Transgender Rights In The United States

Transgender is ‘an umbrella term that refers to those with identities that cross over, move between,or otherwise challenge the socially constructed border between the genders. While this can include medical or social transition, it may not.’ There is a difference between transgenders and transsexuals. Transsexuals do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth and wish to ‘correct’ their gender through the use of medical intervention. These two terms however, are nearly synonymous in our culture and we tend to refer to people who wish to live as a different gender than the one they were assigned when they were born as transgenders, since the term is broader and more recognizable.

According to Bockting, a Transgender means having a gender identity that differs from the sex assigned at birth. Then continues by stating, gender identity is the basic conviction of being man, woman, or other. He lastly defines sexual orientation as to one’s sexual attraction, behavior, and emotional attachments to men, women, or both. All of these are his psychological definitions, which he mainly uses when discussing the challenges Transgender people face.

Nearly 80% of transgender people report that they were harassed while 35% said that they were physically assaulted at school. Transgender people are also frequent targets of hate speech, Hate crime, Bullying, physical and psychological violence, Between 2008 and 2016 there have been over 2,000 reported murders cases in 65 countries across the globe. In the U.S at least 25 transgender people were killed in 2017. 30% of transgender youth reported a history of at least one suicide attempt, and nearly 42% reported that they had attempted self - harm. According to the national center for transgender equality research, transgender people with supportive families are for less likely to

“The Department of Justice have found that discrimination against transgender people- including denying them bathroom access- is a form of sex discrimination covered under the Civil Rights Act.” (Steinmetz 3) By passing these bills, cities and states will be violating a civil right, which has been argued about since the topic of transgender protections has come to light. If these policies go into effect, we will be denying our fellow humans the right to use the restroom based on their gender identity. Professor at the University of Alabama Justin Johnson says, “Trans men are men and trans women are women. It does not matter if you agree with their lifestyle, you have every right to disagree if you so please, but we as a society cannot continue to belittle the lives of the trans community just because we don’t understand it completely.” ( “Both Sides Of The Topic: Transgender ‘Bathroom Bills’” 3) Our country, and the states within it, need to understand that these are real people they are hurting. What about the transgender people in your city or state? What do you think you’re telling them? I’ll tell you what you’re telling them: you are not valued. That is one the most damaging statements to give to someone, and the fact that you would do that just to keep your closed-minded ideals still relevant is disgusting, aboslutely

Transgender. A couple things probably come into mind when the word is spoken or read. “Abnormal”, “Confused”; even words more powerful and negative like “Deranged”. Maybe, hopefully, something more positive will come to mind when the topic is brought up; words like “Strong”, “Brave”, and “Powerful”. Unfortunately, most people will think of the first string of words when the topic of transgender is at hand. Transgender is a term used for “people whose gender identity, expression or behavior is different from those typically associated with their assigned sex at birth” (transequality.org). In 2011, only .3% of Americans identified as transgender. Recently, with the outing of Caitlyn Jenner (formally known as Bruce Jenner), it is safe to assume those rates have since been heightened; at least a little

Many transgendered people today are being neglected by other people. They are being mistreated because they are using the Un-digsnated bathroom. Their birth certificate says they are either male or female. They are supposed to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sign indicated on the birth certificate. Also many, people think we should have a law that allows transgendered

In general, being transgender is defined as having a gender identity that does not correspond or conform to the gender identity assigned at birth. Transgender people incorporate a number of different gender and body expressions, including but not limited to cross-dressing all the time, cross-dressing only some of the time, and undergoing gender reassignment

