Beyond the Jargon

In this episode, Eli, an international graduate student of the Social Dimensions of Health program at UVic, shares key terminology regarding LGBTQ2+ themes and other interesting topics from their research work. Eli has a social psychology background and they share their research work with community-based approaches in Canada and Mexico.

Show Notes

Eli is part of the Chair in Transgender Studies and their supervisors are Dr. Aaron Devor from Sociology and Dr. Nancy Clark from the Social Justice Studies Program. Eli is an international graduate student and they share part of their academic journey and some resources for other international students. Eli has a social psychology background and they share their research work with community-based approaches in Canada and Mexico. Recently, Eli was awarded a fellowship through the Chair in Transgender Studies for their research work related to Trans+ topics.

In this episode, Eli shares key terminology regarding LGBTQ2+ themes.  Also, we discussed important topics around gender identity. In a very casual and organic way Eli and Matty had a rich conversation and came up with questions and answers to elucidate more regarding key concepts ---Beyond the Jargon--- such as What is the story of the word Transgender? What does it mean to be non-binary? Why is it important to use pronouns? What does it mean to be a “Joto” or “Marica” in Latin America?

https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/research/scholarship/index.php
https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/index.php

Find out more about the upcoming Moving Trans History Forward hosted at UVic in 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/mthf2023/

What is Beyond the Jargon?

The University of Victoria is home to a handful of hardworking graduate students doing trailblazing work in their field. In this series, CFUV correspondents sit down with UVic graduate students to learn more about the work they do in a conversational setting.