Essays on Transgender

Culture: Multicultural Issues in Corrections

Question One Correctional officers must strive to build rapport with inmates from all backgrounds while remaining neutral to all backgrounds. I would create rapport with inmates from diverse cultures by providing innovative and bold leadership through cross-cultural knowledge and advocacy, respect, and empathy for various cultural perspectives. Furthermore, I would incorporate conceptions of cultural diversity to improve the spirit and harmony at the correctional facilities. I would try to learn some of their cultural practices and values so as to know how to deal with them based on their cultural inclinations (“National Commission on Correctional,” n.d). Yes, cultural competence ...

The number of victims directly perceivable from the crime scene is two victims – apparent from the presence of two skulls in the crime scene. Based on the clue left on the scene, it is clear that one of the victims was male. This is evidenced by the presence of male garments in the crime scene. However, it is not always true that the natural sex of a victim is in exact consistency with the gender of the victim – this is due to issues related to transgender transformations and suchlike. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the clothes recovered ...

Women and Gender Studies

In advertisement one for CoverGirl, it is made clear women should make an effort to get full, healthy looking eyelashes via CoverGirl products in order to be noticed by a man, as well as to feel, “more womanly.” It perpetuates a few stereotypes toward women, including the classic idea that women should wear makeup to be noticed, as well as the idea that women must wear makeup to achieve femininity. Women who do not want to wear makeup or do not feel comfortable wearing makeup may be negatively impacted by this advertisement. A Toys R Us advertisement may not ...

Introduction

The transgender policy was created through a comprehensive and inclusive process involving the leadership of all armed services, members of transgender services, medical experts, advocacy groups, and the Rand Corporation (Defense.gov, 2017). It was to serve members openly so that they may no longer be discharged, and isolated from the military because of being transgender people. Moreover, the policies were to be implemented in stages by addressing the needs of the present service members, commanders as well as the whole force, and ultimately, the forces were to recruit based on transgender.

PART A

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Introduction

Human sexuality refers to the capacity for one to have sexual feelings. It can be expressed in differently including same-sex relationships, heterosexual interactions and even relationships among different partners. The form of sexuality one follows is guided by their life teachings and influences by culture, global interaction, and religion. These factors determine how one would choose to live their life. Over time sexuality has changed especially in the past century. Freedom to express one’s sexuality has increased, and people are more willing to transform due to reduced fear of persecution and reproductive limitations. This paper will explore the ...

1. 8th-grade student is suspended for sharing with friends via instant message, a small drawing, crude but clear suggesting a particular teacher should be shot and killed. This was done from his home computer outside of school hours. This is a clear indication of lack of proper communication between the administration, teachers and the students. It is appropriate for the student to be suspended because this is an instance of inciting other people using social media. In essence, it is cyber bullying and everyone, both teachers and students, is protected against cyberbullying. The suspension should serve as an example ...

The topic that was the most interesting to me among all was Gender Dysphoria. It added to the previous understanding I had about transgender people. They want to belong to the gender different from one’s sex to the point that it causes distress in one’s life is called Gender Dysphoria. Having read about Gender Dysphoria helped me understand the magnitude of distress faced by the people with this condition. One thing that was difficult for me to understand the Gender Dysphoria as a mental disorder. As the document accurately states that not every transgender person can be ...

Introduction

Feminism refers to economic, political and cultural movement formed to establish and agitate for the equal protection as well as legal rights of all women. It involves the philosophies and sociological and political theories that have a bearing on issues of gender and gender differences. Feminism also involves the agitation for women’s interests and rights as well as movements that fight for gender equality. In addition to the vibrant campaigns for the legal rights of women, including the right to vote, to enter into contracts and to own property, the feminist movement is solely responsible for the paradigm ...

All Americans are afforded freedom and safety to live their lives, but unfortunately, this is not the case for the LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender) community, specifically speaking the use of public restrooms. It is all too common for them to endure harassment and even violence while attempting to live their lives in peace. We owe it to ourselves to discuss a way forward in public policy and our societal norms, so they do not have to continue to live in fear. The originators of our constructed surroundings have made open offices that are isolated by sexual orientation, ...

