Bruce Jenner Transition

The part that confuses the majority of the people that are not transgender or don’t quite understand what it is, is when they speak to someone they thought was a certain sex and are asked to refer to them as the opposite sex. For example, meeting someone that appears to be a man and asked to refer to him as she/her. This can be especially confusing if a family member is going through a transition. Family members tend to be the most affected by a transgender in the family, they do not know how to react or how to help because they are most likely the only transgender in the family. Being transgender is not a choice, it is a feeling and almost all people that are transgender are unlikely to be able to feel happiness or find peace in life if they are not who they feel they truly are meant to be.

Gender Affirming care: For transgender people, this refers to the process of coming to recognize, accept, and express one’s gender identity. Most often, this refers to the period when a person makes social, legal, and/or medical changes, such as changing their clothing, name, sex designation, and using medical interventions. This process is often called gender affirmation because it allows people to affirm their gender identity by making outward changes. Gender affirmation/ transition can greatly improve a transgender person’s mental health and general well-being. A theory I personally believe that no character or any physical appearance can’t be prior than being human. I personally believe that sexual orientation is not more important than a human nature and his own appearance. A transgender should get a treat as a normal human Bing.

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

The transgender community experiences an unusually high suicide attempt rate of 90% and a suicide rate of 40%. These numbers along with Dr. McHughs “mental disorder” diagnosis show a small glimpse of the ongoing stressors and emotional distress that transgenders deal with. The extremely high rate is concerning and can’t be overlooked. When compared to the 3% suicide rate that the military experiences and 1.5% national average it’s easy to see that the stress, anxiety, and emotional distress in the transgender community is great and could greatly affect their ability to think clearly and respond appropriately

Caitlyn Jenner, or as she used to be known as Bruce Jenner, has become one of many national figureheads for transgender people and their struggle across the country. In an interview she did with Diane Sawyer, she spoke about how she has struggled with her gender identity since she was a little kid, how she had an inner conflict about whether she would be accepted if she were truly to be herself.

Despite the transgender population’s small size, more people identify as transgender now than in any previously recorded time period. This is largely due to social movements that aim to improve upon and normalize LGBT experiences. As it becomes more common to think outside of traditional gender roles and the Western gender binary, more individuals discover that they do not psychologically conform to the genders they are assigned at birth and instead seek to make social and physical transitions that better align with their chosen gender identity. For many, the decision to transition is partly due to gender dysphoria, a feeling of unease in one’s body because it does not match their gender identity. This discomfort can be severe enough to cause

Bruce Jenner, was a well known American athlete know across the world, but little did everyone know he was facing a missive issue dealing with his own identity. Little did the world know, Bruce always wanted to be a woman, and was putting on a front for the whole world to see. Being a transgender has always been a deviant act, seeing that people were confused on what they actually were meant to be. People are ridiculed for being different, and by being transgendered; it is outside of the social norm, to be accepted.

Transgender surgery has its flaws, but it can completely change the individual for the better in their psychiatric aspect. Bruce Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist, now referred to as Caitlyn, was once seen as the greatest athlete in the world and

Previously known as Bruce Jenner, we have all heard something about the international athlete, who now wishes to be known as Caitlyn. Whether you think Caitlyn deserves to be "Woman of the Year" or think it's all ridiculous, I guarantee you know who Jenner is.

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.

For the second effect of being transgender, they will be affected by emotional problem within themselves or from other people. Due to social pressures and family pressures, transgender people may face a higher level of depression or anxiety than most people. Why is this so? Well, firstly, they will face depression or mood swing due to the operation that they had undergone. This is because they are not really well and they might feel ashamed with other people, because they know who he or she was before they had been operated. They might also have problem with their anger issues due to the medication that they consume to be a new person that they wanted for. Their anger might affect other people or it might only affect them and caused them to

Today people are standing together and expressing themselves as who they believe they should be. Coming out as transgender can be hard for the family, the individual, and people around them because not everyone will be able to agree with their choices, whether it was against religion or personal opinion. When someone classifies themselves as LGBT they need a lot of support from friends, family, and society because it is something new to them also. Coming out as being transgender isn’t something someone goes through every week or month it is something that happens once in the individual's life. Accepting someone for who they are is one thing some have difficulties with but accepting someone who is transgender is even harder for some because

Throughout history, Bruce Jenner remained one of the greatest athletes in the 1970 's. Notable for being “a man’s man”. An Olympic champion to the public, but behind closed doors, he enjoyed cross-dressing and created plans to transform into a woman. Miserably living a lie for the majority of his life accepting awards and titles that were not befitting. Jenner kept his secret taboo because of the lack of support and acceptance of Transgenders (relating to a person who does not conform to societal gender norms or roles) in the late 1970 's. Three marriages, and six children later, Bruce Jenner, now “Caitlyn Jenner” has publicly come forth and announced his deepest secret.

Transgender people are discriminated on an almost daily basis. They are discriminated in the workplace, as shown in a study commisioned by the Equalities Review. In a group of transgender people who have jobs and are prone to workplace-enviroment effects and opinions, “many respondents experienced harassment from co-workers and employers.” Nearly 29% of the group experience verbal abuse and harassment in the workplace enviroment, and about 4% received physical abuse. About 7% experienced threats, and about 27% experienced some sort of different treatment due to their gender non-conforming ways.(Whittle 38-39). In another study, it was found that being mistreated in the school years would have a negative effect on future outcomes relating to employment. “Those who were physically attacked in school were considerably more likely to stay in a job (64%) compared to those who were not (42%) (Grant 50).” They are also discriminated in public as well, adding on to the distress that many transgender people suffer from regularly, making it seem as if all transgender people are crazy. Transgender people are just more likely to be diagnosed as someone with a mental disorder because its helpful to see that those who have been diagnosed are “hurting and something needs to be done to help (Kreitler 1).” In

The most obvious challenges I have faced living as a transgender male have been physical, but the hardest I have faced have not only been personal, but emotional. I have encountered countless overly personal inquisitions, questioning looks, and awkward introductions. Existing as a biological female for a large portion of my life imbued that period of time with many challenges. As a child, I fought passionately with my parents to shop in the “boys” section of the store, to play hockey and lacrosse, and to never step foot in a dress. I often wondered why other children would point and snicker at my choice of clothing. I even asked my distraught mother why I was “put in the wrong body” at the age of three. I had to grow up and not only learn, but understand and accept that I am not the same as everyone else. I had to come to terms with the fact that most people do not face the challenge of waking up every day and overcoming the feeling that something is fundamentally “off” that cannot truly be “fixed”. “Average” is a description I often longed to be labeled in the past, but over the years I have discovered that striving to be above average is the true key to success.