Trans WorkshopTrans Workshop

Social Action for Social Change Working Group& The Field Education Office

School of Social Work, York University, March 9, 2012

Agenda• Welcome & Introductions• Context Gender, Gender Identity Terms & Meanings Transitioning & Standards of Care• BREAK• Reports on Trans’ Experiences• Aerissa Roy-Dupuis • Erasure & Discrimination• Reflections, Questions & Answers• Concluding Comments

CONTEXTCONTEXT

Mission StatementThe School of Social Work, York University, is committed to social work education which develops practice strategies for human rights and social justice and thus affirms that personal experiences are embedded in social structures. Through research, curriculum and critical pedagogy the School will:

•address oppression and subordination as experienced and mediated through class, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and ability;

•develop a critical appreciation of the social construction of reality;

•promote an understanding of how values and ideologies construct social problems and how they construct responses;

•prepare students to be critical practitioners and agents of change.

Gender identity & expression not protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act & Criminal Code or Ontario Human Rights Code

•Bill C-276/279 (C-392/2005; C-326/2006; C-494/2007; C-389/2009)• An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act & the Criminal

Code (gender identity and gender expression) • Introduction and first reading in the House of Commons, September

2011

•Toby’s Act (Bill 186/2007; Bill 224/2009; Bill 70/2010)• Right to be Free from Discrimination & Harassment because of

Gender Identity or Gender Expression• Private members Bill – 4th time introduced into Provincial

Parliament by Cheri DiNovo - 1st time that the bill has been cosigned—by all major Ontario political parties, February 2012

•Trans Lobby Group

GenderGender

&&

Gender IdentityGender Identity

What Gender in Not

•Not sex: refers to the biological body & genitals•Not sexual orientation: refers to who you are attracted to; pattern of romantic and/or sexual attraction toward people;

– Lesbian, gay, bisexual, straight (heterosexual), asexual.

•Does not cause sexual orientation. For example, a

masculine woman is not necessarily a lesbian:

FEMALE = FEMININITY = HETEROSEXUAL (STRAIGHT)

FEMALE = MASCULINITY = LESBIAN(Gender Equity Resource Centre)

Terms & Meanings

TransgenderTransgender

TranssexualTranssexual

TransitionTransition

TransphobiaTransphobia

Sex Reassignment SurgerySex Reassignment Surgery

Gender Queer

Gender Queer

Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorder

Two-Spirit(ed)Two-Spirit(ed)

IntersexIntersexCross-dresserCross-dresser

TransvestitTransvestit

ee

Fenway Health Glossary of Gender & Transgender Terms

Transsexuality,Transsexuality,

Transitioning,Transitioning,

Standards of CareStandards of Care

BREAKBREAK

Reports of Trans’ Reports of Trans’ ExperiencesExperiences

Aerissa Roy-DupuisAerissa Roy-Dupuis

ErasureErasure

&&Discrimination Discrimination

ReflectionsReflectionsQuestionsQuestions& Answers& Answers

ResourcesResources

Professional Resources

• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) (Standards of Care)

• Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) (Resources)

Community Resources

Newcomer Trans Youth• LGBTQ Resources | Access Allianc

e

Beyond the GTA • Peel Region LGBT Resources

• York Region LGBT Resources

• Durham Region LGBT Resources

• LGBT Pride Line Durham Helpline

Training/Education•The 519 Community Centre

– The 519 Talks: Workshop Series

– Trans Access

Health Care/Counselling•Sherbourne Health Centre•David Kelley LGBTQ Counselling Program

Trans Youth•Trans_Fusion Crew

•Central Toronto Youth Services

•Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Youth Line

Publications, Reports & Other Resources

• The Trans Pulse Project– Trans Pulse Resource List– Trans Pulse Publications & Presentations

• Toronto Shelter Standards (Section 4.7)• Invisible Men: FTMs and Homelessness in Toronto• Toronto Trans Positive Shelters

• Resources Trans People in the Prison System• Trans People in the Criminal Justice System

Documentaries, Films, Websites …

• Diagnosing Difference• Gender Equity Resource Centre• The Menace

Thank You!

• Anh Ngo, PhD Student• Kaitlin Rybacki, BSW Student• Esther Ng, Practicum Office Assistant• Vina Sandher, Field Education Manager• Maurice Poon, Faculty

Thank You!

Eva Moser, MSc

MSW student

School of Social Work

eva@moser.ca

Aerissa Roy-Dupuis

BSW student

School of Social Work

aerissa@live.ca

Andrea Daley, PhD

School of Social Work

adaley@yorku.ca