Transgender

This research examines the challenges of transgender students on college campuses. Once discovering the challenges of the transgender students on college campuses, I found Two theories, the University of Tennessee theory and “Dear Colleague” letter theory, helped me that would help me develop my own theory on accommodating transgender college students. I first had to clearly understand the term transgender and terms related to it; such as gender identity, sexual orientation, hormonal therapy,…

Transgender is a very controversial topic in today’s society. Most people do not know what the word transgender even means. According to Bradford, Reisner, Honnold, and Xavier (2013), “ The term transgender has been defined as any individual whose gender-related identification or external presentation either violates conventional conceptualizations of ‘male’ or ‘female’ or mixes different aspects of male and female role and identity”. In simplistic terms, transgender individuals’ external…

You may think that coming out as ‘transgender’ is a new thing due to it recently making headlines with people like Caitlyn Jenner or Laverne Cox. But that is not the case; there have been transgender reports from ancient Egypt and Rome, they just never had the medical resources to have the sex reassignment surgery and there were less people who came out as transgender. There was also not as much information available. Transgender means is that some people may feel they have not been born as…

elective, it is not cosmetic, it is life-saving,” Laverne Cox, a black transgender woman and actress, says. One of America 's current hot topics is health care for transgender people, and what it should cover. For many healthcare insurance plans, sex reassignment surgery is not covered, because according to the healthcare companies it is not necessary. Transition surgery at times is even considered as a cosmetic surgery. Transgender people also go through many other struggles such as constant…

genders, either completely male or female. Transgender people may be identified as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual and asexual. As transgender people are against the law of nature, some people think that transgender do not deserve equal rights as normal human beings and need to be rejected. Despite facing many obstacles and challenges, many transgender people have been successful in many career fields. For example, Marci Bowers is the first transgender woman to become a doctor, Laverne Cox is…

The recent arguments over the usage the transgender bathroom have aroused great controversy over whether transgender individuals should use the bathroom of which is indicated to them by their birth certificate, or should they use the bathrooms of their own preferences. The hottest topic on transgender bathroom use has been that the transgender should obtain their own unisex bathroom to avoid the public harassment that opposes them. If they obtain this bathroom it would silence the speculations…

reality. For those who don’t know Transgender is a term used to describe people who feel that their gender identity differs from the sex that was given at birth. In today’s world, Trans Americans have been experiencing more advocacy and media coverage than ever before. Still at this time Transgender individuals, particularly transgender women and transgender people of color, still face extreme issues regarding safety, health, Employment and general wellbeing. Transgender individuals experience…

Throughout history, people who identify as transgender have not been properly welcomed across the world, being that it is not introduced by parents and mentors. However, over the past couple years, people have been trying to embrace the change that people bring to themselves and their peers. Although there are many supporters that appreciate transgender lifestyles and respect what they go through, a lot of people were raised to reject change and lash out at the people who undergo it by passing…

chosen is “transgender kids” and how as a society we should protect them. This topic is wide enough to reach a nation and grab their attention, on the seriousness of transgender children. In a society, where you get killed for being yourself, protecting our future children should be a priority. Although in society people should be treated equally, not everyone believes that. I’ve read several different articles on the mental health and the effects it causes on transgender children. Transgender…

Transgender is a term that is best defined as a person identifying as the opposite gender in which they were biologically born with. Throughout history, transgenders have struggled to find acceptance in society. The transgender minority group have been fighting for antidiscrimination laws since the early nineteenth century. In terms of public policy, the transgender advocacy groups have a long way to go in abolishing discrimination. Transgenders have faced discrimination in health care,…