snape @ USC

One source I found through my research was a scholarly journal article titled “Transgender-specific developmental milestones and associated experiences of violence, discrimination, and stigma among Filipinx transgender women who are sexually active with men.” I found the scholarly journal article through ProQuest. The keywords I used to search ProQuest were “transgender women” “health” and “violence.” The source I found is greatly helpful because it dives in on a very specific focus group that is included in the demographic that I am writing about for my paper topic. Along with very focused–or niche–research, the source gives a research-backed overview of the community of transgender women in the US which I can use to help fuel my argument. The article specifically lists some social determinants of health for transgender women which serve as a jumping-off point for my argument. Source  

For writing project 4 I am choosing to write about the trans femme community and the social issues they face pertaining to health. Some knowledge I have on conditions facing this group already is that the community of Trans-femme individuals in the US faces an alarming amount of hate crimes and violence inflicted on them as a result of larger harmfully unresolved societal views and values. Trans-femme individuals in our culture are heavily dehumanized due to fetishization and othering which enables sexual, physical, emotional, and political violence toward them. I also know that because of the prevalence of targeted abuse among other social conditions, psychological trauma is often associated with the lived experience of being a trans-femme individual. Some information I want to research more on my chosen demographic group is the threat of diseases on the community such as HIV. Also, I want to research the political factors impacting access to trans-specific healthcare as well as laws ...