Non-fiction unit activity#2

FEATURE ARTICLE ANALYSIS: Read the attached article "When Children Say They're Transgender" and then do the following. ALWAYS INDICATE COPIED PHRASES AND SENTENCES and add link to original source DEMONSTRATING CLOSE READING 1. What is gender dysphoria? 2. The writer begins the article with a short story about “Claire”. Why does the writer choose to introduce the topic with Claire’s story? 3. Explain what led to Claire deciding she was really a boy. 4. How is Claire’s gender dysphoria resolved? 5. a) Describe how Claire’s parents responded to Claire’s troubles. b) Do you think they made the right choices? Why or why not? 6. “The current era of gender-identity awareness has undoubtedly made life easier for many young people who feel constricted by the sometimes-oppressive nature of gender expectations”. a) Do you agree with this statement? b) What kinds of gender expectations might some young people find oppressive? 7. What is problematic, if anything, about making acceptance rather than inquiry the primary focus of treatment for gender dysphoria? 8. What is “detransitioning”? 9. Include examples of how people who have detransitioned explain their experience of gender dysphoria. 10. Explain why and how medical and legal treatment of transgender kids is different than medical and legal treatment of transgender adults. 11. Explain how the interview subjects who have detransitioned are critical of today’s care standards for trans youth. 12. What is the difference between “gender nonconforming” and “gender dysphoric”? 13. Why do some people consider in-depth assessments and psychological counselling “retraumatizing”? 14. Why do some people consider transgenderism a “social contagion”? 15. How can a person figure out if their mental health issues are the result of being gender dysphoric? 16. Some people believe that gender dysphoria should not be treated as a psychiatric disorder. a) What is the DSM-5? Why do they want gender dysphoria removed from the DSM-5? b) Do you believe it should be treated as a disorder? Why or why not? IDENTIFYING AND DISCUSSING BIAS 17. Write a paragraph to identify and discuss the bias apparent in this article, and whether you are sympathetic to this bias and find the writer’s position sympathetic, or not. Use examples and evidence in your answer. : EXTENDING THE INQUIRY 18. What are the important characteristic of a feature article? How is a feature article different from a news report? 19. Find 2 additional feature articles (NOT news reports) to read that explore the issue of trans youth and their treatment, and post links to those articles on your web page. Give your own brief overview and critique of each article. Discuss the degree and type of bias that you detect in the article. 20. Write a paragraph that compares the three articles, identifying both similarities and differences in the treatment of the topic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/