The Issue Of Trans Women

Everyone knows discriminating genders is the wrong thing to do, but no one has seemed to try stopping it. Transgenders have been discriminated the most against. Others don’t realize how much harm they are causing by physically assaulting transgenders. One thing that should be clear to everyone is that people shouldn’t be assaulted in any way due to the fact that they are trans. In The Transgender Crucible, a 23 year old girl named CeCe McDonald is a transgender who was charged with murder just because she was defending herself. Dean Schmitz and another girl would call CeCe ugly names, calling her a guy and using derogatory words to describe her. Cece was terrified of Dean when he was running towards her. For

Most don’t explicitly look into the complexity of a transgender person’s life and all the questions or problems one might face: Do I use the men’s or the women’s bathroom? Is it appropriate to use this locker room? Those are only two of the many questions a transgender person might run into on a daily basis because of how others would see the situation, how the people who may have a sneaking suspicion that the woman they saw go into the ladies’ bathroom isn’t actually female by their definition, or how it could also seem strange to see that same person go into the mens’ bathroom. These all lead to dysphoria in any person’s situation in public places due to the fact that many choose to taunt or mock the person; however, with the help of Title IX these questions could start to vanish from the thoughts of many transgender students which Blad exemplifies with a quote in her article:

These kind of people want to and will try to make someone’s life as hard as possible simply because they see this subject differently. The simple, daily task of using the bathroom is a breeze for any typical person. Unfortunately, this task comes across as a intimidating adversary to a trans person simply because one can be conflicted with which restroom to use. For many trans people, entering a gender-specific bathroom can be a source of stress and anxiety, because using the restroom can mean very real health and safety concerns. Harassment of trans people in and around gender-specific bathrooms can range from denial of use to police intervention to verbal threats and physical assault.

A large issue facing trans women today is the violence perpetrated against them. In 2003, fourteen murders of trans people were recorded in the U.S, most of them being trans women and people of color. (Bettcher, p. 280) By mid-October of 2015, twenty-one trans women, who were also mostly women of color, were murdered in the United States, and this number exceeds the amount of trans murders in 2014. (Wilkinson, “You Know What Time It Is”) It is important to remember that these are only recorded instances that do not count the murders that went unreported. The amount of these murders is increasing as more years pass. This violence is rooted in the idea of trans women are seen as deceivers due to the vulva-vagina-uterus anatomy being seen as the “normal” anatomy of a woman. This is explained in Talia Mae Bettcher’s “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers”, as she outlines the “rhetoric of deception” throughout the article. In the article, she states “frequently connected to this appearance-reality contrast is the view that genitalia are the essential determinants of sex.” (Bettcher, p.281) Because of this, trans women are put in a double-bind to either “disclose ‘who one is’ and come out as a pretender or masquerader, or refuse to disclose (be a deceiver) and run the risk of forced disclosure, the effect of which is exposure as a liar.”(Bettcher, p. 283) The normalization of this anatomy being linked to femaleness puts added pressure on trans women to “prove” themselves, or else be

Apparently, black transgender men and women receive the most threat, anger, and hatred most from their fellow black people compared to other races even if they appear to be fighting for the same racial issues that affect all black Americans.

For transgender individuals whose gender identities may be visibly different from the norm, there are questions and assumptions from other people about their gender identities in their daily lives (Serano, 2013). For example, during childhood and young adult life, Green (2013), a transsexual male, was constantly judged and questioned by others based on his lack of physical femininity and “inappropriate behaviors” for a female. Additionally, in a male-dominated society, trans women become victims of trans-misogyny, which is defined as a trans person being ridiculed for their expression of femininity (Serano, 2013), because it is inconceivable that a male “inheriting male privilege [would] ‘choose’ to be female instead” (2013, p. 445). Thus, trans women are subjected to violence (Stryker, 2013) and stereotypes (Serano, 2013). During the 1960s, trans women working the Tenderloin district of San Francisco were abused by the police (Stryker, 2013). Transgender women were arrested on suspicion of prostitution, humiliated in front of other prisoners, and placed in men’s jails, where transgender women were susceptible to physical harm including assault, rape, and murder (2013). In the media, trans women are often depicted as sex workers and objectified when they pursue medical transitioning

However, all women are affected by male privilege, but for transgender women effect is doubled. While women are generally exposed to misogyny, transwomen, in addition, suffer from transphobia. Because of these two intersecting discrimination transwomen are exposed to sexual violence in an even greater degree than other women. Researchers say that approximately 50% of transgender people experience sexual assault at some point in their lifetime (48).

Transphobia can be defined as the “unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.(1)” This hostility and aversion may come from many different sources that can have an effect on

constant, and there are few if any places they feel safe. Transgender people must be

Public restroom assaults committed by transgender people are statistically not an issue. Supporters of gender identity rights state no evidence that lead to attacks in public restrooms. Many men and women believe that allowing transgender citizens to enter the bathroom of their choice is going to put members of our society at risk. As Battle of the Bathrooms was written, many people fought against this mindset. According to Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist, “There is not any anecdotal evidence that trans-friendly rules have been abused by predators, or that incidents of violence or sexual assault have increased”(35). While much of the United States population supports allowing transgender people to use the gender’s bathroom that they identify with; there are still many people who disagree with transgender citizens being allowed to use their gender specific bathroom. The United States of America is evolving; with that being said, equal rights have become a pivotal element in our society.

As a young adult in a world of issues and controversies, I chose to write about a very popular topic that recently has taken America by storm creating one of the biggest controversies of our time; Transgender rights. In March of 2016, North Carolina passed a law requiring transgender people to use only public restrooms and locker rooms that match the gender on their birth certificate ("Transgender Rights"). The article starts with this important fact and continues to describe the definition of the term transgender, which is, a person who identifies themselves as a gender that is not their assigned birth sex. It goes on to discuss the controversy in a whole, an example being those celebrities and public officials who have taken a stand against discrimination of the (LGBT) community. This article also discusses the recent issues and

Transphobia is fear, discrimination or hatred against transgender people specifically or people of non-binary gender more generally. Transphobia is often closely connected with homophobia and is justified for the same reasons that homophobes use to justify their hatred of gays. (religion, prescriptive gender norms, etc.). Indeed, many clueless homophobes conflate homosexual people with transgender people and cross-dressers. Transphobia also manifests itself in some schools of radical feminist thought, as some feminists resent the idea that people who aren't "really" women might make claims as women. On a societal scale, it can manifest itself in any number of ways, from systemic discrimination against transgender people in housing, healthcare,

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Transphobia causes a certain group of individuals to oppose Transgender people. It can be in the form of fear, violence, hostility, repulsion, or anxiety towards them. If a transgender person does not accept society’s standard of gender appearance and behavior, they can become a target of those who disapprove. Transphobia is a form of bigotry like racism. This stereotype of an abnormal person and fear of them can lead to violence. Many cases of violence against transgender people happen in pockets of communities when there is a lack of legal protection and a lack of awareness that would allow more acceptance. Transphobia can have a deadly end. The Human Rights Commission (HRC) works to correct this problem. They offer employment educational

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.