Transgender Identity Documentary Reflection

In our evolving country today, gay rights activists have recently achieved the legalization of gay marriage. The LGBT community has seen major progression throughout the years. But, many of us living in this society today don’t know what being a transgender means. To clarify what this term is defined as, transgender means that the individual was assigned a sex at birth, but their identity does not match the attached sex. For example, a child may have been born as a female, however, based on the personality and characteristics they may identify themselves as a male. In addition, this situation can also be reversed. Transgender is interpreted as going across or beyond the assigned sex at birth. In class recently we were able to see a film called, “The T-Word” hosted by Laverne Cox. It showed the lives of many young transgender individuals in our society today. Before viewing this film I did not know what being a transgender meant furthermore, I believe I was less comfortable with this act. This documentary showed the journey in which these people had to find their own identity and each one was different. One example was Ari who …show more content…
For example, building friendships, finding love, sex life, confessing to others about their identity etc. Transitioning consist of three major components which are the social, medical and legal aspects. For social, being able to have proper pronouns used is very important because everyone should be respected and treated properly. One of the trans youth, named Daniel stated that he felt very confident and free once his name was changed and everyone referred him to Daniel instead of his former name. Some may have considered medical procedures so that way their internal identity can align with their external features. Everyone should have the ability to express himself or herself and be true to their identity. Therefore, medical procedures are a major component of