Abstract

In June 2016, the Pentagon reviewed and revised the Department of defense’s accession disqualifications with the effect of lifting the ban on transgender populations from serving in the military, but the debate on the suitability of the new policy has grown even more heated. This paper argues that barring transgender individuals from serving their nation in the most selfless way possible is at odds with both the constitution and the values that the military fights to defend. Given the large number of transgender personnel already serving or having served in the military, there is no reason to believe ...

Discussions about LGBT rights, civil liberties have been ongoing since the dawn of the 20th century. From the initial period where LGBT people were looked down upon or shunned from regular life and activities, to today, where there is more awareness and recognition about civil liberty and LGBT rights; the nation has come a long way. As time progressed and with the end of WW II, there was more awareness and sensitivity towards homosexuals and discussions and policies to provide fair treatment and employment began to emerge. These discussions, as we notice from the NYT articles are still holding ...

A child born with ambivalent genitalia are typically given surgery and assigned one particular gender. the intention is to save “the child from future mental suffering” . Why is it that there are two genders when there are children born of both gender? Why is alteration of the child the only solution? Feminist have one answer to this question. Biomedical ethics emphasize universal principles that tend to disregard particulars, especially in regards to gender, that are at all times morally relevant. The implications on women emerged most prominently with medicalization . From providing an embryo with choice to carelessly selecting the ...

The case of G.G. ex rel. Grimm v. Gloucester City Sch. Bd. sets an important precedent in the gender identity of the transgender persons and the treatment they should receive in public facilities. In this case, the applicant was born a male, but began to transition to a female in his teens. The main issue of determination in an appeal is whether denying a male transgender access to boy’s bathroom could be construed to be a form of discrimination falling under Title IX protection. As of now, the issue is limited to use in public bathrooms, but will ...

ABSTRACT

Transgenderism is a topic of heated and continuous debate for some time. There are people all around the world every day who are struggling with their gender identity. For adults it is hardly easy, for youths who experience this issues it can be mentally and physically harmful as they struggle. Transgendered youths are a group deemed to be at great risk of depression and suicide. Research shows that much of their issues they face include lack of acceptance, exclusion, physical abuses and discrimination that lead these youths into patterns of social anxieties, self harm and even suicide. The statistics ...

America is a diverse nation with people of all most all ethnic origins in the world. With this in mind, one would expect the country to be racially accepting. On the same note, a person would expect the cultural differences, races, religions, and other factors such as sexual orientations to bring the residents in the nation together. However, this has not been the case. Research shows that discrimination is one social problem that many people in the country have to deal with. The aspect of discrimination has created a notable social issue since many people are discriminated against on ...

Diversity is one of the most evident and fundamental aspects of the human experience. In spite of this, there have been many attempts to erase these divisions, trying to instate a pretended normality by force. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer movement arises from this attempt to erase the differences within people, yet it sometimes encounters a privilege inherent in this group as well: people of color have routinely been left out of the LGBTQ conversations. It is important for this movement to be intersectional, as the experience of non-whites is routinely different than those of the normative ...

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study is to find the connection between depression and suicide among youth, identify the percentage of young people that are affected by the depressive disorder and the percentage of those suffering from depression that have suicidal intentions. It is important to study this issue because mental illness and following suicide attempts is a wide-spread complicated problem all around the world nowadays.

Research Question/Hypothesis

Research questions of this study are as follows: What is the percentage of young people that suffer from depressive disorder? What is the percentage of depressed youth that have thoughts of suicide? Can depression ...

Transgender people using public bathrooms have posed a great controversy with the concern mainly emphasized on privacy violation. This is because a transgender woman entering into a women-labeled toilet will be seen more like a man than a woman and at the same time a transgender man will be seen more like a woman than a man. Therefore, the transgender issue can become more discriminative than the bisexuals, gays, and lesbian issues (Stein, 2004). Transgender men are still just men and are as straight as any other man would, and the same applies to transgender females their sexual state ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a milestone in United Stated labor law. It was the first comprehensive piece of legislation to prohibit employment discrimination by race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It also prescribed the allocation of federal funding to any discriminatory program at the State level. Additionally, it created the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which was mandated with enforcing anti-discrimination federal laws in the workplace as well as legislation that prohibit punitive measures against employees who complain about the treatment. The EEOC can also file a lawsuit against employers on behalf of victimized ...

