Final Paper

THE BLACK TRANS MOVEMENT 6

Final Paper Proposal & Outline

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FINAL PAPER PROPOSAL & OUTLINE

FIRST PART: Final Paper Proposal

I propose to research on the LGBTQ+ community, and specifically, the Black Trans lives matter movement, (which is a movement within the larger Black Lives Matter social movement), including the issues that it addresses. As the global community continues to find effective means to deal handle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s associated health and economic challenges, the complexity of attitudes and experiences amongst the members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community across many countries remains substantially unexplained and underexamined. Thus, the Center for American Progress, in partnership with the University of Chicago-based independent and nonpartisan research group NORC, recently designed a comprehensive survey research to explore and understand the experiences, attitudes and lives of LGBTQ+ people across the United States (US).

The researchers interviewed 1,528 self-identified LGBTQ+ adults aged 18 or older. Amongst many other findings, the researchers determined that most members of the LGBTQ+ community continue to experience various forms of discrimination within every domain of their lives, including personal lives, public sphere, the workplace, and in their critical healthcare access. The implication of such discriminatory experiences includes many forms of adverse consequences for their physical, mental, financial and social health and wellbeing. Thus, most of the respondents interviewed in this study reported that they altered their lives to evade various forms of discrimination and the trauma related with such unequal treatment. As expected, the research indicates that younger generations are at a higher risk of facing discrimination and attendant problems compared to older people, and that the discrimination problems were problem amongst transgender people, people of color, and the disabled people.

The ‘‘Black trans lives matter’’ movement especially rose into prominence in the United States in 2020 based on activities organized by Black transgender activists to protest against certain issues affecting them, especially the murder of most black transgender women (Ting, 2020). The series of protests experienced in 2020 were sparked with the reported killing of at least 22 transgender or gender non-confirming persons, two being Black trans women and the then Trump administration’s move to repeal transgender health care protections during the Pulse nightclub shooting’s anniversary and the Pride month (Barbour, 2020). Since then, the movement has grown into a force to reckon with, especially within the larger BLM movement.

Notably, Black trans activism is more prominent in the US primarily because the country has strong democratic institutions and robust human rights guidelines that recognizes people’s rights of expression and activism. The black trans folks often feel that the their issues are never included or addressed by the general BLM outfit, even though they are often incarcerated and killed at disproportionate rate. The transgender people feel that the BLM movement, the larger queer movement, and the feminist movement’s activism are never intersectional and do not include the most at-risk communities. Thus, with a sharp focus on the transgender people, the Black trans movement advocates for various issues, including an end to police brutality and disproportionally high number of killings of black transgender people, and defunding of the police (Barbour, 2020). The movement also aims to force the government to [re]introduce various health and legal protections for its members.

Specifically, the research will focus on the Black trans lives matter movement in the US, because it is the region where the movement’s activities are more visible or enhanced. Some of the research questions that I will address in my research issues that ‘‘why are the trans people, especially women, disproportionately killed in the US?’’; ‘‘why has the Black trans movement been popular in the US and not other countries?’’; ‘‘in what ways has the movement’s organization and spread lent strength to the larger BLM, LGBTQ+, and feminist movements?’’ and etcetera.

The timeline of the proposed research paper is as below:

1. Week 1: Research on various possible topics for my research by reviewing various sources and materials from newspapers, academic journals, library resources, audio-visual media, Internet sites, class materials, and based on personal experiences and etcetera

2. Week 2: Repeat the process in week one by reviewing various sources, but this time, with the intent to narrow down on the most appropriate topic

3. Week 3: Develop [a] workable research question[s], generally based on the instructor’s feedback and by reviewing the materials gathered during the first two weeks; this will also entail prewriting some ideas and developing lists of possible research questions.

4. Week 4: The tasks will include evaluating, examining and taking notes from various research sources for which to base and support my research

5. Week 5: I will write the first draft of the paper by integrating the sources effectively and appropriately while maintaining laser-sharp focus on the main research idea

6. Week 6: I will review the first draft of my research together with my peers, professor, writing tutors, and etcetera to determine whether it is correct or needs some corrections

7. Week 7: Revise and edit the first draft of the paper by filling in the blacks based on the recommendations, feedback, and findings from the previous step while double-checking and finalize it in preparation for final submission

8. Week 8: Submit the work for assessment.

References Barbour, S. (2020, September 1). How to Support the Black Trans Lives Matter Movement: All Black Lives Matter. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Cosmopolitan: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a32867836/black-trans-lives-matter-how-to-help-protest-donate/ Gruberg, S., Mahowald, L., & Halpin, J. (2020, October 6). The State of the LGBTQ Community in 2020: A National Public Opinion Study. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Center for American Progress: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/reports/2020/10/06/491052/state-lgbtq-community-2020/ Ting, J. (2020, June 15). Thousands Gather in Support of Black Trans Lives. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Papermag.com: https://www.papermag.com/black-trans-lives-matter-protest-2646172702.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

