Transgender people have existed in human culture for centuries. For instance, Elagabus, who was a third-century Roman emperor, would identify himself as a woman and would occasionally dress like one (“Transgender People”). Many people say they have never met or seen a transgender person, but they are really everywhere. Although some would say that the transgender rights movement is harmful to society, it is actually true that it is necessary and transgender individuals deserve equal treatment.
Transgenders are people who, “identify themselves as being members of a gender that is different from their birth biology” (“Transgender People”). This means that a person who was born biologically female would identify as a male and is known …show more content…
They also claim that transgender people don’t deserve equal rights. They argue that, “The American Psychiatric Association (APA) still list Transsexualism and Transvestism as paraphilias or mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR)” (“The Transgender Rights Movement is Harmful”). So supporting the movement would be helping to support people with the mental disorder further pursue something that is potentially damaging. They say that it would also be helping to normalize a mental disorder. In addition, “Some argue that the transgender phenomenon is essentially a mental disorder, and that confusion over gender is a product of the environment in which a person is raised” (“Transgender People”). So this would mean that a person’s gender identity would be different due to how they were brought up. The main point for those who oppose the transgender rights movement is that it is a mental disorder that has resulted from a way that a person is raised. However, “In reality, there is little evidence to support the view that transgender issues are environmental.” Transgender people show signs of being different from those of the same gender at any age. Sometimes they with show these signs even at a very young age, so how a person is raised can’t affect their gender
Transgenders are people who, “identify themselves as being members of a gender that is different from their birth biology” (“Transgender People”). This means that a person who was born biologically female would identify as a male and is known …show more content…
They also claim that transgender people don’t deserve equal rights. They argue that, “The American Psychiatric Association (APA) still list Transsexualism and Transvestism as paraphilias or mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR)” (“The Transgender Rights Movement is Harmful”). So supporting the movement would be helping to support people with the mental disorder further pursue something that is potentially damaging. They say that it would also be helping to normalize a mental disorder. In addition, “Some argue that the transgender phenomenon is essentially a mental disorder, and that confusion over gender is a product of the environment in which a person is raised” (“Transgender People”). So this would mean that a person’s gender identity would be different due to how they were brought up. The main point for those who oppose the transgender rights movement is that it is a mental disorder that has resulted from a way that a person is raised. However, “In reality, there is little evidence to support the view that transgender issues are environmental.” Transgender people show signs of being different from those of the same gender at any age. Sometimes they with show these signs even at a very young age, so how a person is raised can’t affect their gender