Being Me Analysis

There has been much discussion about transgender adults in recent years but lately there has been a shift to the discussion of transgender children. Growing Up Coy (2016) is a documentary about a 6-year-old transgender. The documentary follows Coy and her family through a time where Coy’s parents fight for her rights as a transgender individual. This film discusses childhood gender-variant behavior, discrimination and prejudice, and proposes many questions about one’s opinions of being transgender, gender identity, etc.

What if you had a child who was experiencing gender dysphoria? A child who didn’t feel that they were comfortable being the gender that they were born into? What would you do if your child wanted to become the opposite gender? In the documentary “Growing up Trans” (TV Episode 2015) Children who are experiencing gender dysphoria tell their stories about what it’s like growing up transgender. The documentary offers insight on the issues and complications the children and their parents face while transitioning.

Scholars have been critical of the medical establishment’s and state’s involvement in constructing and policing of transgender identity. These kinds of pressing issues have occupied the small existing literature. There is not much information and studying what is being done on transgender in traditional areas, family studies research, such as their dating behavior and formation of intimate relationships in adulthood. There is little research on the issues around being parents, their children’s experiences with having transgendered parents, as well as relationships in the family as a whole, and relationships in work and school.

Topics concerning transgender can be very overwhelming for some. When one thinks of the term transgender, one may think of the process of an individual identifying as the opposite sex. The opposite sex of what he or she was born as. For some, this may involve undergoing surgical procedures or taken hormonal medications to fulfill their desire. However, when thinking of this process, one automatically thinks of transgender adults. This is rarely a topic that one would assume would be racing through the minds of young children, but in fact it is. More children today than ever, are either speaking out about their identity concerns, or displaying it in their lives. In fact, according to Date Line NBC, “The handful of American doctors who specialize

It's easy for people to hate what they don't understand. Imagine if you were learning how to play the guitar, and no matter how many times you practice and study the right chords, you just can't seem to grasp the concept, and there is nothing wrong with that. Plenty of people happen to have this mindset when it comes to transgender people. There is this constant debate concerning transgender men and women and their rights. In some cases, they are expected to abide by certain requirements in order to full change their gender and aren't granted the right to use the bathroom based on their gender identity.

It is said that when we are young we know our gender. If we do not conform to traditional male or female roles there is a strong likelihood that others will think we might be homosexuals. Although that is not always the case. Some people just prefer items that seem more interesting to them. Transgenders are born with their gender identity, that

Transgender youth are children and adolescents who consider themselves transgender or transsexual. Transgender youth are usually dependent on their parents for care, shelter, financial support, and other needs. Transgender youth face different challenges compared to adults and other hetereosexual youth. Transgender issues can arise at different times in life and be experienced differently for each individuals. Many of these children experience rejection as a result of their differences and quickly attempt to repress them creating self hate and isolation. People may see these children regularly and be unaware that they are unhappy as members of their assigned gender by birth.

Being a mixed ethnic girl, I can relate to being hated. I do not believe wanting transgenders to use a separate bathroom than a child stems from hate. In my stance it is no different than not wanting a adult in the same bathroom with a child being male or female. It's really about with the opposite for me. I applaud family rest rooms,that are of small capacity. I love everyone and hold no harm to any. I do believe God created male and female. I feel sad for people who feel they were born that way. They are though no different in heart than I am or my sins,and yes i view sins as falling and or lost to be against the Bibles instructions for us.It speaks very clearly if it, and all of the others. I do feel bad for people who are in the middle

I could not deal with having too wear the same uniform over and over it's annoying. I have read two passage”Uniforms for all,”and “Let Me Be Me.” I have been asked to compare and contrast both and tell what I like. Both stories are opinion pieces and about school uniforms. One passage is against them, one is with uniforms. I enjoy one more than the other.

The movie Transparent (Rosskam, 2010), followed the lives of multiple individuals all experiencing one thing in common, being transgender. Though their stories differed each one expressed how their communities were not always welcoming. In society people often fear what is foreign or unknown to them. They may not accept a person for

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.

Why do you people dislike transgender? Well the reason is transgender will go in the bathroom they are right now a girl or a boy. People don’t want girls go in the boys bathroom and people don’t want boys in the girls bathroom. Some people think it's ok for transgender people to go in the bathroom they feel most comfortable to go in. I think people should go in the bathroom they feel is comfortable to go in, but transgenders should go in the bathroom they are born a girl or boy. A girl goes in bathroom if there a girl and a boy goes in the boys bathroom to make sure everybody is ok with people if transgender goes to bathroom whenever they want to.

The video assigned, follows five transgender individuals between the ages of 20 and 50 who have agreed to discuss their lives openly. A couple of them agreed to share their surgeries on film. The documentary was enlightening and presented some very real issues that the transgender community is facing today. Most of the individuals shared common thoughts when discussing their childhood, issues with discrimination, family reactions and reasons behind having surgery. However there were differences in regards to the type of surgery the individuals decided to undergo.

People should feel free to express themselves the way that they feel inside without going against societal expectations. If we think about it, this should be the norm, we all should be able to express ourselves freely because this a free country, am I wrong? According to Sara, “[T]ransphobic bigots justify taking our rights and ostracizing us from society by saying that transgender people are sexually deviant…” (Sara 2017). We cannot judge or reject these individuals because they should have the same rights as other human beings. If we treat them different or see them different, we are just devaluating their self of existence. Someone may argue that they can express themselves however they want, but that does not necessarily mean that society will accept such behavior as appropriate or normal. Society would consider “appropriate” or “normal,” things that we have seen in our culture as morally acceptable, in this case, that there are only two gender identities. Some particular religious’ groups even consider members of the LGBTQIA+ community as individuals who are acting against God’s will, which should not be the case. In a religious perspective, we are all brothers and sisters, which should be sufficient for us to accept each other the way that we are. The fact that transgender people does not

Being myself around others is easy, but becoming myself is what has truly defined me. I had to discover my authentic self, despite the overwhelming input and expectations of everyone and everything around me. Genetically, I was born into the world female, but inherently, I knew I was transgender before even learning that “gender” was a word. I used to believe that someone had “made a mistake”, because I was arbitrarily born in a girl’s body. But now I know, that was exactly where I was supposed to be. It would have been easier if I was just born genetically male, but I know my time spent living as a female and my time spent living as a transgender male has enabled me to accept, appreciate, and have the ability to communicate with people from all walks of life. The limitations, unwanted attention, and stereotypes that accompany being transgender could have easily broken me, but instead I have geared my experiences towards forming myself into the confident, fearless person I am today.