THIRD OBJECT

Video

Transgender Healthcare Horror Stories

Produced by OregonLive/The Oregonian

Work:

Copyright / permissions:

Transgender Healthcare Horror Stories © 2016 OregonLive/The Oregonian

Biography:

Video by Teresa Mahoney produced for OregonLive/The Oregonian, posted to YouTube with the following description: “We asked transgender Oregonians to tell us their most horrific health care experiences.” (Source: The Oregonian, 2016)

Sample prompts & exercises:

(Re)Presentation prompts:

  • When I go to the doctor…
  • You don’t know what to expect…
  • We tried to tell you…

Additional context for facilitator:

Facilitator tips on playing video: before your workshop starts, be sure to load the video and play through any advertisement at the start so it’s paused and ready. This is to avoid political ads or other content that takes you out of the experience. Also make sure that closed captioning is turned on by clicking the “CC” in the lower right of the video so that it has a red underline. Finally, a warning that YouTube algorithms may also “recommend” harmful, anti-trans content, so be sure to share this video full screen and prevent YouTube from automatically playing additional content after it’s done.

Please note that this video depicts stories of suicide ideation and transphobia.

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