Jessica such transgender
Not many pilots can tell they’ve worked to pave the way for an entire generation of transitioned pilots, but Alaska First Officer Jessica can, and she continues to pave the way for transsexual aviators to soar.
Jessica transitioned to presenting as a female in 2012, three years after obtaining her airline pilot certification. For Jessica, the judgment was about honesty and truth—to herself and others. Complying with additional and lengthy Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical and psychological clearances was another barrier she was ready to break down for herself and other trans pilots. In some cases, the extensive clearances resulted in trans pilots being grounded for up to two years to review their cases.
“When I transitioned from male to female in 2014, the FAA saw this [being trans] as a disorder. For many transgender humans, we realize this not to be a life-limiting diagnosis, but rather a side consequence or gender flaw at birth,” she says. “So, I gathered a team of congressional support and went to work to create meaningful change.”
Jessica and other advocates worked with the FAA to make more inclusive guidelines for trans pilots. She volunteered t
Amicus brief co-authored by Jessica Clarke asserts that Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender identity
Jessica Clarke, professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Program, is the co-author of an amicus terse filed on behalf of a group of anti-discrimination scholars in three cases that will be heard in the Supreme Court on Oct. 8.
The cases, Bostock v. Clayton CountyGeorgia, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, and Harris Funeral Homes v. Stephens, handle the question of whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids an employer from firing someone because of their sexual orientation or transgender identity. Clarke co-authored the brief with Brian Soucek of UC Davis Law School, and Mitchell Reich and Thomas Schmidt of law rigid Hogan Lovells.
Read Clarke’s Oct. 7, 2019, opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, “Past cases possess labeled LGBTQ people as deviants. Will the Supreme Court move beyond that?
Gerald Bostock worked for more than 10 years as the child welfare services coordinator for Clayton County, Georgia, but was fired after his employer discovered he was gay. Donald Zarda, a ga
Gender Equity and Transgender Clinic
Affirming Care
The clinic provides trauma-informed, gender-affirming health tend services to transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The team values each individual person and their unique needs and characteristics. Services can simply be affirming main care or can incorporate some of the additional services listed below:
Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
Puberty blockers
Puberty blockers are medications that reversibly block pubertal development. They are also known as Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, or GnRH agonists.
- Puberty blockers can pause puberty to give a minor time to decide what treatments are right for them in addressing their gender presentation moving forward.
- Puberty blockers are not everlasting. When they are stopped, puberty continues normally.
Feminizing hormone therapy
- Feminizing hormone therapy is used for gender affirmation/transition and helps patients to form more feminine presenting characteristics and lessen more masculine presenting characteristics.
- Medications such as estradiol and androgen blockers are used.
- This can lead to permanent changes in the body that would rever
The Transgender Journey of Jessica LynnTransgender Mother Tells of Challenges to Parental Rights
March 21, 2017
On Wednesday Protest 15th, Beckman Hall Room 404 was fully packed with Chapman University students, faculty and staff, all eagerly awaiting the presentation from transgender mother Jessica Lynn. Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences partnered with the Psychology Department to sponsor Jessica Lynn’s presentation on a transgender mother’s struggles and challenges with parental rights.
The majority of members of the audience listening to Jessica’s presentation had never heard of her up until this point, but left the session feeling incredibly moved and emotional about becoming advocates in their community. Jessica Lynn left several people speechless, including undergraduate Psychology senior Yasmin Akbari: “Not only is Jessica a naturally engaging speaker, but her story is so moving that I could not help but be overcome with emotion as I listened. To witness someone who has endured so much hardship over the course of her animation and speak so openly about the plights and injustices that she has faced as a gender diverse woman was truly remarkable.”
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