To Disclose or Not to Disclose

In the United Kingdom, the law has made it possible for someone to face imprisonment for not disclosing his or her gender history before sexual intimacy. This law has raised controversy in the LGBT community because of how gender history is fundamental to transgenderism…

Review of Gwen Araujo Story

by Marisa Knox

The Lifetime Movie “A Girl Like Me: Gwen Araujo” is truly an inspiring film. The story of Eddy “Gwen “ Araujo exemplifies how one family dealt with societies judgments of sexuality, gender and identity. Gwen knew since she was a child that…

Jennifer Laude Case as Affected by Perception

The ways in which people perceive others has an immense effect on a person’s…

The Importance of Language in Trans Issues and the Murder of Jennifer Laude

by Sofia Da Silva

”he-she”

The Jennifer Laude case involves the murder of a Filipino transgender by US Marine Joseph Pemberton. Fellow Marine Jairn Rose came forward after Pemberton allegedly told him, “I think I killed a he-she”. Pemberton’s reference to Jennifer as a “he-she” not only affirms that he was aware of her identity as a…

Jennifer or Jeffrey?

Jennifer is referred to as Jennifer “Jeffrey” Laude in the Philippine papers. There are many reasons why people would find this offensive towards Jennifer’s memory. Firstly, Jennifer was a woman. The whole concept of being a transsexual implies that one changed his or her sex to better suit his or her…