On Monday November 21st from 11am-12pm, Michelle Emson will share her journey of transition in the context of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Learn from Michelle’s lived experience and acquire a richer understanding of some of the challenges that face transgender people in society, in work, and in life. A Transgender Journey from Lived Experience
As part of Humber's Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion Dialogue 2022-23 series, Humber Libraries is highlighting additional resources related to the dialogues.
Selected readings on Trans identities
Selected readings on Trans care and community
Shuster, S. M., & Westbrook, L. (2022). Reducing the Joy Deficit in Sociology: A Study of Transgender Joy. Social Problems, 00, 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spac034
Joy is a crucial element of people’s everyday lives that has been understudied by sociologists. This is particularly true for scholarship about transgender people. To address what we term a joy deficit in sociology, we analyze 40 in-depth interviews with trans people in which they were asked what they find joyful about being trans.
Selected readings on Transphobia
Selected collections of Canadian poets and prose.
About the speaker
Michelle Emson (she/her) is an international human rights advocate specializing in diversity and inclusion, trans rights, 2SLGBTQI issues, and mental health. An award-winning public speaker, Michelle has been delivering professional workshops and talks since 2012 to clients in education, healthcare, corporate, policing, and government both in Canada and internationally. In addition to being a facilitator at Egale, she serves as Digital Director for Women’s March Global, on the Steering Committee of the North-Simcoe Muskoka Trans Health Service, and Principal Consultant for Sanctuary Studios Inc. Michelle is an author, entrepreneur, and documentary filmmaker supplementing a life-long career in information technology. In 2017, she received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her work. Michelle identifies as a lesbian woman with a transgender lived experience.
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