Our country has been founded on the principle that every human being has certain inalienable rights as long as those rights do not violate another 's. Numerous written documents have been based on the same idea throughout history. For example, Article Three of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states clearly, “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”. The Declaration continues, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status” (Article 2). Note “everyone” is at the beginning of those sentences, this means no matter
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There are still multitudes of people who do not have the benefit of these rights. Specifically, those who are transgender. There have been some important recent legal rulings and political votes bolstering transgender rights. Consequently, a surge of hostility from various conservative activists have made their battle for equality considerably more challenging for transgender-rights leaders in building public support for their cause (Associated Press). "My sense is that we are 20 years behind the mainstream gay and lesbian movement in terms of public understanding," stated Michael Silverman, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. These are the reasons why transgenders should have equal rights in the areas of respect, privacy, and a safe state of …show more content…
Gender Dysphoria is described as the condition of feeling one 's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one 's biological sex. “Gender identity disorder is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the ‘bible’ of psychiatry” (Park). On the other side of the spectrum, some say the name itself “implies that gender identities held by a diagnosable people are not legitimate…, self-identified trans-women and trans-men lose any rightful claim to acceptance…” (Winters 314). If it has a set of symptoms and listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, than it is likely it is a genuine disorder. Declassifying GID would simply make it a cosmetic issue, when there are clear medical applications that some require, even at the risk of suicide if they don 't have access to these operations (White 313), coupled with the resentment of those less accepting could increase suicide rates. Their mentality is at stake and pushing another human being into such a state is inhumane. “People with gender identity disorder deserve proper medical and psychiatric help,” Regina Griggs declared.
There are still multitudes of people who do not have the benefit of these rights. Specifically, those who are transgender. There have been some important recent legal rulings and political votes bolstering transgender rights. Consequently, a surge of hostility from various conservative activists have made their battle for equality considerably more challenging for transgender-rights leaders in building public support for their cause (Associated Press). "My sense is that we are 20 years behind the mainstream gay and lesbian movement in terms of public understanding," stated Michael Silverman, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. These are the reasons why transgenders should have equal rights in the areas of respect, privacy, and a safe state of …show more content…
Gender Dysphoria is described as the condition of feeling one 's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one 's biological sex. “Gender identity disorder is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the ‘bible’ of psychiatry” (Park). On the other side of the spectrum, some say the name itself “implies that gender identities held by a diagnosable people are not legitimate…, self-identified trans-women and trans-men lose any rightful claim to acceptance…” (Winters 314). If it has a set of symptoms and listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, than it is likely it is a genuine disorder. Declassifying GID would simply make it a cosmetic issue, when there are clear medical applications that some require, even at the risk of suicide if they don 't have access to these operations (White 313), coupled with the resentment of those less accepting could increase suicide rates. Their mentality is at stake and pushing another human being into such a state is inhumane. “People with gender identity disorder deserve proper medical and psychiatric help,” Regina Griggs declared.