Stereotypes Of Transgender People

When discussing injustices, it is pivotal--for the sake of true progressive social change--to include all oppressed groups into the dialogue. Transgender People tend to be heavily misrepresented and demonized. Because of transphobia, there

Transgender issues cover a a multitude of spheres: discrimination (at school, in the workplace, when looking for housing), violence, suicide, and identification through legal documents to name a few. Transgender individuals deal with greater struggles than that of cisgender individuals, or those who identity as the gender which they were assigned at birth. Perhaps one of the greatest struggles transgender individuals have to deal with is acceptance, whether it be acceptance from others or acceptance of themselves. Cisgender individuals, or those who identify with the gender identity given at birth, do not have to worry that their gender identity will be accepted; society has already dictated it to be ‘normal’ and ‘acceptable’ (“Definitions of Terms”). Trans individuals are not afforded this luxury.

Transgender individuals are faced with discrimination at large because people generally do not see gender outside of cisgender norms. The reaction from others can include rejection and alienation (Levitt & Ippolito, 2014). Other issues the transgender community can encounter include suicide, depression, bullying, poverty, and homelessness. As a Social worker I would advocate for this population through using the systems theory framework which views the challenges that transgender individuals and families face in result from the interactions of psychological, biological, socio-political,

Majority of transgender people will face some sort of discrimination in their lifetime whether it is through being rejected by their families, denied housing or finding employment. “Employment discrimination forces many to become involved in the street economy and in survival crime. Widespread bias and ignorance among law enforcement and other officials mean that transgender people are disproportionately subjected to arrest and, in turn, imprisonment.” (al, 2011)

Within the past couple of years, LGBT issues have been showing up more in our daily lives than ever before. Taking a closer look at the T in LGBT, there have been stories and articles about transgender individuals and this has triggered a large variety of emotions and opinions from people all over the world. Someone who is transgender is an individual who identifies as a gender that does not match the gender that is assigned to him or her at birth. One of the biggest stories that brought transgender individuals into the mainstream spotlight was the announcement that Bruce Jenner, an Olympic gold metal winner, is trans gender. This was broadcast to millions of people as he told his story in an emotional interview with Diane Sawyer. Laverne Cox, a transgender woman, has had a predominant role in the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” for the past 3 seasons and has also helped spread awareness about the trans community. With all of these stories being seen by more and more people, there have been some that haven’t been very accepting of the transgender community. Transphobia can lead to aggression towards trans individuals, causing abuse that may cause physical and emotional damage. Trans individuals are being policed by not only society, but also by institutions.

I believe that if trans people want accurate portrayals and representation, we need to take matters into our own hands. The writer director Silas Howard did so with his film By Hook or By Crook from 2001. Silas is the only example I could find of a trans person who made a film about trans characters and was successful enough to be screened at Sundance. Having cisgender people, no matter their sexual orientation, tell our stories will not cut it. Yes, there are similarities between the LGBQ communities and the T community but it is an uneasy alliance for both sides. As more trans people come out and are successful it will become easier to find an audience for these types of films. Trans films by trans people made for a wide audience doesn’t

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.

While discrimination is pervasive for the majority of transgender people, the intersection of anti-transgender bias and persistent, structural racism is especially severe. People of color in general fare worse than White transgender people, with African American transgender individuals faring far worse than all other transgender populations. Many transgender people are also the targets of hate crimes. They are also the victims of subtle discrimination—which includes everything from glances or glares of disapproval or discomfort to invasive questions about their body parts (Bassichi, Lee, & Spade, 2011). Discrimination laws and hate crimes laws encourage us to understand oppression as something that happens when individuals use bias to deny

People who grow up being a race minority and non-heterosexual have dealt with experiencing a set of stereotypes and standards that not everyone deals with. The norm for a woman is for her to be sensitive, yet rough. While men should behave in a way that is tough and in command at all times. Not only are these stereotypes one should live up to heinous, but adding on the LGBT+ community and culture standards shows that they are impossible to uphold. Although women have multiple different sets of rules they should live up to, they aren’t the only ones. Men have equally contradicted and particular rules they must follow per society. Which is why while reading Bros over Hos by Michael Kimmel and Impossible Expectations by Stephen Hinshaw the issue

How does this picture represent the LGBT subculture in order to express the stereotypes they have faced, how far the movement has come in America, and how they continue to support the movement? The LGBT movement has been fighting for rights over the last century in the United States and abroad. Members of this community have come a long way from where they started. However, stereotypes and ridicule are still pinned against the citizens that form the minority subculture of the LGBT movement. Despite the prejudice they still face they have succeeded with their movement to make same-sex marriage a right among others. The image, taken by Cliff Owen on the day the Supreme Court Justices gathered to hear historic arguments on the topic of same-sex

From my opinion transgender individuals should go to the washroom of the gender they were born with, it is reasonable where originally they had the opposite gender of what they have right now and there shouldn’t be any problem on going to the washroom that they used to go to before they changed gender. Some people also are opposed and some are uncomfortable to transgender individuals going to the opposite washroom of their birth gender things could get worse, like when a transgender goes to the men’s washroom and someone who doesn’t like transgenders going to the washroom of the opposite gender they used to have could get physical and could hurt them. Instead they should just go to

It is considered stereotypical to say that anybody who lives by the golf course is a snob. This is not true. While some people may actually be snobs, you could easily find the nicest person you have ever met on these streets. The same holds true for the stereotype that is being put onto the transgender community by the reasoning and supporters behind this bill.

Some transgender people and their supporters believe that life in a closet is a thing of the past and want to enter a new time of inclusion. Some transgender people and their supporters think that they have won the war and that transgender visibility in current days is a sign of great transgender progress. Some transgender people and their supporters believe that if those who are anti-transgender just got to know them as a community member, they would accept them. Some transgender people and their supporters believe that they are almost there: where a world of full inclusion awaits them. These people are mistaken. This is not a dream of achievement that allows transgender people to imagine that inclusion is at hand and tolerance is the way to get it. The tolerant frame of mind gives a liberal version of identity that lets the conventional tolerate transgender people. Its main strategy is the plea for acceptance. Acceptance is the result of tolerance, and both are too little and risky ways for real social inclusion and

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

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.