“Side B” represents those that identify with the LGBT Community. This community loosely represents people that identify with being lesbian, gay, bisexaul, transgender, as well as other sexual orientations. It is to be noted that most of the research done about the LGBT community is predominantly on those that identify as gay or lesbian, and that there is still a lot of research to be done on those that identify as Transgender or Bisexual in the LGBT Community. Those that identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are apart of the counter norms of sexuality. “Discrimination and inequality faced by gays and lesbians is widespread,” in this heteronormative society, including hate crimes, oppression, and violence only to name a few (Blackwall,
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Society often tells us that those who identify as transgender, “had received years of cultural influence toward gender conformity, the choice to transition would appear to be a refusal to obey instructions,” (Booth, 2011). In reality, for one to transition into the opposite gender they have to obey society 's definition of what a man or women is depending on the culture and time period. People that identify as transgender try to completely immerse themselves in the cultural norms of the gender they identify with. This is due to the hope that they will be accepted as the gender they identify with. However, regardless of occupation, wealth, or status, there is a mutual understanding of the hurdles that must be overcome and the marginalization that will likely be faced,”(Booth, 2011). Because of this, “many lesbians and gays living in the first half of the twentieth century dared not disclose their sexual orientation for fear of being institutionalized as mentally ill.” (Morrow 2001). This marginalization does not stop at the transgender community as it spreads across the LGBT community as a whole. While there is not mutually exclusive definition of binary sex, “U.S. society maintains fairly consistent definitions for male and female based on particular configurations of chromosomes, internal organs, external genitalia, secondary sex characteristics,” (Booth, 2011). This has caused for many debates on whether a man can fully become a woman, or if a woman can fully become a man. While there is no final answer to this issue, the conversation continues to develop as society learns more about the transgender
Society often tells us that those who identify as transgender, “had received years of cultural influence toward gender conformity, the choice to transition would appear to be a refusal to obey instructions,” (Booth, 2011). In reality, for one to transition into the opposite gender they have to obey society 's definition of what a man or women is depending on the culture and time period. People that identify as transgender try to completely immerse themselves in the cultural norms of the gender they identify with. This is due to the hope that they will be accepted as the gender they identify with. However, regardless of occupation, wealth, or status, there is a mutual understanding of the hurdles that must be overcome and the marginalization that will likely be faced,”(Booth, 2011). Because of this, “many lesbians and gays living in the first half of the twentieth century dared not disclose their sexual orientation for fear of being institutionalized as mentally ill.” (Morrow 2001). This marginalization does not stop at the transgender community as it spreads across the LGBT community as a whole. While there is not mutually exclusive definition of binary sex, “U.S. society maintains fairly consistent definitions for male and female based on particular configurations of chromosomes, internal organs, external genitalia, secondary sex characteristics,” (Booth, 2011). This has caused for many debates on whether a man can fully become a woman, or if a woman can fully become a man. While there is no final answer to this issue, the conversation continues to develop as society learns more about the transgender