Since the beginning of the feminist movement, the idea that culture might influence the development of gender roles has been quite well-documented in the literature (Best and Williams). Gender is also something of a sticky philosophical issue in and of itself; the definition and the very idea of gender has been shaken since the inclusion of transgender people into the umbrella of protection offered by the queer and feminist movements as a whole. While gender used to refer to the idea of one’s birth sex, today, gender is widely accepted as an identification or alignment, while sex is ...

Understanding transgender conundrum must begin with making clear distinction between the following fundamental terms sex and gender. Many people knowledgeable or not refer to both terms interchangeably. In essence they consider the two terms to have the same meaning while mostly because of lack of a reason to think otherwise. People who face a lifelong body dissonance understand that the two terms are different and do not carry the same meaning. Sex is the actual physical state of being either male or female, it is a biological aspect of the body based on chromosomes. Gender on the other hand ...

Rare as it may be, we do talk about the rights that should be extended towards the Transgenders and we want to take action in that department just as well. In the spirit of the same struggle to protect the rights of the minorities, the state of California is fighting to get a bill approved which grants the transgender children and adults access to toilets in public places just as are available to the men and women. The movement towards the protection of the trans people is just as good as any because in the midst of the laws ...

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer movement (LGBTQ movement) is one that has faced a long history of oppression and repression at the hands of society. It has only been very recently that the LGBT movement has gained some traction in society. It seems to be a trend, overall: when society begins to transition and change, groups that have been downtrodden rise up and force society to confront its inequalities and imbalances. The issue of slavery is one example of such an issue, but so too is the women’s suffrage movement and, in more recent years, the ...

While it appears to be an opinion article about media productions that generated specific trends about confused gender identity, sexuality or race, Wesley Morris’ New York Times article “The Year We Obsessed over Identity” raises complex social concerns and voices personal preconceptions. Morris criticizes the 21st century gender shift that saw the transformation of women in breadwinners, as portrayed in “The Intern” comedy, while also harshly rebuking the transgender phenomenon popularized across media, and the racial shedding that allows whites to turn into blacks. The tone of the article is very condemnatory, as the author is blaming the social ...

Event: Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend

Introduction Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend is a five-day event in Palm Springs City, at the tip of the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert, California. It is held at the end of the March every year. This year I was part of the 20,000 people who flew to California for the debauchery, and this paper will summarize my observations and analysis of the lesbian community. First, lesbianism, as observed in Dinah, is not about hatred for men, or anti-men or feminism, but rather, a celebration of identity. While the girls were predominantly happy, most of them agreed ...

Introduction

American Bar Association (ABA) is one of the legal organizations designed to serve LGBT survivors of violence from an intimate partner. One of their commissions dealing with sexual and domestic violence focuses its policies on training as well as on creating initiatives for advocates representing the victims of sexual and domestic violence. The LGBT community experiences higher stigma, marginalization, and stigmatization rates (HRC, 2016). Consequently, they often face victimization and bias when their issues are addressed. The ABA Commission, therefore, seeks to address and formulate some policies specific to their concerns. Providing a platform where these individuals can voice ...

The recent topic that has been on the news relates to transgender and bathrooms. The President had wanted the bathrooms to be considered equal concerning the use of transgender individuals. It was a topic that had many people across the country concerned and outraged about this new theory. The idea was based on a person who related to a certain gender being able to use that bathroom. For example: if a man who considered himself a woman could then use the woman’s bathroom. The same theory related to women who considered themselves as a man could use the ...

Currently, feminism is a social movement that has brought a tremendous effect on film criticism and theory. The cinema has been widely taken by feminists to be an ethnical practice depicting myths concerning women and femininity. As a result, the issues of spectatorship and representation are key to feminist film criticism and theory. In the past decades, feminist criticism was aimed at women particularly those in Hollywood movies. Such fixed, the endless repetition of images of women were conceived to be obnoxious distortions that would set back the female observer (Hilderbrand and Lucas 345). Nevertheless, the understanding dawned that ...

