Class #21: Gender Diversity

Question 1

What are Transgender and Gender Noncomforming Individuals?

Answer 1

Transgender or gender non-conforming is an umbrella term used to describe the full range of people whose gender identity and/or gender role do not conform to what is typically associated with their assigned sex at birth.

Question 2

How are TGNC individuals related to diversity?

Answer 2

•The "new minorities"
  >minority dimensions 
     - Numbers (demographic)
     - Power/Influence
     - "Otherness"
•Moving from human to civil rights
•Prejudice, discrimination, and -isms
•Transphobia (concept creep)
•Moral meta-narratives
•The need for more (meta) research