Discussion of the transgender body Film studies essay
Essay on LGBTQ discrimination. Published: Word count: 3,117. Diversity and inclusion research shows that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT community in the United States faces persistent discrimination, which negatively impacts their well-being. Tilcsik, 2011. In both transgender identity development and the mermaid stories, themes such as dissonance between body and mind, family tensions and self-censorship are clearly present. Furthermore, I suggest that transgender criticism is one of many potential offspring of queer criticism for critics interested in messages related to sexuality and gender identity in texts. I am a professor of film and screen studies at the University of Portsmouth and I identify as a secular Jewish woman and lesbian, and a trans-inclusive feminist. I write as an academic who has researched trans representation in film and television, and as a teacher and personal tutor with experience of a small number of non-binary,