Beyond Borders:
1) What is the general argument the author is making regarding transsexuality and gender performance?
2) Discuss what most interested you about Kitty.
3) Discuss what most interested you about Robert. (3/4 page single space)
Tracing this Body:
1) What are the challenges to accessing hormones?
2) What is the author's critique of Pharmaceutical companies?
3) What forms of resistance does the author advocate? (3/4 page single spaced)
Body Shame, Body Pride: On page 262 the author discusses "three hard lessons I've learned from the disability rights movement. The first is about naming; the second, about coming out and disclosure; the third, about living in our familiar ordinary bodies."
Describe what these three lessons are. (3/4 page single spaced)
Transmigrant: What is the relationship between the INS and the prison industrial complex? What are prison conditions like? What challenges do transgendered people face in the criminal justice system. What are the contradictions between immigration law and asylum law? (3/4 page single spaced)
Reading :
Chapter : Beyond Borders : Lived Experiences of Atypically Gendered Transsexual People By Sara Davidmann
Chapter : Trans/Migrant : Christina Madrazo s All-American Story By Alisa Solomon