BadgerHerald.com – by Mary Duke
A transgender activist said Wednesday there is an enormous misunderstanding about what the term “transgender” actually means.
Jessica Janiuk spoke to University of Wisconsin students Wednesday about her difficult journey to find her identity as a woman.
Janiuk, born male, spoke as part of the UW Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center’s Transgender Awareness Week, which will continue through Saturday.
In 2005, Janiuk lobbied the UW System Board of Regents to add transgender persons to their list of those protected by the UW System’s nondiscrimination policy.