Transgender

Diversity: Transgender in Today's Business Companies Transgender is a general term for people whose gender identity or gender expression is not in line with what is normally associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth (Understanding The Transgender Community, http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/understanding-the-transgender-community). Gender identity is an individual's internal sense of being male, female or otherwise. Gender expression, on the other hand, is more about the way…

gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) individuals – this is not to say that LGBTQ are the only categories when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identities, thus it is followed by a * – and racial groups. Furthermore, it is evident that within minority groups there are specific micro-level groups that experience unique and sometimes even greater amount of inequalities and disparities. For example, the micro-level group…

to achieve their dreams. However, life is never short of unpleasant surprises. Just when things seem perfect life throws up a few surprises here and there. The issue of transgender is perhaps one of the most heart wrecking for parents. This is particularly the case as society tends to treat transgender people differently. Transgender individuals often find themselves in a dilemma as they do not know which gender to identify with even though it is none of their faults. Kennedy and Mark state that…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have often been lumped together as one entity with a singular, universal political platform. Transgender citizens, however, face a unique challenge in earning legal protection from discrimination. Since the early 1990’s, beneficial transgender nondiscrimination policies have been expanding, but changes have been incremental and often centered in the state and local levels of government. Federal, state, and local governments all have the power…

policy that had protected transgender students’ rights to use the bathroom of their choice. The ongoing bathroom debate has polarized the nation, creating enthusiastic supporters of the move and zealous protesters. The negative view of transgenderism that people hold creates a lack of protection for transgender students, who are more vulnerable on average than other students. A junior from Gloucester High School in Gloucester, Virginia, Gavin Grimm is a female-to-male transgender teenager who…

The Unites State has about 700,000 transgender people that have to fight everyday against preconceived ideas that family members and society have about their gender identity. The preconceived ideas are based on the fact that society still doesn’t know the difference between biological sex and gender identification. In biology, sex is defined as anatomical structures that are either male or female. In contrast, gender identity is a personal identification or an inner sense of being a male or…

gender is more concerned about transgender women in female bathrooms? If transgender people use the bathroom of their choice, then males will be more concerned than women. Researchers have previously revealed that males…

comfortable in, is a luxury most cisgender people take for granted. For the transgendered citizens of the United States, this is not a concept that is easily obtainable. When North Carolina governor Pat McCory signed a law making it illegal for transgender people to use the bathroom they feel comfortable with, and only the bathroom that corresponds to their sex assignment. Even with the backlash, other states implemented their own version of this same bill. To combat these transphobic laws,…

held back by systems of oppression, and works to dismantle systems, allowing disadvantaged groups the opportunity to reach their most successful life. Given the opportunity to be chosen to represent the transgender community means to me, being accountable to oppressed communities, the transgender community of Oregon, and beyond. In the words of Walidah Imarisha of Portland State University's Black Studies Department, Oregon State University's Women Gender Sexuality Studies Department ,“It means…

they want to be a girl or boy and don 't care about how people look at them. Changing genders is not something easy to do, so people have to tell their family and hope they agree because it could be going against their rules and their beliefs. Transgenders go through a lot especially if they change genders while young, and they go through a lot during the transition. In this generation today a lot of celebrities are changing gender and people see how they are not bashed and the media glamorize…