The Trials of the Transgender Population February 17‚ 2013 The Trials of the Transgender Population Much of the discrimination that is faced by the transgender people comes from the same place that anti-gay discrimination stems from. LGBT (Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender) people challenge the “norms” that society has placed‚ in the workplace and in life‚ on how men and women should act. “Transgenders face many adversities not only in life‚ but in the workplace as well.” Since
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Justin Sukato #54 HMD402 - 1004 Topic: Transgender. Only some Americans might be aware that a present transgender employee is protexted against any employment discrimination because of his or her status as a transgender. What is gender? Gender is the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones) [1]. Transgender is an umbrella term for a person whose gender identity‚ gender expression or behavior does not match to what
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The Progression of Transgender Rights in the Workplace Since 1975‚ Congress has considered amending Title VII to include a ban on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Most of the first employment discrimination cases brought by transgenders were dismissed because there is no federal law designating transgender as a protected class‚ or specifically requiring equal treatment for transgendered people. Until recently‚ Title VII’s lack of legislative history and failed
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Today more than ever companies are changing the way gays‚ lesbians‚ and transgender individuals are treated in the work place. Companies are adopting non-discriminating policies‚ starting to give more benefits and other practices that include GLBT in the workplace. In 2002‚ the first Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index rated employers strictly on seven criteria‚ which remain the basis for today’s rating system. The original criteria were guided in part by the Equality Principles
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DEFINITIONS According to Hagg and Fellows (2007:4)‚ sex generally refers to anatomy and biology such as male or female‚ whereas gender refers to the qualities and behaviours society expects from a boy or girl‚ a man or woman. The definition of transgender refers to a person having no identification with‚ or no presentation as‚ the gender one was assigned at birth (Hagg and Fellows 2007:4). The definition of transsexual in Hagg and Fellows (2007:4) refers to a person who had undergone a sex change
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does not want to be the sex that they were born. Others say that a person is born with those feelings and that they just develop over time. Some say that they don’t act on those feelings during adolescence because of the stigma attached to being transgender‚ and the fact that kids are cruel. The fact that they don’t act on the feelings until later in their lives is the reason why some say that wanting to be a different sex just happens. Personally‚ I believe that a person is born knowing that they
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Rebekah Forcier Professor Younkin English 1010 Transgender Equality Men and Women have very distinct similarities and differences. Mainly‚ there is a difference between genitalia and sex traits that establishes what sex we are. But what if the lines of sex became blurred? What if a boy wanted to be a girl and vice versa? This is called Transgenderism. There are now‚ more than ever‚ ways to make these things possible. Now‚ while it’s possible to change your “parts”‚ is the sex truly changed? This
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“I was born trapped in a body that didn’t match the gender I am. I didn’t know anything but discomfort and feeling out of place until I put a name to it‚ and decided to transition. After I had my first hormone injection‚ my first response was: "Ah! That’s what I am supposed to feel like!" quoted by Unknown. Transgendered individuals not only have to deal with the normal obstacles that everyone else does‚ growing up‚ finding an identity‚ and simply living life‚ but also have to face who they really
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Transgender/Transsexual Olivia Warehime Tarleton State University ABSTRACT A transgender is someone that believes that their gender does not match their anatomy that they were born with. Transgender believes that they’re in someone else’s body. For example someone that was born a male believes he’s a female and vice versa. Keyword: heterosexism‚ LGBT‚ Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ Transgender‚ Prevention Why are people transgender? ACN‚ S. (2011‚ February 27). Health experts believe that being transgender
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Scientific Research on Transgenders In the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ transgenders‚ or men and women who feel they are trapped in the wrong bodies‚ would be considered mentally ill. However‚ since then there have been many studies on this issue and it has been proved to be plausible; this condition is also popularly referred to as Gender Identity Disphoria. Though the studies are yet to be conclusive‚ it was found that transgenders were not mentally ill‚ as previously diagnosed‚ but it is a result of
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