Gender Identification and Sex Roles Within the Family Life Cycle

This item contains potentially sensitive content related to medical abuse and child abuse. A short biography of intersex activist Victoria Schneider, paying attention to how her family circumstances affected her life. The essay uses her role within the familial life cycle to demonstrate that individuals cannot be categorized according to inherent societal roles and structures, and affirms that it's important for service providers to respect individual personal identification. Johanna Breyer, the author of the piece, apparently based her work on conversations with Schneider, who recounted her experiences with conversion therapy, the military, drugs, medical transition as it related to her intersex identity, sex work, feminism, and her search for a place in society. This item comes from the Victoria Schneider papers at the GLBT Historical Society. Schneider is an activist and former sex worker best known for her 1997 lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, concerning an unlawful strip search during her booking at the San Francisco County Jail.

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Identifier: 1c18dg25t
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Breyer, Johanna
Date Issued: Sep. 30, 1996
Genre: Essays
Subject(s): Victoria Schneider
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
New York
Topic(s): Child abuse
Conversion therapy
Intersex people
LGBTQ+ people who use substances
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Prostitution
Spousal abuse
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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