In the reading it talks about the issues in society when it comes to equality for the trans community. It is unfortunate for the assaults and crimes that are targeted against the LGBTQ community. If someone does not agree with their lifestyle, violence should never be and will never be the answer. These tragic events lead to the need of trans studies in intercultural communication. Intercultural studies focus on power, oppression and privilege that we all face In the world and within societies. The brutal story in the reading of Intercultural Communication Needs Transgender Studies” by Dr Julia R. Johnson tells CeCe McDonalds experience. Who was attacked and assaulted close to death because of that status of his appearance and identification? McDonald was arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder and was not given proper medical treatment until 2 months after getting stitches. McDonald was African American and trans, perhaps if McDonald were Caucasian things would have gone much different even If they were a trans. its a shame that McDonald still was incarcerated as he fought for his life in self defense, its as if the system ruled his voice out. Race and gender comes with privileges that many times can be unjustified, and some aren’t privileged which leads to a lack of justice.
The terms used like cis gender is referred to a person identifying as the sex they were assigned at birth. In the reading it talked about privilege of cis gender people and trans. Those who chose to be labeled as cis gender have a better chance of being accepted and called normal rather than being labeled different. Gender dominance occurs between people who identify as their assigned sex or those who chose to be called transgender. In society it is believed that people who identify as trans are more inferior than those who identify as cis gender. This goes hand in hand when we talk about women and men and the worlds expected gender roles from them. Men are always looked at as the dominant one and women are looked at as submissive. This is an ongoing pattern no matter what group it seems to fall in .