Research Question

Are people that attend college more likely to have liberal views on the LGBT community? Conceptual and Operational Definitions There are two variables in the research question. The first, the independent variable, is whether the individual has gone to college or not. College in this case refers to any post-secondary education at a college or university. The operational definition for this research is whether they have completed a two- or four-year college degree. This is a nominal (binary) variable with two answers: yes or no. The dependent variable is the views on the LGBT community. This is defined as ...

Two Arguments on Homophobia

Introduction The discrimination of individuals who identify as homosexual or are thought to be gay is a common occurrence across the globe. Cities, boroughs and states have passed legislation that outlaws homosexuality. Negative attitudes towards homosexual people usually lead to hostility that come in verbal and physical attacks which sometimes result in death. Homophobia or the fear of individuals who are gay has been associated with religious and cultural beliefs, general ignorance about sexuality and the need to make homosexuality a tool for political gain. Using the case of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this paper explores the causes of ...

Impact of the Policy on accessibility, quality and cost of healthcare

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has experienced episodes of discrimination and outright unfair treatment. This has been promoted by the fact that there is little information available to the public regarding their state and things that they need to exist peaceful in the society. One of the components that would go a long way to ensuring that their welfare is enhanced is the health sector. To begin with, it would be proper and fair to put in place a working office fully furnished with both human and non-human resources. The non-human resources would be in the ...

After view the video that Campaign for Houston made about Proposition 1: the Bathroom Ordinance a lot of things came to mind. It is a very emotion video that makes the viewer actually think about the implications of allowing anyone to use whichever bathroom they want. When analyzing the video from an ethos standpoint Campaign for Houston did an excellent job. Ethos correlates directly with the authority and credibility associated with the presenter. The video is made and distributed by Campaign for Houston. This is a well respected political group that claims its core value to be protecting and ...

Introduction

Within the last 10 years increased attention has been given to the LGBT community and their civil rights. The issues of gender are now being debated in schools and impacting educational communities. The term transgender has undoubtedly been a popular term in recent times. The idea of being transgender seeks to break down cultural norms of gender and categorizing. In this literature review the focus takes on different implications of how the LGBT community has impacted the way in which children are socializing. Schools are experiencing a SSA (Same Sex Attracted) phenomenon where young people are receiving a lot ...

Nowadays a lot of problematic issues and controversies about people’s social, religious, racial and gender identity have been discussed. Equality of human rights, recognition of basic moral and ethical principles, tolerance and respect towards people with different background are the main conditions of real freedom and democracy. Although, people have started realizing new progressive ideals and there has been a significant decrease in the race discrimination rates, the problem of transgender identity still remains unsolved and public offense or misunderstandings still very frequently occur in different mass media sources. Many people wonder, why one should change his or ...

Introduction

The existence of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has been a commonplace issue for continuous national and international debate. This paper seeks to give an objective insight into the LGBT community with specific regard to the USA. The paper seeks to explain the kind of lives lived in the community and their interaction with the other members of the society as well as the legal system of the country. The paper will also highlight the kind of issues/ordeals the community members go through either due to their actions or the responses of the other citizens towards them. ...

Transgender persons have long been experiencing various forms of discrimination on the basis of their sex. These people experience a wide gap between their anatomical sex and their gender structure. As a result, many transgender people have at one time experienced anxiety and distress that there is no proper reflection of their gender and the way they portray themselves. In this sense, there should be great consideration of the legal rights of the transgender people so that they may not face certain challenges such as school discrimination, lack of quality public service and difficulties in getting appropriate gender designations. ...

In Gender Pluralisms under the Transgender Umbrella, Paisley Currah introduces two legal cases that are quite similar in their contexts but argued out in different ways. Currah chooses to stay neutral in both cases and state them as they are to the reader. The first case is about a seventh-grade girl, Pat Doe, who wishes to express her femininity while attending school by wearing makeup, skirts, tight skirts, padded bras, and high heeled shoes. Her attire was quite disturbing to her teachers at South Junior High, located in Brockton, Massachusetts. The main issue was her gender presentation because her ...

Transgender in youth is used to identify a person’s gender either female or male depending on their behavioral character. Gender- nonconforming individuals were those given gender names opposite from their sex assigned to them at childbirth. For example transgender girls being given sex gender as male at the time of birth but later identify themselves as female. Transgender boys are people who on the date of birthgender was female but then transformed to a male. All these changes are usually doneat public or private health hospitals that are licensed and operating under the government legalized rules (Lambda Legal ...