In America today, a minority group is being discriminated against in great severity, being treated as perverts and as the mentally ill for looking different and wanting the same rights and respect as other American citizens. This group of people is the transgender community. To introduce the idea, the term transgender can be used as a blanket term to describe the standard mentality of having been born the wrong gender, one who defies social gender-based norms by doing things such as cross-dressing, masculine females, feminine males, people who do not identify as one gender or another, people who identify as a third gender, people who identify with no gender, people born with intersex qualities, and possibly others (Currah 3). This paper, though, more generally covers transgender individuals who identify as one gender or another, with their identity being the opposite of their birth gender. Some states, such as Minnesota, have protected transgender people in their nondiscrimination laws, but in spite of this, in 2001, it was deemed nondiscriminatory when Julie Goins as forbidden from using the female bathroom (Currah 5). This is far from an isolated event, though. In Louisiana, a federal court ruled it nondiscriminatory for a Winn-Dixie to fire Peter Olier for, at times, crossdressing outside of work (Currah 2). There aren’t just laws that claim to support, but then fail to defend transgender people, or a lack of laws in place to protect them.There are also laws to directly

Firstly,“Transgender- a term coined in the 1980’s and sometimes shortened to “ trans”, is defined as anyone who identifies with a gender other than the one they were assigned to at birth” (“Transgender rights.”). The definition of transgender is fundamental to understand because many people wrongly believe that “The term Transgender is a general term made by transgender activists to describe heterosexual cross-dressers, homosexual transvestites or drag queens, and transexuals ( individuals undergoing so-called sex operations), and she males” (Traditional Values Coalition). It is essential that people are taught about transgender people, as confusion regarding them often leads to preventable violence towards them. Also, transgender people should be allowed to use the bathroom that matches the gender they identify with, and own valid ID with their chosen names and proper gender marker.

Transgender is an umbrella term denoting people who identify themselves to be of a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. For instance, a female identified person may feel like she was born in a wrong body because her feelings, behavior, clothing, body characteristics, voice, and hairstyles are those of a male. Sometimes transgender people go to the extent of having surgeries to change their sexual organs. Transgender people try to make their expression of gender align with the gender they identify with internally. According to recent American polls, quite a few people understand what to be a transgender person means. Many people throughout the world overly discriminate

‘Transgender’ refers to individuals who have a deep feeling that the gender they were born with does not ‘fit’ them and whose gender is different from that traditionally assigned to their

“This is reality for us, and all we ask for is acceptance and validation for what we say that we are. It 's a basic human right” (Andreja Pejic, 2014). This is what transgender people strive for, basic human rights. Having the ability to use the bathroom of the gender that they identify with should be one of those rights. However, many people focus on the negatives rather than the benefits such a policy could bring. In turn many people’s first thoughts on this issue go straight to bathrooms becoming unsafe. Though, in reality, transgender people choosing the bathroom they identify with won 't affect the safety of other people. Not only that but, protesting this policy is equivalent to recessing into segregation.

The terminology throughout gender is constantly evolving as is the understanding of the growing issues and therefore is inconsistent throughout the literature. Transgender may refer to people who embrace a different gender identity on a full time basis to that appointed at birth, which may be ambiguous or gender specific, but without any medical intervention. Transsexual is often used to differentiate those who have taken medical intervention to live full time in the fixed gender different to that assigned at birth. Transvestite or cross-dresser may be used to describe someone whose gender transgression is of a temporary nature (Beasley, 2005). More recently however the literature has accepted the use of the term transgender to refer to all people who demonstrate gender transgression. While others deny the use of ‘transgender’;

A person who is transgender is someone who does not identify with their birth sex and rather identifies with the opposite gender. Roughly there are 1.4 million people in the United States alone that identify as transgender and 16% of Americans say that they personally know someone who is transgender (The 2016 Election: Know the facts about transgender people). With those number amounts consistently rising this is a group of people that should be included as equals no matter how they identify. Sadly, this is not the world we live in currently

Transgender a person whose self-identified gender does not correspond to the gender assigned to them at birth. Their gender identity may not conform to conventional binary notions of male and female, but rather as a third gender. The term transgender is not indicative of sexual orientation, hormonal makeup, physical anatomy, or how one is perceived in daily life.