All over the world, Transgender and others under the LGBTQ umbrella for gender identity encounter a large amount of controversy. I agree with this statement because of the inequality between transgendered individuals and cisgendered individuals. Bullying is a huge problem when it comes to Gender Identity; schools, workplaces and even public areas aren’t safe for queer people anymore due to the distaste that some people feel towards these individuals. In some states, schools and workplaces are banning bathrooms for these individuals and are forcing them to use the appropriate bathroom, or the bathroom of their birth gender. The military used to be a sanctuary for transgendered individuals because gender doesn’t necessarily matter in the military
The LGBTQ community is one that faces an ongoing storm of stereotyping and stigmas and the media is no relief from it. One major factor in this is the common trope of the violent and aggressive transgender woman, which is often shown through
If any service personnel were discovered to be transgendered they were considered disorderly, and that they were part of a disease called disorder of impulse control. Most often they were taunted with needing psychiatric help. In the old days, most people would associate any type of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD for short) with homosexuals. This next law carries into today even though anyone is a target for STD’s if you are not proactive in practicing safe sex. HIV members are not allowed to enlist in the military and those who are in the military currently and have already tested positive are tested again every two years.
Imagine that you're on the front lines of combat with the opposing team shooting at you or you're in noncombat and working as an engineer for the military, and all you want to do is help out your country stay safe and make sure nothing happens to the glorious nation, but you can't. And why? Because you have people crawling down your neck and harassing you for reason and one reason in particular, you like the same gender you are. As a matter of fact, with the acceptance of gays into the military and the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy, the tension between straight and gay soldiers didn't disappear completely, but more actions need to be take by the military and citizens to help lessen the tension and the effects of it. It used
transgenders have the right to join the military unless their personal actions violate any other restrictions. In addition, there is no real
For the past year society's standards of homosexuals has changed dramatically, last summer gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 states in the us. Now sympathizers of transgender are trying to advocate for bathroom changes for transgender, these people are demanding equal rights to bathrooms that they associate with. I personally find this outrageous and immoral. The concept is very ludicrous, why are we allowing people to choose their gender? It’s ridiculous, I personally believe or would like to think that all children were raised as one gender, and that their parents educated them on the simple concept of where to use the restrooms.
The movement has helped to raise awareness of LGBT issues and has pushed for legal and social changes that have improved the lives of millions of LGBT individuals. Some of the major achievements include: the legalization of same-sex marriage in every state; the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in anti-discrimination laws; the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the US military which prohibited openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals from serving in the military; and the increasing visibility and acceptance of transgender individuals in society (Study 2010). The movement has played a crucial role in the fight for healthcare and workplace discrimination protections, and for the rights of intersex
On April 22nd an article by Reuters titled the “U.S. Conservative Group Boycotts Target Over Transgender Policy” appeared in New York Times. The American Family Association were among the first to disapprove of Target’s policy that allows employees and customers who are transgendered to occupy bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Target’s policy is geared towards an inclusive gendered usage bathroom system however, this idea was not shared. AFA claimed that this policy exposed specifically women and girls to sex predators because the policy "means a man can simply say he feels like a woman today and enter the women 's restroom ... this is exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims”.
Over 90% of students who identify themselves as LGBTQ hear discriminating comments on a daily basis at school. People who are from this community have a bigger probability of being victims of hate crimes than any other minority group. This violence is made up of hatred and aggression towards the queer community. Despite personal opinions, everyone deserves to feel safe.
With a career path set out by both his parents, Shane Ortega seemed determined to change the minds of those who rendered transgendered people invisible and objectified. Moreover, he establishes the idea that the current issue with trans inclusion in the U.S. military is that there is a blatant discrimination and sexual assault prevalence. With relation to sociology, Shane Ortega’s agency, the freewill to change society, allowed him to push for a change in the way the U.S. military views the transgender community. In contrast, the social structures that are already set in the U.S. military prevent and limit Shane from fulfilling his ultimate goal: to provide equal rights for the transgender community. Additionally, Shane Ortega mentions the implementation of “integrated training” is the solution to the rampant misogyny and hypermasculinity in the U.S. military.
Anything in relation to sexuality will always be controversial. There will always be different opinions, outcomes and even consequences towards sex related topics. I want to first investigate the key concepts and beneficial outcomes of the website by analyzing a three-way article review by Zoe Grimm, Kit Bangles and Karly Kingsley. These three women of the Vodka Press are known for their personal-oriented blogs and podcast who decided to personally experiment and critique MakeLoveNotPorn. “I applaud MLNP’s ideology, to be “of the people, by the people, and for the people who believe that the sex we have in our everyday life is the hottest sex there is.”
According to a November 28, 2014 opinion article written by Alex Paige within the Oregonian news, the Transgender Day of Remembrance occurs annually on November 20th. It is a day to remember transgender people who have been killed by acts of violence and discrimination towards the trans community. It also serves as a way to raise awareness of these crimes. The author, a transgender woman, writes her reflections of the day through discussion of the meaning, the history and the importance of it to her. Overall, her main idea of the article is to assert that the struggles against transphobia, hate, and acts of violence are still a huge issue today.
Transgender people not being able to join the military has nothing to do with them not being able to protect and defend any less efficiently than anyone else. What it comes down to is that people do not like change and so they do not embrace it. It took until 2010 for the US to allow gays and lesbians to be able to serve in the military, there was no reason to not let it happen but the fear of change prolonged it and now we are seeing the same things with transgenders. Ever since gays joined the military not much has changed, the military did not crumble, they did not hurt the country in any way.
The Stonewall Riots are said to mark the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement, and it was largely initiated by transgender women of color. Over the next few decades, legislation would be enacted to aid the cause for equality. By 1977, trans athletes could play on the teams of their gender identities, and by 1993 anti-discrimination laws were extended to transpeople in Minnesota. In the 21st century alone, transpeople were getting invited to the White House, playing in college sports, and serving as judges, all without having to hide who they were (“Milestones in the American Transgender Movement”). Hardships are still all too common, unfortunately, but much progress has been made nonetheless, and the fight continues to this
In this article, which is authored by Sarah Frass as a sophomore with the help of many of her friends, she is majoring in sociology and women's as well as gender studies. In "Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking "Female," Sarah Frass discovered the difficulties of trans women at Smith College, a women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts. In 2015, Smith announced a new admission policy allowing trans women (persons who were assigned male at birth but identify as female) to apply and enrol at the college. Many people initially welcomed this policy as an achievement for trans rights and inclusion. To argue convincingly for the inclusion of trans women in Smith College's community, Frass employs several rhetorical strategies:
The term “transgender” is a label that was never used until the mid 1960s. According to history, “Psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University coined the term transgender in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology (“Transgender”)”. When a transgender person desires to be the opposite gender, they may get an invasive surgery to fully transition into their new identity. Multiple transgender people have started to announce the having of the surgery has destroyed their future (Bindel). People have the right to be whatever gender they aspire to be, but transgender people should do public activities and should stay grouped with their biologically assigned sex.