FINAL PROPOSAL AND OUTLINE 3

PART 2: OUTLINE

TOPIC: The Black Trans Lives Matter Movement and Its Impact

I. Introduction

· National and global hardships substantially magnifies hardships experience by people

· The complexity of attitudes and experiences amongst the LBTQ+ community’s members across the globe remains unsubstantially unexplained and underexamined while the global community continues to look for effective means to deal the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic’s associated health and economic challenges

· Transgender people, especially blacks and people of color, comparatively experiences higher cases of discrimination problems compared to others

· This research will explore the various issues that the Black trans lives Matter movement deals with, including high cases of discrimination, police brutality, wanton killing of Black trans people, and transgender healthcare issues, and its impacts.

II. BODY

· Members of the LGBTQ+ people experience various forms of discrimination and related challenges

i. The problems are present in all their lives’ domain, including personal lives, public sphere, the workplace, and in their critical healthcare access

ii. Discriminatory experiences include many forms of adverse consequences for their physical, mental, financial and social health and wellbeing.

iii. The most affected include the younger generation, the transgender people, people of color, and the disabled people

iv. Most forced to alter their lives to evade various forms of discrimination and the trauma related with such unequal treatment.

· The Black Trans Lives Matter Movement arose to protect the rights of Black transgender people

i. Heterogenous foundation – based on amalgamation of ideologies of Black Lives Matter (BLM), LGBTQ+, and feminist movements

ii. Primarily composed of Black trans activists and supporters or sympathizers

iii. Particularly came to prominence in 2020

iv. Activism and activities more pronounced in the US

· Deals with issues affecting the Black and people of color’s (POC) issues

i. Activists often feel that the other more rooted groups do not adequately represent their issues

ii. The discriminate and disproportionately high killing and incarceration of Black trans people

iii. The wanton police brutality

iv. Transgender health issues

· Additionally

i. Black transgender women more affected

ii. Life expectancy below 35 years

iii. The Black trans lives matter movement has made great, important strides

iv. More still remains to be done

III. Conclusion

· The members of the LGBTQ+ community experience a lot of hardships in the society

· Black trans people more impacted

· The research explores various issues that the Black trans lives Matter movement deals with, including high cases of discrimination, police brutality, wanton killing of Black trans people, and transgender healthcare issues, and its impacts

· It is high time people stood for the rights of this special group amongst us.

References Allsop, J. (2020, June 15). The Movement For Black Trans Lives. The Media Today - Columbia Journalism Review. Barbour, S. (2020, September 1). How to Support the Black Trans Lives Matter Movement: All Black Lives Matter. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Cosmopolitan: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a32867836/black-trans-lives-matter-how-to-help-protest-donate/ Davidson, S. (2016). Gender inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People In The Workplace. (J. Halsall, Ed.) Congent Social Sciences, 2(1). Do, R. (2021, February 18). Forgotten stories: The Critical Role Of Black Trans Women In The Civil Rights Movement. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from The Daily Free Press: https://dailyfreepress.com/2021/02/18/forgotten-stories-the-critical-role-of-black-trans-women-in-the-civil-rights-movement/ Gruberg, S. (2020, August 26). Beyond Bostock: The Future of LGBTQ Civil Rights. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Center for American Progress: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/reports/2020/08/26/489772/beyond-bostock-future-lgbtq-civil-rights/ Gruberg, S., Mahowald, L., & Halpin, J. (2020, October 6). The State of the LGBTQ Community in 2020: A National Public Opinion Study. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Center for American Progress: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/reports/2020/10/06/491052/state-lgbtq-community-2020/ Human Rights Campaign. (nd). Understanding the Transgender Community. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from HRC.org: https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-transgender-community Human Rights Watch. (2019, September 3). “Don’t Punish Me for Who I Am”: Systemic Discrimination Against Transgender Women in Lebanon. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from HRW.org: https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/09/03/dont-punish-me-who-i-am/systemic-discrimination-against-transgender-women-lebanon Kiesling, E. (2017). The Missing Colors of the Rainbow: Black Queer Resistance. European Journal of American Studies, 2017(Special Issue: Re-Queering The Nation: America’s Queer Crisis, Document 13), 11-3. Maxwell, C. (2020, March 27). Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Center for American Progress: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2020/03/27/482337/coronavirus-compounds-inequality-endangers-communities-color/ Ting, J. (2020, June 15). Thousands Gather in Support of Black Trans Lives. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from Papermag.com: https://www.papermag.com/black-trans-lives-matter-protest-2646172702.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2