Transgenderism In Canada
Transgenderism have a goal, that goal is to be happy in their skin no matter who says so. In today’s age transgender has been appearing a lot more. Welch (2011) definition of transgender is “an umbrella term, refers to people who feel that their biologically assigned gender is a false or incomplete description of themselves” (pg.53). Transgender is one of the leading outcomes of suicide. It is a worldwide problem and it has been show with research; however in Canada the rates are higher. This is shown throughout the youth populations in Canada. Today’s outcome of what transgender really is can lead to different speculations of what is right or wrong. Transgenderism can lead to many different thoughts and many different opinions. The purpose
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There are consequences when some of these young children tell their parents or tell anyone in general. This can leave the youth with serious problems that can also get them in trouble or cause them health problems as well. Martela (2015) states that thirty percent of calls are coming from youth rejected by their families, religious or not. Some other callers were also having trouble accessing transition-related medical care or facing workplace harassment (Bielski, 2015, para.8). This is one problem that many of these people face. This is leaving them all alone trying to figure thing out on their own with no support from anybody close to them and even schools, they do not have to proper knowledge at times. Bielski (2015) states that it is a new Canadian crisis and that this hotline can help especially in vulnerable communities with high rates of depression and suicide (para.1). There are also many different sources like online anti- bullying. Like mentioned above cyberbullying is deadly. Most of the youth populations are always on social media. Tumbler a social media site where most people can express themselves and right what is on their mind and give them a free way to express what they believe in and share pictures. Leelah Alcorn, a seventeen year old transgender teen wrote a suicide note on tumbler about being transgender and suffering familial rejection from her devout Christian parents, which they would not allow Joshua, birth name, to begin her transition (Bielski, 2015, para.4). Alcorn suicide note explains “I feel like a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and I’ve felt that way since I was 4” and going one saying “ when I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness”(Bielski, 2015, para.5). She later on explains that she told her mom and that she reacted in a negative way, telling her that it was a phase. Stories like hers were brought to attention to many different teen
There are consequences when some of these young children tell their parents or tell anyone in general. This can leave the youth with serious problems that can also get them in trouble or cause them health problems as well. Martela (2015) states that thirty percent of calls are coming from youth rejected by their families, religious or not. Some other callers were also having trouble accessing transition-related medical care or facing workplace harassment (Bielski, 2015, para.8). This is one problem that many of these people face. This is leaving them all alone trying to figure thing out on their own with no support from anybody close to them and even schools, they do not have to proper knowledge at times. Bielski (2015) states that it is a new Canadian crisis and that this hotline can help especially in vulnerable communities with high rates of depression and suicide (para.1). There are also many different sources like online anti- bullying. Like mentioned above cyberbullying is deadly. Most of the youth populations are always on social media. Tumbler a social media site where most people can express themselves and right what is on their mind and give them a free way to express what they believe in and share pictures. Leelah Alcorn, a seventeen year old transgender teen wrote a suicide note on tumbler about being transgender and suffering familial rejection from her devout Christian parents, which they would not allow Joshua, birth name, to begin her transition (Bielski, 2015, para.4). Alcorn suicide note explains “I feel like a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and I’ve felt that way since I was 4” and going one saying “ when I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness”(Bielski, 2015, para.5). She later on explains that she told her mom and that she reacted in a negative way, telling her that it was a phase. Stories like hers were brought to attention to many different teen