This essay will aim to argue the importance of acknowledging the diversity of our country, in particular, the transsexual community. Also discussed in this essay, is the issue of transsexual people feeling remote and experiences of discriminating against them through environments such as the workplace and education facilities as well as everyday life experiences. Furthermore, this essay will continue to highlight the injustice experienced by transsexual people. The need for a more diverse society in order for non-conforming people to feel at ease as well as creating a social norm that allows every person to feel accepted in their own communities. Because of the limited words, this essay will focus primarily on the transition of a male to female
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This can be true to some extent. Mau (2015) writes about the experiences of now Elizabeth, then Garry, the first New Zealander to undergo full sex-change surgery from a man to a woman. The book states the experienced struggles lived on a daily basis by Elizabeth and the need for her voice to be heard over the discrimination she had felt by her family and community. Issues faced by Elizabeth were through her wanting to identify her sexual identity but was continually silenced by her parents. Elizabeth’s story is evidently the experiences of many transsexual women who have all felt the urge to be true to themselves as well as those around them. The difficulties of being true to oneself is felt immensely through the pressure received by society and in keeping within the rules of the social norm and expectation. Rossiter (2015, 87) insists the identity of a person depicts to the rest of society, who they identify with and argues that society needs to have a positive outlook towards gender minorities in order for discrimination to be non-existing. A strong point made in Rossiter’s (2015, 93) article, even after having surgery and becoming a woman, partners were still hesitant in accepting the physical change. This is very much influenced by social norms and the way in which society has portrayed the norm to be. Throughout the lives of transsexual people …show more content…
In particular, through the healthcare system where transsexuals are prohibited to the right of healthcare. In addition to being discriminating against by families, friends as well as the community. Views discussed in this article, state the feeling of being trapped in a body that does not fit their sexual identity within. For example, as young as a child, the feeling of not belonging and being forced to dress and like certain gendered ideas, created a disparity between a transsexual and their family (Alberto et al 2012, 35). Transsexuality was perceived in Cuba as a deviant act and behaviour and went against all the social norms within this society. This has resulted in transsexual people being discriminated through the healthcare system to the extent where transsexuals are self-medicating (Alberto et al 2012, 36). Cuba also has a strong categorization of individuals within their society, for example, masculinity reflects the dominance of a male and femininity was defined as subordinate. This resulted in the discrimination of other gender identities. Controversially, it is stated in Alberto et al article that a few professional figures define transsexuality as a mental disorder, though this has no scientific evidence (2012, 36). Overall, it has been stated that healthcare is a ‘human right’, no matter what gender oneself identifies with, and every person has the right to
This can be true to some extent. Mau (2015) writes about the experiences of now Elizabeth, then Garry, the first New Zealander to undergo full sex-change surgery from a man to a woman. The book states the experienced struggles lived on a daily basis by Elizabeth and the need for her voice to be heard over the discrimination she had felt by her family and community. Issues faced by Elizabeth were through her wanting to identify her sexual identity but was continually silenced by her parents. Elizabeth’s story is evidently the experiences of many transsexual women who have all felt the urge to be true to themselves as well as those around them. The difficulties of being true to oneself is felt immensely through the pressure received by society and in keeping within the rules of the social norm and expectation. Rossiter (2015, 87) insists the identity of a person depicts to the rest of society, who they identify with and argues that society needs to have a positive outlook towards gender minorities in order for discrimination to be non-existing. A strong point made in Rossiter’s (2015, 93) article, even after having surgery and becoming a woman, partners were still hesitant in accepting the physical change. This is very much influenced by social norms and the way in which society has portrayed the norm to be. Throughout the lives of transsexual people …show more content…
In particular, through the healthcare system where transsexuals are prohibited to the right of healthcare. In addition to being discriminating against by families, friends as well as the community. Views discussed in this article, state the feeling of being trapped in a body that does not fit their sexual identity within. For example, as young as a child, the feeling of not belonging and being forced to dress and like certain gendered ideas, created a disparity between a transsexual and their family (Alberto et al 2012, 35). Transsexuality was perceived in Cuba as a deviant act and behaviour and went against all the social norms within this society. This has resulted in transsexual people being discriminated through the healthcare system to the extent where transsexuals are self-medicating (Alberto et al 2012, 36). Cuba also has a strong categorization of individuals within their society, for example, masculinity reflects the dominance of a male and femininity was defined as subordinate. This resulted in the discrimination of other gender identities. Controversially, it is stated in Alberto et al article that a few professional figures define transsexuality as a mental disorder, though this has no scientific evidence (2012, 36). Overall, it has been stated that healthcare is a ‘human right’, no matter what gender oneself identifies with, and every person has the right to