Hate And Discrimination For Transgender

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

Transgender is a metaphorical umbrella term that covers a person whose self-identification, anatomy, appearance, manner, and/or expression is different from the sex assigned to them at birth and does not fit with societies interpretation for the norm of gender roles. Included in the transgender umbrella are transsexual people, non-binary gender identities, and cross-dressing (LGBT Youth, 2017). Transgender individuals are often the target of discrimination, injustice and social stigma that can lead to negative health outcomes.

Generations ago, the United States was a country of the male wardrobe. Today's movements for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are leveraging the existence of more globalized and open systems. Besides, the promotion of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population have been acknowledged through smart partnerships within conventional, political and economic scene, while the males and heterosexuals are still pervasive.

According to Borden (2015), transgender is defined as a person who identifies as the opposite sex assigned to them at birth. In population-based surveys, many transgender people do not identify themselves as such due to fear of past and future experiences of discrimination. In addition, many transgender individuals identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (Gates, 2011). Therefore, there is not an exact estimate of transgender. Also, many transgender individual adults are hiding their gender or gender transition to avoid discrimination; therefore, there is not a precise percentage of how many people identify as such (Smoyak, 2015). However, in the 2007 and 2009 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys, suggested that 0.5% of adults ages 18 to 64 considered themselves transgender (Conron, Gunner, Stowell, & Landers, 2012); and in the United States, there are 0.3% transgender persons (Gates, 2011).

Transgender Oppression is the oppression of people whose gender expression, gender identity, and/ or sex identity does not match the expectations of the dominant norm or society. Being a transgender means to “denote or relate to a person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender”. There are facilities that supports Transgenders and LGBT’s like the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

In 2015, at least 21 transgender people have been victims of fatal violence in the

Numerous studies have shown that transgender people face disproportionate amounts of discrimination in all areas of life, especially in employment. As the American economy worsens, the discrimination faced by transgender people is becoming even more acute. Often forced into already unstable jobs and careers, and often facing compounding bias because of race or age, the economic well being of transgender people is being challenged today like never before (National Center for Transgender Equality, 2011). The National Transgender Discrimination Survey showed that ninety percent (90%) of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment or mistreatment on the job or took actions to avoid it (Grant, M., Mottet, Tanis, Harrison, Herman, & Keisling, 2011). Lombardi, Wilchins, Priesing & Malouf (2001) asserted that people who are open about being trans or request accommodations are more likely to be harassed, intimidated, or fired. In addition, The National Transgender Discrimination Survey indicates that forty-seven percent (47%) of survey respondents said they had experienced an adverse job action; they did not get a job, were denied a promotion or were fired

After discussing what the discrimination against transgender people is, the article offers a look into the side of those who support laws to protect the rights of transgenders and those who oppose those same laws, giving the audience plenty of insight into both sides of the issue. Lastly, the article concludes with how the transgender community faces everyday challenges that are sure to continue through time

Transgendered individuals are more likely to be questioned and stopped by the police due to the fact that they are not the same as those around them. Additionally they are more likely to be engaged in survival crimes such as sex work, end up behind bars, and more likely to face abuse behind bars. They are humiliated daily; physically, sexually and are now emotionally scared for life.

Due to the lack of legal protection, transgender people participating in “The National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found that 15 percent of respondents were living in severe poverty…For transgender people of color, those rates are even higher” (HRC 3). For the simple reason that transgender people lack legal protection, they are more likely to become unemployed and homeless. This is a case of social injustice because it is unfair for the government to not include any “non-discrimination law that includes gender identity.” In addition to that lack of gender identity laws, according to the 2014 State Equality Index, “Only 18 states and the district of Columbia prohibit employment and housing discrimination based on gender identity” (HRC 3). The lack of states that prohibit employment and housing discrimination is the cause of social injustice. Without the majority of the states participating in this, part of the transgender community would always be in poverty with is unfair treatment towards this group of

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 people are discriminated for who they are. They usually feel like they don't matter. As seen in interviews, young transgender people feel like they have no control over themselves, and they have little laws that give them basic human rights. As said in Michigan Radio, “So I'd just sort of be walking with all my friends and then they just sort of kept going into their bathroom and I got to go into my special just-for-me bathroom... It made me feel like I was an "other." It just got lonely.” (11 1) Young trans people can be in bad positions, and can't get the resources (like top surgery of testosterone) because their parents are not supporting, which can increase suicide rates. These people need rights to feel accepted.

From the start of time there has been discrimination, there is no way to explain why this is just the truth. In a fully functioning society discrimination has always been a huge issue here in the United States, but by making new rights for those already seen as being discriminated against, people’s rights are still being infringed upon. New laws regarding transgenders are infringing on women's's right, former head of the Department of Defense Eric Holder has stated no race crime can be nor has there ever been one committed against a caucasian, and many believe that recently, such groups like Black Lives Matter are pressing a race war. Then there is also a religious battle it

According to Hagg and Fellows (2007:4), sex generally refers to anatomy and biology such as male or female, whereas gender refers to the qualities and behaviours society expects from a boy or girl, a man or woman. The definition of transgender refers to a person having no identification with, or no presentation as, the gender one was assigned at birth (Hagg and Fellows 2007:4). The definition of transsexual in Hagg and Fellows (2007:4) refers to a person who had undergone a sex change operation or a person identifying with the opposite sex.

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.