Transgender Issues
The Discrimination Against Transgender People.
In today’s American society, there are many social norms that people are expected to live by. Women are the nurturers, caring for and raising children, and also keeping the household. Men are the providers, working long in the day to make sure his family has everything that they may need, they are the protecters, and heads of the household. But with every social norm, there is a group of individuals who challenge those social norms. With every broken social norm, come a great deal of danger, dangers of discrimination, physical violence, and segregation are some of the things that one can expect. One group of individuals that suffers from discrimination is the transgendered community. As defined in Marriam-Webster’s dictionary, a transgendered individual identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth. As with many areas of social class and standing that is “different”, the transgendered community has had to deal with discrimination, physical violence, and undue stereotypes.
In an article written by the Daily Collegian of Penn State University, which focused its attention on Speak Out, an activist group that is based out of Penn State. The group went on to hold their biweekly meeting to discuss “bi-phobia and trans-phobia”. One of the main topics of the discussion was stereotypes. There have been many stereotypes associated with transgendered individuals, some of which include “Bi-now, gay later”, “it”, and the most common of all, “tranny”. In an interview with the moderator of the discussion, and member of the transgender community, Renee Recpell stated that the biggest problem she has ever had to deal with was that she is neither gay nor straight, this lead to feelings of animosity and rejection from the gay community and the straight community (“Stereotypes Discussed”).
In a study called “Injustice at Every Turn” was organized to see just how
In today’s American society, there are many social norms that people are expected to live by. Women are the nurturers, caring for and raising children, and also keeping the household. Men are the providers, working long in the day to make sure his family has everything that they may need, they are the protecters, and heads of the household. But with every social norm, there is a group of individuals who challenge those social norms. With every broken social norm, come a great deal of danger, dangers of discrimination, physical violence, and segregation are some of the things that one can expect. One group of individuals that suffers from discrimination is the transgendered community. As defined in Marriam-Webster’s dictionary, a transgendered individual identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth. As with many areas of social class and standing that is “different”, the transgendered community has had to deal with discrimination, physical violence, and undue stereotypes.
In an article written by the Daily Collegian of Penn State University, which focused its attention on Speak Out, an activist group that is based out of Penn State. The group went on to hold their biweekly meeting to discuss “bi-phobia and trans-phobia”. One of the main topics of the discussion was stereotypes. There have been many stereotypes associated with transgendered individuals, some of which include “Bi-now, gay later”, “it”, and the most common of all, “tranny”. In an interview with the moderator of the discussion, and member of the transgender community, Renee Recpell stated that the biggest problem she has ever had to deal with was that she is neither gay nor straight, this lead to feelings of animosity and rejection from the gay community and the straight community (“Stereotypes Discussed”).
In a study called “Injustice at Every Turn” was organized to see just how