Transphobia During The Holocaust

After reading chapter 3: "Prejudice and Discriminations" and as well the article "Transgender African-Americans' Open Wound: ‘We're considered a Joke’”, I have a better understanding of the challenges that certain group undergo due to prejudices and discrimination that exist within their own racial group and other groups of our society. Although the LBGT community has made its social conditions a little more better, there is still those within their group that are even more marginalize, this is the case of a African-American transgender. African Americans transgender face twice as much prejudice and discrimination. They battle prejudice and discrimination from their own racial group and from society because of their skin color and their gender

During the Holocaust many people were taken prisoners to work in labor or death camps. Jews were not the only group of people that were targeted or treated harshly; others such as homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and political prisoners were as well. The persecution of homosexuals had been going on for many years before this; “police had been compiling lists of men since the 1900s.” Once the Holocaust began, the police force and Gestapo set up special divisions to target homosexuals. They created written records called “pink lists” in order to keep track of them.

The holocaust started in 1933 when hitler was the ruler. At first, Hitler didn't want to kill the Jews he just wanted them to leave. The Jews didn't want to leave their homes. When hitler start to kill them he brought them to concentration camps. He brought them to the camps by a train.

“Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She” is a documentary that shows a brief explanation on human sexuality. It shows how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people fit in society in various places such as U.S, India, and Thailand. Most transgender people have been struggling to define differences. Most of all, it is not a choice they made to be a transgender, rather it comes naturally. Transgender people face severe discrimination in every day aspects of their life. Based on the documentary, I would like to focus on the discriminations that is happening on transgender people. I would like to see transgender people in at work place, at schools, and at the public.

People need to have feelings for others and just think about how it would feel to get disrespected or see others get treated just by their religious belief. Humanity doesn’t really think about all the victims in the past just because of religious discrimination and we can’t simple forget about them we need to see it as an example and stop the hate. We have to stop people from being murdered like the Jews did in the Holocaust, how would you feel if you went through starvation, people can’t even skip a meal imagine only eating a piece of bread every day or how about working like a slave and lastly getting placed in gas chambers at times now even knowing what the destiny had prepared for you, even if you knew you were still forced to go in.There

The persecution of Same-Sex Sexual orientation during the Holocaust is still an issue that still has not been widely recognized until Same-Sex orients rose up and lead a movement during the nineteen seventy’s. One of the more obtrusive factors that contributed to the aggrandized attacks against the homosexual and Lesbian community was the first nineteen thirty-five revision of paragraph one hundred and seventy-five of the German criminal code. To investigate an aspect that contributed to the forgotten or ignored persecution of homosexuals during the Third Reich would increase the knowledge on a topic rarely talked about. Therefore, the extent of the impact of the paragraph one hundred seventy-five’s revision on the shift in tolerance towards homosexual behavior from Hitler towards the Nazi party and German society back in World War two.

Throughout history, it is evident that inequalities and disparities are part of health systems and society. Even after all the success of activism, such as the work from the human rights movement and campaign, inequalities and disparities are still evident today. Especially within minority groups, such as LGBTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) individuals – this is not to say that LGBTQ are the only categories when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identities, thus it is followed by a * – and racial groups. Furthermore, it is evident that within minority groups there are specific micro-level groups that experience unique and sometimes even greater amount of inequalities and disparities. For example, the micro-level group of transgender individuals from the LGBTQ* community is one of the many minority groups that experience both medical and social disparities and inequalities.This paper will discuss both the medical and social inequalities and disparities that Transgender Individuals face, including structural violence and intentional violence.

LGBT have gone through several years of persecution, just because they are different. No one understands that LGBT people are just like everyone else. They are ordinary people who just happen to have different beliefs from the mainstream. LBGT people want to be treated like they exist, like they are actual humans! Why can some people not just realize that LGBT people are no different from everyone else?

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)

There are four central elements that are prevalent in all forms of oppression, each of these elements are complimentary of one another and helps perpetuate the existence of oppression. (Pharr, 1988). Invisibility of the oppressed group occurs when those in power omit or distort the past and current accomplishments of the oppressed group. This practice of invisibility occurs through television, movies, and educational books which omit or rewrite historical actions and achievements of minority groups. This reinforces the idea the societal norm is the majority, and those who do not fall within this category are nonexistent, or have not made any positive contributions to society. While members of the LGBT community have become more visible in

Despite of us living in modern society, there are many negative beliefs that have not change among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. They are heavily stigmatized and discriminated. Unfortunately, not many people are conscious that their negative beliefs and actions impact the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender mentally and physically. It is important to acknowledge that inequality among this marginalized group can be prevented, but it will only be successful with the help of the community, government, education, and a positive environment.

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

To truly understand transphobia’s effect in the workforce it is essential to understand the basics of what it is and how it affects transgender people. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, transphobia is the “fear or hatred of transexual or transgender people”. The term ‘transgender’ applies to anyone “whose sex, gender identity or gender expression differs from the one assigned to them at birth.” (Keatley et al. 5). This “fear or hatred” presents itself in many ways, including “negative attitudes and beliefs, aversion to and prejudice against transgender people, irrational fear and misunderstanding, disbelief or discounting preferred pronouns or gender identity, derogatory language and name-calling, bullying, abuse, and even violence” (“What's Transphobia?”). Many, if not most, transgender people

Imagine if you were to be judged for who you were, or what you did, or even your gender type. In the world there are a lot of social injustices going on even to this very day. One of the most common and heard of social injustice would probably be the one of people being lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender. This issue has been going on for quite a long time now. Some people do not agree with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender projects. A lot of people suffer because of this injustice, and it also affects their whole lives. A lot of the people that go through this most likely end up fighting back for what they believe is right, which in their

The social issue that I chose which affects society today is transgender inequality. These issues are more recently gaining attention and becoming a prevalent topic of inequality within our country. A transgender person is someone whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. As more and more transgender people share their stories in the media, the social problems that arise from these stories are discrimination within their everyday lives. They suffer from scrutiny and judgment from their peers, and thus many hide their gender identity from family and society. This social injustice can be as simple as a glance or staring, or offensive comments and questions to violent hate crimes. Transgender people are prone to violence and harassment, and often not feeling safe in any aspect of society. They are fired from jobs, denied medical insurance, and being murdered left and right solely for being transgender. “A staggering 41% of respondents reported attempting suicide compared to 1.6% of the general population, with rates rising for those who lost a job due to bias (55%), were harassed/bullied in school (51%), had low household income, or were the victim of physical assault (61%) or sexual assault (64%)” (National Center for Transgender Equality). The structure of this paper will consist of adding all the research that was gathered over the semester, news articles and peer