or internal • When a person first starts dressing publicly.
identity does not conform to current conventional • During periods of support treatment to the
social expectations of gender.” reassignment surgery.
• At the point of transition within the workplace.
Simply, it’s a form of prejudice to a specific group • When a person starts interacting with public
within society, leading to a loss in dignity, standing support services.
or safety.
Types of Transphobia
Generally, Transphobia can be grouped into four categories.
• Personal transphobia refers to an individual’s belief system (prejudices) about transgender and
transsexual individuals.
• Interpersonal transphobia refers to when a personal prejudice transforms into discriminatory behaviour.
• Institutional transphobia refers to the ways in which government, business, religious, educational, and
professional organizations systematically discriminate against transgender and transsexual individuals.
• Cultural transphobia refers to the social cognition that influences attitudes toward transgender and trans-
sexual persons.
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyManifests itself in different ways.................
INTERNALISED TRANSPHOBIA
Internalised transphobia is effected by Social Conditioning, Training and life experiences and encompasses
• Personal – either yours or mine
• Interpersonal – ours about each other
Internal Transphobia therefore tends to manifest itself in terms of
• Emotional abuse
• Both in terms of “you” to “me” but also “me” to “you”
• Physical abuse
• Tends to be more from “you” to “me” – commemorated around the world now in the
“Transgender Day of remembrance”
“You” “Me “
Depending on your perspective and how you are Depending upon my own sense of self worth and
introduced to the transgender community.... experience of how “you” treat me..........
Women can tend to feel Internally
• I might hate myself and my own body
• Threatened sexually.
• Even if I transition – I’m not a real woman.
• Loss of self identity. • I might not identify with the LGBT community –
• “No uterus – no opinion” or it might not identify with me !!!
Men can tend to feel Externally
• Because I dress like this – I must be “up for it” • I can get so used to fighting for recognition and
my rights – I can lose sight of what you are
• “All a bit of a joke really” prepared to do for me........
• Superior.
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyManifests itself in different ways...............
EXTERNALISED TRANSPHOBIA
Externalised transphobia is effected by organisations mainly through lack of awareness, training
• Institutional –Not just the police (who in my experience are very good) or NHS but also businesses
• Cultural – Communities
External Transphobia therefore tends to manifest itself in terms of
• Lack of opportunity
• Not only for the transgendered person, but also the organisation too. (Happy employees are more
productive employees, their diversity makes for a richer organisation)
• Physical abuse
• Tends to be more from “you” to “me” – commemorated around the world now in the “Transgender Day
of remembrance”
Employment Healthcare
Although the Gender recognition act protects many Transgender people depend heavily on the heath
rights of transgendered people – employment can service for support, unfortunately.........
still raise difficult questions..........
• It’s extremely variable up and down the
• Loss of position. Based upon their image country.
after transition, it’s not uncommon for people • Many GPs and service providers receive little
to be positioned in the “back office” training on transgender issues
• Loss of pension. Strange as it sounds – • Of those that do, or go on to specialise in it,
transition can effect your pension rights !!! some lose sight of the person and their needs
• No business, no matter how accepting can “Treat the textbook”
protect transgendered people from the • Even worse – some can lower the standard of
actions of its employees totally. care they give............
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyDid you know ?
TRANSGENDER STATISTICS
• Approximately 400,000 people in the United Kingdom regularly experience feelings of Gender Dysphoria.
• Of these, as many as 100,000 wish to undergo a transition to their true gender identity.
• 10,000 of these people will discuss their desire to transition to a medical professional.
• Leading to 6,000 people who complete their transition.
• These figures are for MEN and WOMEN who wish to transition and are based upon GRC statistics.
• There are wide differences for the number of people how cross-dress – sometimes as many as 1 in 10 –
sometimes as few as 2 in 100. All statistics tend to be for MEN though (Women “Power-dress” instead !!)
Age at which MEN transition UK transgender distribution
London
45 Sussex
Lancashire
Manchester
40 Hampshire
Surrey
Devon and Cornwall
35 Essex
West Mercia
Hertfordshire
30 Kent
Nottinghamshire
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 Somerset
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyHeadline
TRANSPHOBIA STATISTICS
There is extremely limited information on the extent of Transphobia Hate Crime within the UK. Most
information that you will come across in the public domain will tend to be from the United States of
America. The information presented below is an excerpt from the “Engendered penalties report” which was
produced by press for change in association with Manchester Metropole University.
The survey was based upon 102,000 initial responses to the press for change website between 1998 and
2005, followed by a quantitative assessment of 872 responses to a detailed online survey around
Transphobia issues.
There were NO responses which allowed an assessment of internal transphobia............
Adults Children
• Employment School
• 42% of respondents felt their preferred • 64% of respondents who identify as trans-
gender identity would jeopardise their
employment. men experience harassment.
• 25% of respondents are made to use the • 42% of respondents who identify as trans-
disabled toilet women experience harassment.
• 34% of the transgendered community
• Socially
achieve a degree, though this tends to
• 45% of respondents experienced family
breakdown happen later in life than the UK average
• 37% of respondents are excluded from family
events. Although its accepted that Transphobia and bullying
• 73% of respondents experience harrassment is an issue within schools, statistics are a little
when out in their community. unreliable due to a lack of research in this area.
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont SocietyIt’s not all bad................!!!
RECOMMENDATIONS – STOP THE HATE !!
The gender recognition act has given the WHOLE transgendered community legal status and protection.
• Previously, this tended to be the reserve of trans-sexuals. It protects against disclosure for those people
who have begun the process of applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) which doesn’t
require SRS to be awarded, just the diagnosis of gender dysphoria........
• Institutional transphobia in organisations is improving. Considering the NHS for example – initially when
the press for change study was conducted as many as 50% of respondents reported some form or
transphobia, as the study was ending, this had fallen to 21%.........
• Organisations like Samaritans, Press for Change, GIRES and the Beaumont Society through their training
initiatives and the publication of information are educating people on transgendered issues.
Internationally, the Transgender Day of Remembrance commemorates those affected by extreme forms
of transphobia and the NOH8 campaign pushes an agenda of tolerance and acceptance. Nationally,
Transgender pride events like Sparkle in Manchester raise awareness of the existence of transgender
people and “anaesthetise” them to being “out and about”
© Joanna Darrell, The Beaumont Society" The Beaumont Society is a national self help body run by and for those who cross-dress
or are trans-sexual. We welcome all transgender people and their partners, regardless of
gender, sexual orientation, race, creed or colour, and all varieties from nervous new
transvestites to those who are experienced and confident in their second gender.”
If you would like to re-use this material, please feel free to do so – all we ask is that you
reference our organisation in where you use it. Alternatively, if you think we have missed
something out – please let us know and we will update it accordingly !!!
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