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Article Selection

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Article title
Moka Dawkins
Article Evaluation
This is a non-existent Wikipedia article on a trans woman freedom fighter who is an advocate for Toronto-based sex workers
Sources
Badaloo, A.-L. (2022). Moka Dawkins – trans pride ambassador. Pride Toronto. https://www.pridetoronto.com/honoured_position/moka-dawkins-trans-pride/

Option 2

Article title
LGBTQ People in Prison
Article Evaluation
There is a section explaining transgender issues in prison that should be expanded. There should be more information shared from a Canadian and intersectional perspective.
Sources
Oparah, Julia C. 2012. “Feminism and the (Trans)gender Entrapment of Gender Nonconforming Prisoners.” UCLA Women's Law Journal 18 (2): 239-272

Option 3

Article title
Homelessness Amongst LGBTQ Youth in Canada
Article Evaluation
There is an article for the United States, but not one for Canada. The article would explain the research showing that LGBTQ youth are more at risk for homelessness, the reasons multiple researchers have found, and what is being done in Canada to prevent the issue.
Sources
Josephson, G. & Wright, A. (2000). Ottawa GLBT wellness project: Literature review and survey instruments. Retrieved from the Pink Triangle Services website: http://www.pinktriangle.org/wellness/main.html

Option 4

Article title
Transgender Health Care
Article Evaluation
Expanding the Canadian Section to include barriers to health care access
Sources
Tordoff, D. M., Wanta, J. W., Collin, A., Stepney, C., Inwards-Breland, D. J., & Ahrens, K. (2022). Mental health outcomes in transgender and nonbinary youths receiving gender-affirming care. JAMA Network Open, 5(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0978

Option 5

Article title
Violence Against Transgender people
Article Evaluation
Expansion of Police and Incarceration section of article to include more about brutality and discrimination
Sources
Carpenter, L. F. and Marshall, R. B. (2017). Walking while trans: Profiling of transgender women by law enforcement, and the problem of proof. William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, 24(1), 5-38.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Article Selection

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Article title
Moka Dawkins
Article Evaluation
This is a non-existent Wikipedia article on a trans woman freedom fighter who is an advocate for Toronto-based sex workers
Sources
Badaloo, A.-L. (2022). Moka Dawkins – trans pride ambassador. Pride Toronto. https://www.pridetoronto.com/honoured_position/moka-dawkins-trans-pride/

Option 2

Article title
LGBTQ People in Prison
Article Evaluation
There is a section explaining transgender issues in prison that should be expanded. There should be more information shared from a Canadian and intersectional perspective.
Sources
Oparah, Julia C. 2012. “Feminism and the (Trans)gender Entrapment of Gender Nonconforming Prisoners.” UCLA Women's Law Journal 18 (2): 239-272

Option 3

Article title
Homelessness Amongst LGBTQ Youth in Canada
Article Evaluation
There is an article for the United States, but not one for Canada. The article would explain the research showing that LGBTQ youth are more at risk for homelessness, the reasons multiple researchers have found, and what is being done in Canada to prevent the issue.
Sources
Josephson, G. & Wright, A. (2000). Ottawa GLBT wellness project: Literature review and survey instruments. Retrieved from the Pink Triangle Services website: http://www.pinktriangle.org/wellness/main.html

Option 4

Article title
Transgender Health Care
Article Evaluation
Expanding the Canadian Section to include barriers to health care access
Sources
Tordoff, D. M., Wanta, J. W., Collin, A., Stepney, C., Inwards-Breland, D. J., & Ahrens, K. (2022). Mental health outcomes in transgender and nonbinary youths receiving gender-affirming care. JAMA Network Open, 5(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0978

Option 5

Article title
Violence Against Transgender people
Article Evaluation
Expansion of Police and Incarceration section of article to include more about brutality and discrimination
Sources
Carpenter, L. F. and Marshall, R. B. (2017). Walking while trans: Profiling of transgender women by law enforcement, and the problem of proof. William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, 24(1), 5-38.

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