In the words of Ellen Wittlinger regarding transgender “...you can only lie about who you are for so long without going crazy” (“GoodReads”). It is not right that society would force a person to hide their true identity, however, many have hidden who they really are in order to be accepted into social norms and society. One specific group that has been socially analyzed and forced to hide their true selves are the transgender community. The definition of transgender is “Appearing as, wishing to be considered as, or having undergone surgery to become a member of the opposite sex” (“Free Dictionary”).
People have so many different assumptions of what transgender is; however, many times those assumptions are wrong. Transgender people have been in society since the beginning, but have been manipulated into hiding who they really are due to society’s insensitivity, lack of knowledge, and ability to classify. In this essay I will be focusing on the gender roles, along with the impact they have had on the Transgender Movement, the change in the movement, the transgender empowerment leaders, and the influences they are portraying along their journey, all …show more content…
In my opinion I believe that there are so many pressures to be a heterosexual male or female in today’s society. Being labeled as ‘different’ should not be something that society should be able to judge transgender people on. They are born this way, it is who they are; that is like saying why are you a ‘girl’ or a ‘boy’? It is just the way we are as individuals. Gender is something in you, you can’t just shut gender off like a light
People have so many different assumptions of what transgender is; however, many times those assumptions are wrong. Transgender people have been in society since the beginning, but have been manipulated into hiding who they really are due to society’s insensitivity, lack of knowledge, and ability to classify. In this essay I will be focusing on the gender roles, along with the impact they have had on the Transgender Movement, the change in the movement, the transgender empowerment leaders, and the influences they are portraying along their journey, all …show more content…
In my opinion I believe that there are so many pressures to be a heterosexual male or female in today’s society. Being labeled as ‘different’ should not be something that society should be able to judge transgender people on. They are born this way, it is who they are; that is like saying why are you a ‘girl’ or a ‘boy’? It is just the way we are as individuals. Gender is something in you, you can’t just shut gender off like a light