Becoming Transgender In The United States

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

In “Intro-How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States,” Joanne Meyerowitz writes about the beginnings of transsexuality. She beings the article by defining cross-gender identification, as “the sense of being the other sex, and the desire to live as the other sex” (Meyerowitz 432), while transsexuality, “being the quest to transform the bodily characteristics of sex via hormones and surgery” (Meyerowitz 432). According to Meyerowitz, transsexuality began in the early 20th century. Experiments on changing sex, began in europe on animals. Then in 1920, on humans. Joanne Meyerowitz writes that “the debate on the visibility and mutability of sex” began after Christine Jorgensen, an american who went to Denmark to get a sex change in 1950, became a media sensation in America. While professionals were figuring this out, people “who identified as transsexuals, transvestites, lesbians, and gay men” (Meyerowitz 433) were having the conversation and creating the language within themselves. This conversation on sex change, occurred alongside the sexual revolution in the 60’s, opening “the movement of the organizing of programs, clinics, conferences, and associations to promote study of and treatment for transsexuals” (Meyerowitz 434).

Here in Canada, this issue has been brought forward in both communities and provincial level of concerns. To take a look closer to home, the city of Toronto had witnessed the complexity of this issue in the past years. A Toronto transgender teen who identifies as a male, was banned from using his high school boys restroom, and was forced to leave school grounds and search for a public bathroom at a gas station. Concerns were mentioned for the safety of Spencer, and also how he felt uncomfortable being forced to use the women’s restroom; however, several parents and students agreed with how the school was taking action to this problem. After a petition was enacted by fellow supportive students, Spencer was allowed to freely use the restrooms at his high school.

When people want to be theirself, doesn 't everyone deserve that chance at that much freedom? According to the national LGBTQ Task Force transgender people are not that lucky when it comes to the demographics of social media. On CNN website there 's an article that discusses how transgender people are twice as likely to be unemployed and four times more likely to live in poverty compared with the general population and these disparities are much greater for transgender black and latina woman said Emanuela Grinberg writer for CNN.

Things that have changed in the book over time included how J's mother got used to referring to J as a "him" after maybe five to six months which made J feel much more better knowing that his mother is much more accepting of "his" decision about who he wants to be. Although his dad is still slowly getting used to seeing and hearing about his old, new "son". Now that he's been taking testosterone for a while it's been easier for people to refer to him as a guy and use "his" and not "hers" anymore, which is a relief when he goes out in public. I think that in the beginning of the story J just told his parent that he is transgender out of the blue. His parents weren't really sure about what that meant so they were scared or stressed out and didn't want there little baby girl to change. But now that they have a little picture about what that means to be transgender after a few months it sunk in and they now know how testosterone works and what it really means to be transgender. It did take a few months but it did end up sinking in and now Carolina and if he's lucky Manny will try there best to keep an open mind about it and still love their little baby "boy" no matter what happens. In a result

Just because it’s not right doesn't mean there is a perfect solution for it. People can’t dictate how other people feel. Since there are so many rebuttals for every argument on either side, it can be difficult to resolve. The only resolution is to get used to it. As people learn, hear, and observe things around them constantly, it becomes normal to them. Since there are more and more people becoming transgender, people are getting more used to the idea. Hopefully, that will not influence other people to become transgender. Said by Emma Green, “As more Americans learn about what it means to be transgender or meet people who identify that way, it’s possible they’ll become more comfortable with the idea of transgender people using the bathroom that corresponds with their current gender identity.” Although there will be a lot of stubborn people not willing to get used to it, maybe the fact that no matter how hard someone tries, they can't change their sex. The sex of someone is in their genes, XX for females, and XY for males. Someone can get surgery and appear like a female or male, but if you were born a female, it’s impossible to change your sex (Ritchie, John). People on Debate.org say, “Everybody should feel happy and whether that is being transgender or not, who cares! Let them live their life in happiness and peace without having people against them” (“should-we-support-transgender-equality-in-schools”). Everyone wants to

Nearly 80% of transgender people report that they were harassed while 35% said that they were physically assaulted at school. Transgender people are also frequent targets of hate speech, Hate crime, Bullying, physical and psychological violence, Between 2008 and 2016 there have been over 2,000 reported murders cases in 65 countries across the globe. In the U.S at least 25 transgender people were killed in 2017. 30% of transgender youth reported a history of at least one suicide attempt, and nearly 42% reported that they had attempted self - harm. According to the national center for transgender equality research, transgender people with supportive families are for less likely to

I think it's about equal rights. Transgender people don't want special rights. We want equal protection under the law, and mostly what we want is to be left alone. And if we can’t be left alone, we'd like to be treated with love.” Many parents of transgender children also say they are concerned for their safety. The human rights campaign says as of now there have been 16 deaths of transgender people just in 2016, and 25 in 2015. This goes to show that the LGBT community is not immune to violence, but rather much more likely to face it then to contribute to

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender) community does not only face adversity in the public's eyes, but also at places where you should feel the most welcomed like home and school. Not only is having interest in the same sex becoming an issue for some, but also having legal procedures that allow you to openly express who you are as a person. Rather it's being born a male with females intentions or vice versa, this has became a public issue made towards both male and females in public restrooms. Discussions between states, former President Obama, current President Trump, school systems and people concerned about inequalities, have debated that it would be best for everyone to use the restroom according to gender at birth, meanwhile,

Society is stuck on a man looks and how much a man may have when that does not make a difference. Everybody have defects and ought not be looked downward on them. No race, sexual orientation, skin tone, and appearance make a man there is a more profound picture than only the outside that everybody ought to look for in a man. The transgender people are people and have the privilege to be acknowledged upon their looks. Letting transgender utilize the restroom as indicated by the sexual orientation they were conceived with demonstrate that there is no oppression a man appearance, that there is fairness, and keeps from

The way society has viewed transgender individuals has always been seen in a negative way. They are viewed as different and because of that they are not treated the same as a heterosexual male or female. Like this restroom debate. A part of society does want to allow these individuals to go into a public restroom to which they identify themselves as, but don’t because they don’t want for example a man in a woman’s restroom. I can see why this might cause a conflict in a woman’s point of view because we will feel uncomfortable or unsafe in having a man in a woman’s restroom. That is why some people in society want these transgender individuals to go through transgender surgery and have them go through a process in which they will be fully male

As explained by Tando , a gender therapist, “ Gender is between the ears, it's in the brain. Sex is anatomy it's between your legs, and they are two very different things.” I believe this to be very true. This meaning what you are between the legs sometimes has nothing to do with the gender you are. Many people have experienced this. Furthermore many things are not being done to get them the rights they deserve. Numerous people will protest against what I know to be right. Obama's guidance laws were put in place for just that reason, but have since been blocked by the supreme court. This is a classic example of how people do not believe that everyone should be treated equal including the transgender community. This is spreading rapidly and widely across the country. The suicide rate is getting higher and higher in Transgenders and it is causing chaos in schools. The transgender

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.

Being such a controversial topic, I do not agree with transgender movements. Making a whole new restroom for transgender people is going completely out of the way just to satisfy everybody. This is a useless idea that only satisfies the transgender. First of all, if you’re a transgender guy, what would it matter if you went to the men’s room? It is not like somebody is going to look over and stare at you. However, I do support giving them some type of privacy in order to stop bullying. Bullying is a subject that nobody should have to

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.