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There are “three strikes” that inform my daily interactions and educational efforts: (1) race, because I am Black; (2) gender expression, because I am a woman; (3) gender identity, because I am trans. As a transwoman of color—perhaps the most vulnerable population in the USA to sexual assault and murder—I work hard to educate others with an intersectional pedagogy, while being constantly aware that the ways that others see and understand me affect not just their engagement with my teaching, but sometimes my very safety. My narrative in this chapter reflects those fears and efforts through a particularly moving teaching moment.
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Lester, A.O.S. (2018). Living with Three Strikes: Being a Transwoman of Color in Education. In: Shelton, S., Flynn, J., Grosland, T. (eds) Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90590-7_13
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