The following is a speech I made at a university in Port Elizabeth today, where I was asked to speak on stereotypes and the trans community as part of their Diversity Week. A special note of thanks to Busisiwe Deyi of the Eloquor Society.
My name is Christina Engela and I'm here to talk to you about transgender and transsexual stereotypes.
If someone just said the word "transsexual" or "transgender", what sort of image would pop up in your heads? What is the stereotype?
