The trans Group of Arcigay “Gioconda”
By Margherita Graglia Since 1996, Arcigay Gioconda Reggio Emilia APS has been steadily operating in the Reggio Emilia area as a volunteer-based association promoting LGBTIQ+ rights. We were founded by a group of friends in a period in which National [...]
Transnegativity
By Margherità Graglia Stereotypes and prejudices towards transgender people do not arise from individual variables (transphobia), but they are the result of heterocisnormative assumptions that permeate culture (transnegativity). Individuals incorporate transnegativity from the socio-cultural contexts in which they are embedded. [...]
ALIAS IDENTITY FOR TRANSGENDER STATE EMPLOYEES
Alias identity arrives in Italy to protect at work people who are changing sex or gender. Alias identity consists of a temporary bureaucratic profile that would allow trans* people to use their chosen name, different from the name on official [...]
Addiction in transgender people
There is a myth that transgender people are more likely to use drugs, go to chemsex parties and use drugs to cope with their different gender identities. There is no relevant data to confirm that transgender people use more drugs [...]
THE TRANSGENDER UNIVERSE IN CINEMA
In recent years, cinema and TV have tried to give voice to transgender stories, in order to make us understand their journey. Finally, a subject as sensitive and debated as gender has come to Hollywood. Cinema is the only public [...]
PASSING, A BLESSING AND A CURSE
“Passing” is a term used in the transgender community it means that the individual is perceived as the gender he/she identify as. The goal of many transgender people is to “pass” as we can see from the subreddits where they [...]
To build narratives based on respect for Trans* people
Can cinema change our culture to favor a non-pathological view of Trans* people? A historical review of humanity can surprise us. What happens if instead of looking at Trans* people we ask what happens to Cis people with their gender? [...]
The innovation of SWITCH Trans* LAB Barcelona
An innovative experience was carried out by the SWITCH Trans* Laboratory in Barcelona. The self-help group for Trans* people was proposed as a self-awareness space. Image and photography were used as a tool for self-knowledge and prosocial psychology to increase [...]
What does transition mean for a trans* person?
In this personal and profound piece of music, composer Isabelle Arnaud Cisson, co-researcher of the SWITCH European project, expresses what childhood meant to her, facing transition and change, what her challenges, emotions and misunderstandings were, and finally how it is [...]