face today in terms of Transgender? From the moment anyone is born their sex is determined but not their gender as such. Gender is the result of the x and y chromosomes. In the world of transgender there is approximately 1 in every 30 000 males looking to transgender into females while for females to males there is around 1 person in every 100 0001. No matter the facts each transgender person still faces many challenges. The biggest challenge faced by Australian transgender people is the transitioning
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being gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual‚ or transgender was viewed as a mental disorder‚ because of this policies within the U.S. military mirrored these views. When homosexuality was officially removed as a mental disorder in 1973 it took the military until 2010-2011 to make any substantial policy changes in regards to homosexuality. With the repeal of “Don’t ask don’t tell” it allowed homosexual personnel to serve openly in the military‚ however it still forced Transgender personnel to live in the shadows
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Normalizing Transgender Transgender individuals have been at war for years‚ fighting for equal rights that are so readily available to those who are "normal". These rights that we may take for granted everyday like employment‚ wages and even acceptance in society. In a passage from Imagining Transgender by David Valentine‚ he writes about a woman by the name of Holly Boswell who advocated for a position of cross-gender identification‚ she challenged the notion of normality by saying that transgender
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transsexual people have very specific needs‚ including legal and medical‚ which are often overlooked in the LGBT movement and side skirted in many conversations in some transgender spaces. Specifically‚ I am thinking about certain theoretical conversations that go on in the genderqueer community and people who identify as transgender but do not pursue body modifications. As someone who got into a certain trans community identifying heavily as genderqueer and not at the time pursuing or showing a
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I believe we need to treat transgender people equally just like we treat heterosexual people. It’s not by choice they assigned a gender at birth. For them their own inner gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. The essay‚ Transgender Portrayal Representation in Media‚ shows that more than a half of people mentally got effected by the influence of the media. Misleading of media hurts transgender people. I wish we could live a world everybody treated equally regardless
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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ transgender means of‚ or relating to‚ or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth. Children have commonly developed their gender and identity roles by the age of three. At such a young and tender age‚ it is important that schools be prepared to handle situations these children may face as well as give them the support they may need. In 2013‚ a 6 year old boy from Colorado
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LGBTQ youth report at least one suicide attempt within the last year because of our cruel actions and words. People who are transgender shouldn’t be ridiculed against just because they are different. Schools need to respect everyoneś rights and make accommodations within the existing facilities where everyone can feel comfortable and accepted. Furthermore being transgenders in this era of time is without a doubt not easily accepted. Schools need to help all students feel more comfortable by providing
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Jazmin Chavez May 29‚ 2013 Speech and Debate Research paper: Transgender children “ I don’t look like a little girl. I am a little girl. This is what five year old Josie Romero claimed in National T.V (Innes 5) Biologically Josie was born as Joey a male but now she identifies herself a female (1). Many accuse and criticize Mrs. Romero‚ Josie’s mother for tolerating her child to switch genders at such an early stage in her child’s life. Nonetheless‚ common sense seems to dictate that a child’s
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My goal today is to instill the need for transgender rights into the youth of our nation. The National percentage of trans students that feel unsafe at school today is 75% and the percentage of trans people and gender nonconforming people that have attempted suicide is 41%. Thats a very high number compared to the national average of 4.6% of attempted suicide. The Reason I brought this up is because‚ the national average of trans students who have attempted suicide should be nearing zero because
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Does the banning of transgender people using the bathroom that identifies with their gender effect their rights? Recently there have been incidents of inequality and discrimination in our country. One of which involves the transgender community. Having friends who are a part of the LGBT community it is hard to hear about the discrimination they go through. A close friend of mine is currently is going though the process of having a sex change from male to female. Although it was shocking‚ I was accepting
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