Negotiating Transgender Identity Amidst Increasing Cases of Discrimination in Donald Trump’s Presidency
In contemporary society, transgender become a controversial issue since people consider the attitude violates binary gender. As transgender organization to obtain equal rights grew larger, discriminations against transgender ironically grew larger. This research aims at investigating factors which t...
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| description | In contemporary society, transgender become a controversial issue since people consider the attitude violates binary gender. As transgender organization to obtain equal rights grew larger, discriminations against transgender ironically grew larger. This research aims at investigating factors which trigger the rise of discrimination cases against transgender in Donald Trump’s presidency. It also analyzes efforts of transgender people to negotiate their identity in the midst of discrimination. This research employs descriptive qualitative method with the source of data are taken from U.S online newspaper, The New York Times from 2017 to 2020 throughout Trump’s presidency. The study reports that the increasing cases of discrimination against transgender are perpetuated by Trump’s anti-LGBT policies, racist and sexist attitude, religious Christian belief. In addition, transgender have ways to negotiate public discrimination by concealing gender identity and modifying gender expression such as by changing legal name, pronoun, clothing, voice, and mannerism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f41c80af4ceb42ec8031c34d708ebe542022-12-23T04:09:11ZengUniversitas Negeri PadangHumanus: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu-ilmu Humaniora1410-80622528-39362020-10-0119217419110.24036/humanus.v19i2.10994512437Negotiating Transgender Identity Amidst Increasing Cases of Discrimination in Donald Trump’s PresidencyIsna Ardyani Fataya0American Studies Master Program, Faculty of Cultural Science, Gadjah Mada University Jl, Sosio Humaniora, Bulaksumur Caturtunggal Depok Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281In contemporary society, transgender become a controversial issue since people consider the attitude violates binary gender. As transgender organization to obtain equal rights grew larger, discriminations against transgender ironically grew larger. This research aims at investigating factors which trigger the rise of discrimination cases against transgender in Donald Trump’s presidency. It also analyzes efforts of transgender people to negotiate their identity in the midst of discrimination. This research employs descriptive qualitative method with the source of data are taken from U.S online newspaper, The New York Times from 2017 to 2020 throughout Trump’s presidency. The study reports that the increasing cases of discrimination against transgender are perpetuated by Trump’s anti-LGBT policies, racist and sexist attitude, religious Christian belief. In addition, transgender have ways to negotiate public discrimination by concealing gender identity and modifying gender expression such as by changing legal name, pronoun, clothing, voice, and mannerism.http://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/humanus/article/view/109945transgenderidentityequal rightsdiscriminationdonald trump |
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| title | Negotiating Transgender Identity Amidst Increasing Cases of Discrimination in Donald Trump’s Presidency |
| title_full | Negotiating Transgender Identity Amidst Increasing Cases of Discrimination in Donald Trump’s Presidency |
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| title_short | Negotiating Transgender Identity Amidst Increasing Cases of Discrimination in Donald Trump’s Presidency |
| title_sort | negotiating transgender identity amidst increasing cases of discrimination in donald trump s presidency |
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