Tranz Miami @tranzmiami-blog - Tumblr Blog

Trans History and Importance

History of the trans community has always been up in the air? Where did it come from? Who started it?

In Miami especially, November has been declared the month of International Transgender persons which started on the one year anniversary of a trans woman who was found murdered in her home. She goes by the name of Rita Herster, a black trans woman in Boston. She was murdered 2 days before her 35th birthday on November 28, 1998. Rita was found in her apartment stabbed 20 times and later died of cardiac arrest. The loss of Rita was devastating and many still wish it would’ve never happened, but this incident brought about change and awareness that was otherwise swept underneath the rug for years. Trans November has been created since then, paving the way for the awareness and the acceptance and understanding of the trans community. And through these experiences, trans week has turned into trans month.

#transnovember #transmiami

The following is a list of the groups that applied to TJFP, matched our original criteria*, and gave us the okay to share their information. We’ve also included our grantees here too, and organized it by state. We hope that this list can help connect groups with each other and that it will...

Heres a direct link to the TJFP!

#transmiami #transnovember

Since it’s start in 2001, the Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project …

Survey to end discrimination in every way! Especially in the trans community

#transmiami

Trans Minorities Matter

Being trans is hard enough as it is, but as a trans minority in Miami things are taken up a notch and situations seem harder. Miami is the capital for nightlife, a place where stars are born, but little is known about the dark the city has taken when it came to the lives of trans men and woman that live in the city. Being a trans minority in Miami comes with a lot of unseen dangers and justice seems to be conveniently obstructed. The lists are getting longer every year and something must be done in order to protect our community and the lives of our trans brothers and sisters that live in this great state.

Justin Lee Naber, who sued the state prison system over its transgender policies, was found dead at Dade Correctional Institution. But the state still faces another suit from a transgender woman trying to regain access to hormone therapy.

#transnovember #translivesmatter

Mercedes Successful was a 32 year old black trans woman who was found dead in Haines City Florida, she was one of the most important figures in the trans community and an active member of LGBT rights! CASE REMAIN UNSOLVED

#transnovember #transmiami #translivesmatter

Rosita Hidalgo was a trans woman murdered on South Beach, she was a sex worker trying to proved for herself in the streets of Miami. She was one of the many latina women found dead, she was gagged and stabbed and left to die. CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED

#translivesmatter #transmiami

Kristina Gomez Reinwald was the 7th trans woman to be murdered in Miami, she was a 46 year old entertainer who resided in South Miami. CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED

#translivesmatter #transmiami

The first trans woman in america Christine Jorgensen

#transmiami #transnovember

The Wonderful Kate Bornstein

What does it mean to be trans?

What does it mean to be a transgender? Is it possible that one can be born that way or is it a life choice? There’s a chance that we’ll never know the true answer due to it dealing with just an individual’s feelings. As humans we all process and learn things differently so therefore one person’s reasoning might differentiate from another’s. Some believe that they were born in the wrong body and others choose to no longer identify with the sex they were given at birth for personal reasons but regardless of the reasoning’s behind becoming a different sex, the topic has always been taboo in America.

The first time a majority of Americans became familiar with sex reassignment surgery was when Christine Jorgensen (born as George William Jorgensen Jr.), a former soldier of World War II, underwent operations to begin his transformation to become a female. She was a trail blazer in transgender community and became an advocate for those who felt that they were assigned the wrong sex at birth. Fast forward to today, the transgender community now have multiple advocates such as Lavern Cox, Chaz Bono, Caitlyn Jenner and Kate Bornstein, an author, performer and gender theorist who’s dedicated her life to educating and helping society in understanding gender fluidity.

Kate was born as Albert Bornstein but quickly understood that she wasn’t like other little boys. She didn’t share anything but an anatomy and an attraction to females with them and therefor felt as if her only other option was to be female. As an adult she lived her life as the sex that she was assigned at birth up until 1986. By then she’d already been married and divorced with a daughter who’d become estrange after her decision to become a woman.

Kate’s decision wasn’t based on the need to become a woman but her desire to push the limit of sex assignment being just male and female. As a result, she dedicated her post surgery life to writing gender theory books, play writing and traveling around the world for workshops. She became an advocate for minority groups in America despite dealing with her own demons. In 1989 she created a theater production: Hidden: A Gender about her own life. Following that she edited an anthology: Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation and The anthology won Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards in 2011.

Kate has gone on to do many things to help her community and just recently did a workshop at our own Miami Dade college Book fair for Transgender awareness month. Unfortunately I missed her and couldn’t interact with her face to face but thanks to social media, I was able to get ahold of her on twitter and she gladly answered some questions that I had for her:

#transmiami #transnovemeber

Interview with Kate

Kate Bornstein Interview

How did you know that you were born the wrong gender?

-It wasn’t the wrong gender per say. I just knew that I never considered myself to be a man and my only other choice was to be a woman. I don’t think that I am neither to be honest. I just knew that I was attracted to women

At what point in life did you decide to free yourself from gender restrict?

-Even at an early age, I always thought that I was acting and playing the role of a boy instead of just being one. In 1986 I went under the knife, got rid of it and never looked back.

How did your parents respond to your life choices?

-My parents were a conservative Jewish family. With my father being a minister, they could hardly handle my scientology choices. Imagine when they realized that I was a “transgender”.

Do you regret it?

-Have you ever regretted being yourself and doing what you love for a living? I represent the ones without a voice.

How do you deal with having cancer and mental health issues?

-I try not to. I live life to the best of my abilities and move forward.

How is your partner handling it?

-She worries… a lot but it’s understandable. I welcome her love in any form.

Does your daughter understand and support who you are and what you stand for?

-I’m sure you’ve read up on the situation between us. I hope that one day she’ll understand who I was meant to be and let me into her life. It’s been a while.

What do you hope to accomplish in the future with your activism?

-Happiness.

Kate Bornstein Books

Here are a few books and links to where you can find them! All works and memoirs of Kate Bornstein

#transmiami #katebornstein #transnovember

https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Outlaws-Generation-Kate-Bornstein/dp/1580053084/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Tranz Miami