National Legal Services Authority filed a writ petition no. 400 of 2012 seeking relief that Hijras/ Eunuchs/ Transgenders (herein after refer as TG) be given legal status as ‘third gender’ with legal and constitutional provision. 2. Non-recognition of the identity of Hijras‚ a TG community‚ as a third gender‚ denies them the right of equality before the law and equal protection of law. Transgender people‚ as a whole‚ face multiple forms of oppression in the country. Discrimination is so large and pronounced
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its attributed sexual orientation‚ usually heterosexual males and females‚ to play the role that the society has constructed for each gender type. This is how the society has functioned but the other sexual orientations‚ which are homosexuals‚ transgender and transsexuals do not know how they belong and should function in this system‚
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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood‚ Identity‚ Love & so Much More by Janet Mock‚ and Whipping Girl: a Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano. The reason that I chose these memoirs is that they both address transgender identity alongside other oppressed identities‚ which will easily bring the element of intersectionality to the forefront of the essay. Clare wrote about his experiences as a trans man and being queer in a small American town‚ and he discusses his
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The T in LGBT On the 22nd day of November the past year‚ the gender community celebrated the 14th International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Featuring 50 Tran’s icons which include Isis King‚ the only transgender contestant ever to grace in America’s Next Top Model and Chaz Bono‚ an iconic transgender and with the overwhelming support from the LGBT community‚ many find it empowering to use their freedom of expression and no longer be afraid of becoming who they really are. 1 It is almost
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Who are the people often labeled with the acronym LGBT? LGBT’s or lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and transgenders‚ are members of every race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. But how do we identify them‚ address their health needs? Unlike ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and income‚ which are all questions posed on the U.S. Census‚ neither sexual orientation nor gender identity are listed. (American Community Survey‚ 2013) According to HealthPeople.gov‚ this question is included on few state or federal
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for those who are diagnosed transgendered individuals. The new and professionally approved term is now gender dysphoria. This revamped term dismissed the idea that transgender individuals have a “disorder‚” implying some kind of mental instability. While socially‚ this new terminology brings a new light and approach to the transgender community‚ the medical aid associated with GID is also now in jeopardy due to the lack of it being an actual disease. In the case of gender dysphoria‚ we see how its
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Mack Beggs is a transgender boy. The state of Texas refused to allow Breggs to wrestle with the boys because their laws state that high school athletes must compete by the gender listed on their birth certificate. Wrestling fans called Beggs derogatory terms like “faggot” and “it.” Negative Facebook and Twitter comments questioned Beggs and made him seem like a lesser being. Other comments celebrated Beggs’s courage and perseverance. Over the last couple of years‚ The transgender debate has heated
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transition to female‚ but the man word I will stress is “decides”. Intersex children should not be “assigned” a certain gender but rather allowed to go undecided until they decide which path they want to go in for themselves. The same thing applies to transgender individuals‚ who shouldn’t be ridiculed for deciding to go in a different path. Bruce Jenner has been a lot of things throughout his life. He has been an Olympic superstar‚ on the Wheaties box‚ the author of inspirational sports books‚ and a sometime
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community directly affects young people’s perspective. The punishment transgender students get for their violation of dress codes paired with their breaking of social norms leads other students to think that being gender fluid is wrong. Students follow the rules implemented by the school systems because they believe that is the right thing to do. If the rules are targeted towards a group of students‚ much like the dress code against transgender students‚ it will be reflected in the student. This may cause
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caught my eye. I want to understand more about transgender people because I have friend that at age 30 has decided to transition from female to male (FTM). I have asked a few questions but don’t want to get too personal and make “him” uncomfortable‚ so I decided to read this book to see if any of my questions could get answered. Surprisingly enough a lot of my questions have been answered and now I want to research more and read more books about transgender people. Growing up some children have to endure
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