Arguments Against Transgender Stereotypes

In the late 1950’s to mid-1960’s, the transgender community faced discrimination such as physical and verbal harassment, denial of social spaces, and alienation in the media. This matters to us today because transgender individuals are still existing and are a part of our human population today. The community is also still struggling to find their representation in the media and in society. The transgender community is still facing a wide array of types of discrimination, from nasty looks to denied access of education. Gender identity should not be taken into consideration when determining another person’s worthiness of respect.

People believe that being transgender is like violating the will of God. I slightly agree with that because most religious people believe that God made you to be a boy or a girl. It is proven that biologically males have stronger muscles that possibly can make them better at certain things, such as sports, than regular males. It is the same with females. They undergo sex reassignment surgery which makes them look more like a female. Most believe that trans discrimination is just a type of mental disorder and I strongly disagree with that. Critics believe it is confusing for that person. Although people argue that gender discrimination isn’t an environmental issue, it STILL is an

Transgendered people in America have made many great strides since the 1990s. They have encountered violence, lack of health care, and the loss of homes, jobs, family and friends. There have been many phases of the struggle of being transgendered in America over the years. The current phase we must be in now is equal rights. There are many variations of discrimination against the transgendered community. In our society we simply do not like what we do not understand. It is easier to discriminate than to try and understand. We are all created different and we should appreciate our differences. The change must come by addressing the views of the public. There is much justification in the unequal rights of transgendered peoples. The Human

The problem with transgender rights is that they are not treated as basic human rights. The main cause of this problem is that some people look at it as "not in the norm" or "out of the ordinary" and as a result, transgender people are either out casted, bullied, beaten, killed or denied certain rights. A human male wanting to transition into a human female and vice versa should not make them less than exactly what they are, a human-being. A possible solution would be for people to take the time to research and educate or interact with more transgender people and learn something about their decision instead of going into the problem blind with the assumption that all transgender people are not normal.

Kidd and Witten define the term transgender vaguely, stating it “describe[s] people who transcend the conventional boundaries of gender, irrespective of physical status or sexual orientation” (Kidd & Witten, 2007, p. 36). This term is a reference for the ‘other gender’ that is not particularly male or female. Currently, within the American society, there is a growing awareness of individuals who are transgender. Much of this awareness comes from LGBT movements and

Transgender people are a diverse population of individuals who cross or transcend culturally defined categories of gender ( Bockting ,Miner, Romine, Hamilton and Coleman, 2013). The world is evolving and people need to become acceptance of others especially transgender individuals. Transgender individuals are a group of people most vulnerable to workplace discrimination (Bailey, 2013) due to those that are prejudice or dislike the ideal of those unknown to them. Therefore, for those people that are not aware of how to confront their prejudice or biases towards people that are transgender, they should be more open minded to understand and accept diversity. There is a lot we need to learn about this phenomenon so having the willingness to understand

This topic of transgender rights is personal for me due to my closeness to so many people who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming. Having so many people around that identify in such a way has allowed me to gain information and hopefully pursue a career in gender. To start off, transgender means that a person was born into a body that’s gender does not fit their brain’s gender. Such as a person who is born with male genitalia but believes that they are female; this differs from what is called “cis.” Cis means that a person is born with a gender that matches how they feel. I am a Cis Female which means that I was born into a female body, and believe that I am female. However, I have a few close friends who identify outside of Cis. My one friend is FTM which means they were born into a female body and believe they are male. In these articles they discuss MTF, which are people who were born male and identify as female. These individuals seem to be receiving the most hate and having more

Medical practitioners have a history of not accurately reflecting the understandings of people who trans gender, dating back to the 1800s when they upheld the sexually dimorphic model that states that everyone has “one true sex” (Enke, lecture 2/18). Even in the early 1900s, medical professionals advised trans people to take hormones more closely aligned with their designated sex at birth, as it would help them “feel better”. However, medical treatment of people who trans has improved dramatically over the years. Now, in the 21st century, there are laws in place to prohibit discrimination against people who trans. In order to get from that point to this point, it took growth in both the trans community and the medical community. Medicine mimics society just as society mimics medicine, and as the trans community grew more forthright and educated from those within its community as well as the medical field, the medical field grew more understanding of people who trans. It is all a cycle.

