“Health care for trans people is a necessity. It is not elective, it is not cosmetic, it is life-saving,” Laverne Cox, a black transgender woman and actress, says. One of America 's current hot topics is health care for transgender people, and what it should cover. For many healthcare insurance plans, sex reassignment surgery is not covered, because according to the healthcare companies it is not necessary. Transition surgery at times is even considered as a cosmetic surgery. Transgender people also go through many other struggles such as constant harassment and isolation. I propose that, at the age of 18, everyone must go through sex reassignment because it will force healthcare companies to cover this under their insurance, severely reduce
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It is reported that 0.3% of the United States population is transgender, however the actual number is greatly higher. This is due to the fact that many people who consider themselves transgender are scared to let others know due to the persistence of transphobia in the US. Transphobia is the term for prejudice and hatred against transgender people. Transgender people are subject to constant name calling, intrusive and invasive questions, rape, physical attacks, and even murder. In fact, more that 50% of murders of LGBT are of transgender people. Even more shocking is that 73% of those murders are transgender women of color. Why is there so much discrimination against transgender people? How can this be stopped? People tend to be fearful of those who are different, and if every person goes through sex reassignment surgery, then everyone will be the same, and there will be a significantly lower amount of transphobia. Hate crimes against transgender people will lower because everyone would technically be transexual. Every 29 hours, a transgender woman is killed. How come violence against transgender women is so much higher than it is of transgender men? A majority of murders of transgender people are done by non-transgender (cisgender) men, who usually target transgender women. Often times,
It is reported that 0.3% of the United States population is transgender, however the actual number is greatly higher. This is due to the fact that many people who consider themselves transgender are scared to let others know due to the persistence of transphobia in the US. Transphobia is the term for prejudice and hatred against transgender people. Transgender people are subject to constant name calling, intrusive and invasive questions, rape, physical attacks, and even murder. In fact, more that 50% of murders of LGBT are of transgender people. Even more shocking is that 73% of those murders are transgender women of color. Why is there so much discrimination against transgender people? How can this be stopped? People tend to be fearful of those who are different, and if every person goes through sex reassignment surgery, then everyone will be the same, and there will be a significantly lower amount of transphobia. Hate crimes against transgender people will lower because everyone would technically be transexual. Every 29 hours, a transgender woman is killed. How come violence against transgender women is so much higher than it is of transgender men? A majority of murders of transgender people are done by non-transgender (cisgender) men, who usually target transgender women. Often times,