Transgender

Transgender individuals face many challenges which can cause distress and other psychological issues. They feel safer with the availability of social support from the community. Support does not prevent hate crimes but it can help with psychological distress if somebody is a victim. There are many interventions available for various mental health problems. However, the order in which these interventions are provided will be specific depending upon the victim and the form of discrimination…

Transgender people have to hide who they are in fear of being hurt and seen as different. Religion plays a great deal into cultural and societal views on gender. That idea that transgender people are rejecting god's great gift, their bodies. However if one undergoes plastic surgery to enhance an aspect of themselves they are rarely ever condemned for rejecting god's body. Transgender people are regularly the victims of hate crimes. "20% had…

Transgender Bathroom Laws The United States has been determined for its citizens to have equal rights given for every citizen no matter race, skin color, sexual orientation, religion, and gender identity. Although with the United States’s determination, a few complications stand in the way for a certain group of people in order for them to get the rights someone like you and I would have. This group of people, known as transgenders, have recently been targeted for wanting to use the bathroom of…

like every day, in fact it briefly describes how we are in general . Now, Transgender is the state of one's self gender identity( one's self sense of identification between masculine and femenine ) not matching one's assigned sex which is based on physical sexuality at birth (GLAAD). Today, most of the countries define gender based on the physical,biological and genetic sexuality at birth while there is at least one transgender person, whose self-gender identity is different from the assigned…

The transgender community is a community of individuals who are born with typical male or female anatomies but feel as though they’ve been born into the “wrong body”. Often times transgender people are confused with transsexual people. Transsexual people are those with sex-related structures of their brain that define gender identity are the opposite the physical sex organs of the body. Basically, a transsexual person has a mind that is literally, physically, trapped in a body of the opposite…

Transgender Rights and Issues Transgender people have faced issues for decades. From lack of acceptance from peers to straight out murders, trans issues are a big deal. Almost daily, transgender people face discrimination for not being their gender assigned at birth. Doctors choose the gender of a baby based off genitalia, which is sometimes inaccurate. While a good amount of the population is cisgender, where your gender corresponds with that assigned at birth, transgender people are a…

that full support system is essential when treating transgender or gender deviant patients as well as the need for a patient advocate. The treatment and views of the transgender community over the last century are the building blocks that have created a support system that delivers appropriate resources. The harsh treatment of these patients will also cause long-term effects on the community both good and bad. Sexuality: The Progression of Transgender Community in Healthcare Introduction…

More transgenders are coming out proudly, thanks to Caitlin Jenner. I am Cait, is the story about a transgender male who has made a huge step for the transgender community. This reality TV show stars Caitlin Jenner and portrays the story of how and why she decided to come out as transgender. She has always felt that she possessed a female brain, heart and soul. He has reinvented himself as a female…

Friday, I had lunch with my sister and our friends and the conversation shifted to transgender people. My dorm previously had a ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ bathroom and out of the blue, with no warning, it was changed to ‘All Gender’. And my friend said he did not quite understand the term ‘transgender’. So I straightened up and sat upright to educate my peers. My friends had so many questions about how people know their transgender or what procedures they may choose to undergo to complete their…

strangely when using public restrooms. But this is the nightmare trans-identified people have to face every single day. Transgender people need justice; we have the ability to take one small step in the right direction to assuring they are on their way to no longer being treated as second-class citizens, and we can take that small step by affirming this bill. CONTENTION 1: TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE NOT PREDATORS AND SHOULD NOT BE TREATED LIKE PARIAHS. Writer and queer comic Red Durkin sparked…