Resources Transmissions Transmissions aims to open up a safe The Trevor Project space for trans folk and their allies. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Transmissions allows trans people and allies to join together in an informative GLBT National Hotline and discussion-based group, creating a RANS sense of community and a field of T http://www.glbthotline.org/hotli ne.html resources.

National Center for Transmissions meets weekly during the school-year, beginning Transgender Equality th 101 on Wednesday, September 16 . http://transequality.org/ Meetings are in the College Ave Transgender Network of Student Center, Room 411A, from 8 to 9 pm. PFLAG https://community.pflag.org/tran sgender Trans and questioning folk as well as allies Trans @ RU are all welcome! Brought to you by socialjustice.rutgers.edu/trans-ru/ References Transmissions http://socialjustice.rutgers.edu/wp- This page is dedicated to content/uploads/sites/51/2014/12/RU_TransAlly.pdf http://socialjustice.rutgers.edu/wp- providing resources to content/uploads/sites/51/2014/12/Queering_Our_Vocabulary.pdf http://socialjustice.rutgers.edu/wp- transgender, gender- content/uploads/sites/51/2014/12/RU_ALLY.pdf= http://gillfoundation.org/grants/gender-expression-toolkit/gender- nonconforming, and gender expression/ http://gender.wikia.com questioning students, faculty, and https://www.gsafewi.org/wp-content/uploads/What-the-heck-is-a- PGP1.pdf staff at Rutgers University. https://internationalspectrum.umich.edu/life/definitions Non-binary: A gender identity that does Terms to Know not fit within the binary of male and Trans Allyship female, but identifies with neither, both Transgender / Trans: An umbrella term or a combination (agender, bigender, 1. Don't assume someone's that includes people whose gender pangender, etc). Similar to genderqueer. gender or sexual orientation. identity does not correlate to their assigned sex according to culturally Intersex: A variation in sex 2. Respect the confidentiality of normative standards. characteristics, including genitalia and/or anyone who comes out to you as hormone production, differing from transgender, non-conforming, or Gender / Gender Identity: A person's cultural ideals of male and female. own understanding of themselves in questioning. terms such as man, woman, trans man, Queer: A reclaimed slur that is an 3. Listen – if a person comes out trans woman, genderqueer, and others. umbrella term for people who do not to you or deals with painful conform to heterosexual and/or gender experiences, you can help Ally: A cisgender person who cares about binary norms. Can be used as a political tremendously just by listening. transgender issues and works to term. challenge gender related oppression. 4. Know your limits. Don't speak “Passing”: Convincingly presenting as on behalf of the trans community Assigned Sex: Infants are usually one's preferred gender image. A as an ally. assigned to a sex category (usually male controversial term in trans communities, or female) at birth on the basis of as it seems to imply that trans people are 5. Use the correct pronouns. Ask, physiology or anatomy. fooling people or hiding something. “Which pronouns do you prefer?” Cisgender: An identity in which a 6. Do your best to be respectful Pronouns: A set of words that a person and call the person by the name person's assigned sex aligns with their would like others to use when talking to gender identity. or about that individual (e.g. she/her, they request. 7. Actively educate yourself on Gender Expression: The ways in which ze/hir, they/them, he/him, etc). issues faced by trans people. people manifest masculinity or Sexual Orientation: The type of sexual, femininity. This may not correlate with romantic, and/or physical attraction 8. Examine your ideas of gender gender identity. someone feels toward others (lesbian, stereotypes and challenge those Gender Binary: The social classification pansexual, bisexual, gay, asexual, etc). around you to do the same. 9. Above all, transgender people of sex and gender into two distinct forms Transphobia: The fear, intolerance, or of masculine and feminine. hatred of transgender or gender non- are human beings who deserve conforming people. respect and understanding.