Abstract
This paper focuses its analysis on the needs of the transgender community in North Carolina. The paper explains that, in recent years there has been a heightened awareness of the transgender population, including increased media portrayal. Also, the paper notes, there has been an emergence of the transgender phenomenon as a recognized academic specialization, with its own professional literature, peer-reviewed publications, and conferences. The paper discusses the definition of transgender, and the biases that transgender people have encountered when receiving health care treatment. The paper concludes that if upcoming generations of health care professionals can become comfortable with as many different populations as possible before they go out into the field, the health care system will be much more effective in addressing the needs of transgender people. This paper contains an illustrative figure.

Outline:
Introduction
Prevalence of the Transgender Population
Identification of a Community
Demographics of Beaufort County
Identification of Need
Addressing of Need
Implications for Social Work
References

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"Advocacy and support networks are also important to have in place. Advocates will help with legal issues, education, resources, and provide a network for transgender people to connect. Support networks can be a general as a support group to open communication and reach those that would otherwise stay to themselves. This would make the person feel more accepted and also help to diminish discrimination by making the community aware that this population does exist here."

Tags:crossdressing, sexual, orientation, rights, medical

Abstract
An essay written in the feminist essay style about the difference in public reception between Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin and its implication for gender politics in the US.

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"Comments made by late-night talk show host David Letterman regarding Alaska state senator Sarah Palin have resulted in a hale storm of criticism. While I do not necessarily consider myself a fan of the controversial politician whose sugary sweet public addresses seem like downright fascism disguised by a dose of wholesome Mayberryesque colloquialisms, Letterman's comments do warrant careful observation. Among other inflammatory statements delivered as part of the comedian and talkshow host's popular Top Ten List, segment one in which he said one of Palin's teenage..."

Tags:Feminist Essay, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, 2008 US Presidential Election, crossdressing in Shakespeare

Abstract
This paper examines how issues raised by cross-dressing and transgender identities in film are largely dependent on the way in which they are treated. It looks at how the mainstream cross-dressing comedy finds reasons to dismiss the potential danger of cross-dressing, while independent and foreign films such as "Ma Vie en Rose" and "All About My Mother" tend to offer a representation which is crude and possibly more accurate.

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"Tootsie also highlights the way in which women are treated in the workplace, as he learns submission as an actress who has to obey. He used to be hard to work with as an actor but as Dorothy Michaels, he has the door shut to his face by the director and is also refused a drink when the director just says 'no, no, she's fine'. Moreover, he says that he would hit the director if he wasn't dressed as a woman, which points out to the social boundaries and expectations of what a woman should do and should not do, mainly that women do not hit and men should not hit women."

Tags:crossdressing, en, feminism, ma, queer, rose, transsexual, theory, tolerance, transvestite

Abstract
This paper defines and examines the transvestite, the transgenderist, and the transsexual, differentiating them in theory and in real-life behaviors. The paper differentiates the three distinct types of individual in terms of their cross-gender tendencies, theoretical implications and motivating factors and behaviors.

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Transvestite Transgenderist TranssexualIntroduction The traditional gender roles normally ascribed to men and women arenot universally adopted in society by all individuals Sexualvariations or paraphilias a neutral term for behaviours formerly calleddeviant can provide an individual a measure of sexual gratification thatis dependent on an unusual sexual experience revolving round particularsex objects de Silva p Paraphilias are sexual desires andbehaviours outside what is considered to be the normal range and they areobserved more commonly in men than in women de Silva p The

Tags:psychology, transvestite, crossdresser, transsexual, transgenderist, paraphilias. cross-gender