Introduction

Members of the LGBT or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in 2016 probably are accepted more in society than even a decade ago. A research report published by the Pew Research Center in 2013 showed that over 55% Americans viewed LGBT members favorably which was a rise by almost 20% when compared to 2003. Lesbians were viewed slightly more favorably than gay men – 58% people had a favorable opinion about lesbians while only 55% had a favorable opinion about gay men. In contrast 92% of LGBT community felt that they had been accepted by society. In sharper contrast, ...

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Areas of Focus.6 Ethics vs. Compliance...7

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Ethics Resolution Steps.9 Three Poignant Issues..10 Conclusion13

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Ethics Portfolio Analysis Personal Worldview There was one bible verse cited in the lectures and associated PowerPoints that the author of this response would start by focusing on. As one might expect, Matthew 18:15-17 would be a guiding force in these frameworks and activities. The verses point to the idea of identifying fault and coaching the people involved on what was done wrong. Further, the verses explain that people who cannot or will not comply should be dismissed as unhelpful and antithetical to the mission at ...

American nationalism is the kind that is concerned with asserting America on the international scene as a nation as well as promoting its culture and unity of purpose. This would imply the direct actions of the American government aimed at advancing the position and role of America on the international scene. It also entails the actions of multinationals whose mother country is America, movements, and non-profit organizations advancing their ideals, and the elements of American culture that inform their charters and terms of services on the international scene. Orientalism is an outlook that emphasizes, projects, imagines, misrepresents and exaggerates ...

The Social determinants of health are the conditions that individuals are born, grow, age, work and live plus the forces and the systems that shape the terms of the daily life. They can be classified as the social and the economic conditions including their distributions among the global populations. They are the health promoting factors that are found in the living situation of the individuals like the wealth, power, and the income but not the risk factors that influence the risk for the diseases. The primary factors that shape the health of the individuals globally are not only the ...

After hearing such negative sexist talk directed towards a colleague, I would take several measures aimed at ensuring that the perpetrators of the act know that their actions are wrong and should not be repeated. I would also put effort in supporting Jim, who in this case is the victim, encouraging him and urging him to stay strong in a bid to make sure that he comes out a much stronger individual. The best means of communicating would be face-to-face communication as it is a rich channel that enables instant feedback and suitable for personal conversations (Cameron, p.68).

Meeting the Coworkers

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The research hypothesis for the study is presence faculty knowledge in programs offered in nursing colleges along with the readiness to teach about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) well-being. The null hypothesis is an absence of department knowledge in baccalaureate nursing programs and lack of readiness to educate about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health. On methodology, the research used both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. This was used to increase the reliability and validity of information collected from the research. The dependent variable is preparedness for offering LGBT health in baccalaureate nursing courses while the ...

We live in a world where toys are color-coded blue for boys and pink for girls. TV commercials for certain products food included are focused on men on one hand and others target women. Women have been cultured to be fond of “chick flicks” which are predominantly romantic comedies whereas men are meant to watch action movies and soccer. Roles and plays have been highly gendered. These cultural assumptions have been in existence since time immemorial. Therefore, the thesis by which this paper is guided is two-fold: there is a direct causative relationship between the cultural assumptions on gender ...

The TED Talk show is called “Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms” presented by Ivan Coyote in November, 2015.

The performance is devoted to the issue of public places as being designed only for people who fit into the old traditional mainstream division of people into two genders. It lead to the situations when trans-gender people cannot use either the place for ladies or for men because of their gender identity. The problem concerns not only adults, but children too, since they cannot even use a toilet in their school due to this aspect. Moreover, it concerns not only public bathrooms, but also change rooms, pools, gyms, universities, etc.. and these places stop being actually public, but become ...

In the past couple of decades, there has been a rapid change in attitudes and perceptions towards sex, gender roles and homosexuality all over the world. In the United States alone there has been acceptance and tolerance as a result of political and social forces that instigated change in attitude towards issues dealing with sexuality, sex, gender and same-sex relationships. Homosexuals were never tolerated and were branded as criminals and psychologically challenged but the case is different today. The change in attitude and perception towards sex, gender and homosexuality have taken place because society has become accommodative of each ...

