Transgender

January 2017 The Battle of Transgender Equality Everyone is given a gender the moment they are born. At birth they are either one of two genders: masculine or feminine. This gender everyone is assigned affects many of our day to day actions and our looks. However some people may evolve differently as they grow up and may not fit the rigid boundaries set for the sex they were assigned at birth. In recent years there has been a boom in a third considered gender: the transgender population. However with

Chapter II: Literature Review Introduction The transgender community faces many life challenges that the general population do not encounter. This challenges impact all aspects of the individual’s life, including social economic status, increase risk factors for HIV and other diseases, a decrease in health care access, etc… These challenges deter the transgender community for accessing health care services at the same rate as the general population. The minority stress model helps examine the impact

1999 there were very few H.R. transgender policies provided by US employers. As the years have gone by and almost twenty years later more and more Human Resource policies are being adopted and implemented in defense of not only those who in the lesbian or gay community, but for those with gender identity and/or expression that differs from that of an individual’s birth-specifically transgender to fight against discrimination and inequality in the workplace. Transgender issues are particularly important

the aspect of identity discrimination, American society plays a big role in keeping those that are different isolated from the rest of the world. Today’s society suffers huge from a spectrum that focuses power on discrimination. In this spectrum, transgender individuals are perceived as people that are most damaging than lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people. Transgendered people are

were first classified as transgender (Oliven & A, 1965). Transgender individuals are those who

behaviors. Whether transgender people should be able to compete in a sport according to what gender they identify with is a problem among many sports organizations and spectators. People question whether or not transgender athletes have an unfair advantage because males and females have dissimilar horomones that act differently through one's body, men and women have different pain tolerances and transgenders have increased endurance due to the medication they take. Pro- Do Transgender Athletes have

female bathrooms is normal. Transgender bathroom access has become a very crucial and controversial issue all across the country. Since 2015 when the United States Supreme Court decided to nationally expand marriage equality rights, the transgender rights movement has become a big deal. According to Nytimes.com “About 1.4 million adults in the United States identify as transgender according to an analysis based on federal and state data.” So what does being transgender really mean? It means someone

about transgender people. We need someone to educate the world on this. An essay written by an 11-year-old transgender child named Sadie Croft has been circulating in social media, bringing its clear call for transgender equality to wider attention. The essay, titled "Sadie 's Dream for the World," envisions a time when the discrimination and stigma that transgender people face on a daily basis at every age will be over. Sadie writes, "It would be a better world if everyone knew that transgender people

male, female, and transgender. A transgender is someone who was born with female or male bodily structures, but feel as if they have been born into the wrong body. People choose to become the opposite sex from what they were at birth by undergoing the surgery to become transgender. Today the term “transgender” is more accepted in this world and people are presented what it takes and the meaning to become a transgender. Jazz Jennings is a young teenage girl who is a transgender and has her own show

What does one think when someone brings up the topic of gender in a conversation? Some may act be disgusted, while others may offer bits of education they have learned about gender identity, or others may just stay silent. All in all, someone is bound to share their opinion on the concept of gender identity, whether it’s beneficial or educated or not. Although gender identity and gender expression differ greatly from each other, they both affect society in positive and negative ways. Gender identity