So trans people are negatively effected by violence, discrimination, and unjust laws. These issues also fall under human rights abuses as the government has either been unwilling to help its citizens uphold their fundamental rights, or actively working against them through legal …show more content…
This lack of protection cannot be blamed solely on those who expressly deny the rights of trans people, as prior to the early 2000s it was not uncommon for LGBT organizations to push local governments for all inclusive protections only to jettison the Trans portion of the plan to allow the LGB portion to pass through (Taylor, 2014:116). While these conflicts have died down in recent years there is still pressure in some LGBT organizations to place other priorities higher than protection of trans people (Taylor, 2014: 121). It can be difficult for trans people to become an equal part of the LGBT coalition especially if the rest of the coalition sees Trans issues as the most expendable even in recent years where more broad non-discrimination ordnances are becoming more common