Assignment: Analyze Article
Article: Using Archives to Identify the Trans* Women of Casa Susanna by Ms. BOB DAVIS.
The readings include historical/scholarly articles about trans history, as well as primary source documents in which trans and non-binary people describe their experiences transitioning or living trans lives under intensely hostile, transphobic conditions. Using the readings, explore some of the varieties of trans people's experiences with identity and community in order to consider the following broad questions. These are broad, open-ended questions designed to get you to think. You do not need to answer all these questions, and these are not the ONLY questions you can raise here:
o To what extent has trans history been too narrowly understood as a medical history? How can we account for the importance of medical technology while also thinking about trans people who have been neglected and/or abused by medical institutions, as well as the experiences of trans people who have never gone through medically supervised and controlled transitions?
o How did trans people stake out identities and communities that were separate from drag performers, and how did drag performers respond to tans people who worked (or who had previously worked) as drag performers?
o How were trans identities shaped by gender and class norms? Did working-class and BIPOC trans people experience transphobia and discrimination that was unique? Were white and/or middle-class or "respectable" trans people aware of the dynamics of race and class?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.