Trans sexual people do not consider the sex they were born with to the the right one. So in order to be happy and free they change the opposite sex. This transition can be quite impactful as people start to discriminate and taking away their rights. A perfect example is the case of Re Kevin (Validity of Marriage of Transsexual) [2001] FamCa 1074. In this case Kevin was a transsexual man who wanted to get married but the attorney general refused to legally grant him a marriage certificate. Even though he could own a passport and other legal document, he still was not able to get legally married. After numerous trials, Kevin was able to obtain his marriage certificate. This case is a perfect example on how we humans have started to evolve, and have learned about accepting people for who they are. Even though transsexual people are not fully accepted, inevitably they all

In a lot of places around the world more and more people are coming out as “Transgender.” The term transgender means that the person’s gender identity does not correspond with the gender they were assigned as having at birth. From personally having a transgender boyfriend I have since realized that these people experience a lot of discrimination in and from society. Many people simply just do not understand what the term transgender means and they see it as someone just “wants to be a man” or “wants to be a woman.” While there may be people who present it this way, it is more so that the individual just “feels” different, and “feels” as if they are “in the wrong body.” Some people experience this feeling at a young age as my boyfriend did in his elementary age. We live in a world who put these people down for being who they truly are, and no human being wants or needs that.

Transgender rights are something that has been long debated about for a very long time. People who are transgender are people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. A person who is transgender has to experience their rights to be taken away from them, for example, the right to use the bathroom and the right to serve in the military. Imagine, being the subject of whether you should have rights or not, as if it were something that should be debated about in the first place. People have the right to freely be who they are, some things you can’t change even if you wanted to, including a person’s gender identity.

Many transgendered people today are being neglected by other people. They are being mistreated because they are using the Un-digsnated bathroom. Their birth certificate says they are either male or female. They are supposed to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sign indicated on the birth certificate. Also many, people think we should have a law that allows transgendered

Transgender people are no strangers to society: the concept of not feeling comfortable in one's birth-assigned gender has been around since man can remember. It's quite puzzling to see that many centuries later, people still treat transgender people of an alien-like nature, of some sort of non-human species. Transgender people have been discriminated for long enough. The discrimination sent towards them is wrong: they're just humans who made changes to their lives for the better as all people have. Transgender people are regular people who do not deserve the amount of discrimination directed towards them as they get right now.

A transgender character is also likely to be either a victim or a villain. GLAAD found that in 40% of episodes reviewed, the transgender character played the role of a victim. For example, in the episode "Don't Make Me Come Back There" of Orange Is the New Black, Sophia is victim of both verbal and physical abuse from other inmates. The guards see the attack, but do not help her. After the incident, Sophia threatens to send details of the incident to the newspaper, and paint the prison for having inadequate security and personnel training. In response, Sophie is locked in solitary confinement, so that other inmates cannot attack her. Although she is a victim of a hate crime, she is punished.

When someone calls themself transgender, it means that they do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. For example, someone who was born as a man may later realize that they are in fact a woman; this person would be called a trans woman. There is much debate over transgenderism and, specifically, whether society should treat transgenders as their biological sex or their gender identity. For example, if a transgender man (biological sex being female) wants to use the men’s restroom, should he be able to? The laws that would allow this are known as transgender inclusion laws, and the debate over passing such laws has always been extremely heated. Transgender inclusion laws should be passed in all areas, as there has been no increase in crime rates as a result of transgender use of public facilities, transgenderism is absolutely real and should be recognized as such, and these laws only brings benefits for any trans-friendly environments.