Dr. Harper Keenan
There’s a Reason the Department of Education is Ignoring Trans Kids
March 2nd, 2018 In Slate
In my role as a former elementary school teacher, and as a current teacher educator, I think a lot about what the actions of adults communicate to children. Here, the message to trans and non-binary kids is clear: We don’t care about your suffering. As a transgender person myself, that suffering is something I know all too well.
Dear Trans Kids: (From a Trans Teacher)
February 23rd, 2017 In The Huffington Post
Dear trans, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, non-binary children, and all the kids whose genders don’t yet have words,
You are so loved. As Chase Strangio said (he’s one of Gavin Grimm’s lawyers), I love you for exactly who you are.
The Spectacle of the Transgender Child
March 17th, 2016 In The Feminist Wire
In recent years, the Internet has spawned a variety of new short film genres, including “The Cute Animal Video,” “The Lip Sync to a Pop Song Video,” and “The Wedding Proposal Dance Mob Video.” One popular such genre is “The Spectacle of the Transgender Child.” It’s been quite a sensation: one video posted earlier this year by Cosmopolitan magazine about a trans kid living in Brooklyn garnered over 37,000 views in only five days.
Dr. Annette Henry
Dear White People, Wake Up, Canada is Racist
September 6th, 2017 In The Conversation
Approximately 4,000 people gathered at Vancouver’s City Hall on Aug. 19 to protest an anti-immigration and anti-Muslim white nationalist rally. They far outnumbered the white nationalist demonstrators. Later, one counter-protester interviewed by CBC-TV news said: “I’ve never seen a racist.”