Transgender

changing, educators are seeing more and more transgender students in their classrooms and communities. These students are often ostracized from social groups and sometimes even their families, however, some transgender students have strong ties with their trans community and even with their friends they have grown up with. Each student situation is unique, which is why these young adolescents need role models in their lives and who better than a transgender teacher. The Huffington Post’s…

This group of people are transgenders, someone whose self-identity does not match the one given…

Transgender issues have been gaining steam recently, but one such issue is splitting our nation in half. Transgender bathroom use is a very controversial issue for now and people have varying views. In the article titled, “For Millennials, a Consensus on Transgender Bathroom Use,” by Susan Page and Fernanda Crescente, the issue was researched in depth and by nearly “2 - 1, they say they say transgender individuals should be able to use public bathrooms designated for the gender they identify…

In the past few years sexuality and the treatment of those who identify outside of heteronormative boundaries has become a prominent issue within the contemporary Civil Rights Movement. Recently there has been a huge debate regarding Transgender men and women's use of bathrooms. Some people and legislators believe that there should be gender neutral bathrooms, others believe that transgendered people should use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex they were assigned at birth, while others…

Only a few years ago, the voices of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals fell upon deaf ears. However, within the past two years, their mistreatment has become a forefront issue discussed across America. Transgender activism is creating a bigger impact on our society, pushing reflective thoughts on transphobia into the minds of Americans. Recently, in North Carolina, a bill was passed that blocks transgender individuals from using the public restrooms corresponding with the gender…

Transgender Discrimination An overwhelming forty one percent of transgender people, that responded to the “National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report on Health and Health Care” have reported to attempting suicide because of being discriminated against. There is a twenty eight percent rate of transgenders postponing their medical care, because they did not want to deal with discrimination. A majority of them were told that they needed major surgeries, and they still have not gotten them…

political subterfuge fueling policy controversies from the state to national level. The issue of transgender access policies addressing the use of public facilities, such as restrooms and locker rooms has caused contradictory laws to be put into place. Bills have been passed at the State level, which some argue violates Civil Rights. After years of debate and debacle, the controversial transgender access issue has been shuffled back and forth between the State and National level, sparking a…

Transgender Fighting in MMA Enraged Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Matt Mitrione used harsh words to describe Fallon Fox by saying, “That is a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak [...]” (Gregory 2). Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Fallon Fox “the Queen of Swords,” formally known as Boyd Burton, has made headlines for being the first openly transgender in MMA. In 2006, Fox underwent gender reassignment (Fallon 2). It is estimated that 2-5% of the population identify themselves as transgender.…

Being transgender in not only today’s society but all throughout our history has its struggles and issues. Many people do not know or fully understand the things that transgender people have to face day-to-day. From basic things like what type or style of clothing to wear to what bathroom will they use? Will they be harassed or even abused because of their decisions? This has become an issue that has sparked the attention of the world recently, and has also been a concern personally considering…

that is that we are both transgender, white, assigned female at birth, can vote, and have enough money to live but not enough to just send without thinking. There are some difference and that is that my character is a binary transgender and I am a nonbinary transgender person. It was easy for me to get into the mindset of my character because we are so similar that it was almost like my daily life was right in front of my face. When I realized i had gotten a transgender character i knew that i…