Transgender Issues
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A Gender Not Listed Here: Genderqueers, Gender Rebels, and OtherWise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey
By Jack Harrison, Jaime Grant, and Jody L. Herman
April 2012
Genderqueer individuals suffer discrimination and violence at similar, and sometimes even higher rates, than transgender-identified individuals. In particular, they suffer physical assault and police harassment more often, are more likely to be unemployed, and are more likely to avoid healthcare treatment for fear of discrimination.
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The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters
By Jody L. Herman
April 2012
Nine states’ voter ID laws may create substantial barriers to voting and possible disenfranchisement for over 25,000 transgender voters this November. People of color, youth, students, those with low incomes, and respondents with disabilities are likely to be disproportionately impacted.
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Interactions of Transgender Latina Women with Law Enforcement
By Frank H. Galvan and Mohsen Bazargan
April 2012
A new report, funded by the Williams Institute, reveals high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women by law enforcement agencies and highlights steps that police departments should take to improve relations with the transgender community. The report is based on interviews with 220 Latina transgender women from the Los Angeles area.
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Associations Between Transition-Specific Stress Experience, Nocturnal Decline in Ambulatory Blood Pressure, and C-Reactive Protein Levels Among Transgender Men
By L. Zachary DuBois
January 2012
This study documents a number of important physiological manifestations of stress associated with the process of transition, describing the physical impacts of psychosocial stress during various stages of transition for trans men.
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The Cost of Employment Discrimination against Transgender Residents of Massachusetts
By Jody L. Herman
April 2011
Transgender residents of Massachusetts have reported experiencing discrimination in employment. Loss of employment due to anti-transgender bias often means lost wages, lost health insurance coverage, and housing instability. This study estimates that the impact of discrimination is likely to cost the Commonwealth millions of dollars each year.
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Documenting Gender
By Dean Spade
April 2008
In the last few years, both the passage of the Real ID Act and the implementation of new data comparison practices between administrative agencies such as departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have emerged with the aims of enforcing immigration laws about work eligibility and bolstering national security.
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Sexuality Research and Social Policy Journal, Volume 5, Number 1
Articles co-authored by Dean Spade and Paisley Currah and Dean Spade and Rickke Mananzala.
March 2008
Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow Dean Spade recently co-edited a two-part special issue of the Sexuality Research and Social Policy Journal with Paisley Currah and an article co-authored with Rickke Mananzala that also appears in the journal.
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