Sexual Influences Amongst Teenagers

Today’s world is drastically different from what it was twenty years ago. Teenagers are shifting into a more sexually driven lifestyle yet there are numerous factors that are contributing to these behaviors for both boys and girls. There is a huge range of dynamics that all come into play, many of which children have little to no control over themselves. “Living in a two parent home, and higher socioeconomic status, residing in a rural area” (Dillard, 2002) are all contributing factors to teenagers being pushed away from sexual standpoints. Any individual child, boy or girl, is going to ...

Dr. Martin Luther Kings’ “I Have a Dream” Speech was a call for action, that all people should be treated as equals, an action society needs to work towards today. The statement was expressed as to address the various challenges that faced the community. It was a speech whose main aim was to address the need for equality, equity, freedom and the need for the realization of the human rights. Martin Luther King expressed various issues that had brought the society to a deterioration point. Discrimination based on color, origin, sex, race, and even social status in the society ...

Homosexuality has been a source of numerous disputes and conflicts in the today’s society. Recently, I have come across the article published in a Science magazine that exposed the faked study claiming that gay people can influence voters’ minds. The research was meant to be a scientific proof that a 20-minute interaction between representatives of minority and majority groups can help to reduce prejudice against homosexuality, and influence people in the voter’s household (Bohannon 1). Some months later it was revealed that one of the graduate students, Michael La Cour, simply fabricated the results of surveys which ...

Making a decision to undergo Sex reassignment surgery takes a lot of courage and commitment. Besides, the patient usually has a lot of expectations now that the very part of the body is changed permanently. During the various stages of transition, the patient experiences numerous psychological and physical challenges. If not addressed efficiently, these challenges may have a critical impact on the life of the patient after the transgender surgical procedure.

Challenges before SRS – Pre-operative stage

Quite often, it is always hard getting a qualified surgeon and endocrinologists professionals who clearly understand the needs of the patient. Just like any other surgical procedure, Sex ...

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Sometime back, this young boy was harassed at an elementary school by his seniors for being feminine. The matter is now in oblivion as no media covered the incident. Also, no action was taken against the harassers. One of the burning issues of the world in the present times is the incessant gender discrimination that thwarts the holistic development of the human society. In a society that is immensely patriarchal in nature, male dominance has become institutionalized. Concepts of gender have come to be complicated, as the individual is influenced by the hegemonic markers that tend to ascribe ...

Canon Doyle’s version of characterization is entwined with social issues, especially with regards to relationships. The time and the context of Doyle’s stories gives a critical, yet contrasting relationship developed between male and female partners. Thus, the concept of sexually comes in, and Doyle is keen to express this concept through his stories involving Sherlock Holmes and his acquaintances. However, this concept would hold a different social paradigm in the modern society, as Sherlock’s nature would be interpreted otherwise. Asexuality is defined in Sherlock’s stories as lack of taste, mood, or interest in women and ...

Transgender and the Use of MMPI-2

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test is a self-report measure of psychopathology and the personality structures in adults. As opposed to other similar tests, it is difficult for those subjected to it to give a false impression or deny` the existence of a problem. It is also possible to conduct empirical research using the MMPI-2 tests, as it gives an opportunity to give quantitative evidence. Therefore, it is more practical when evaluating psychological issues. It is especially the case in addressing the psychological issues of the diverse transgender population (Tellegen, et al., 2003). Interventions such as hormonal treatment ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was comprehensive legislation prohibiting discrimination in both the private and public sectors. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin” and applies to employers with fifteen or more employees (Civil Rights Act 1964). Race, color, religion, sex, and national origin are protected classes that are specifically covered under the statute. Since the time that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, the social landscape in the United States has changed a great deal. Generally speaking, the nation has become much more tolerant, and this ...

Gender neutral bathrooms are places that people can use despite the gender or gender identity differences. Such facilities are very useful for the transgender people, people who need to accompany kids, caregivers with patients with disabilities. Gender neutral bathroom is a creative idea that can divide people from the gender conforming and gender non-conforming groups, in addition, it can serve as a place for both men and woman visiting. The main aim of such bathrooms is to give the opportunity for parents to accompany kids and for caregivers to accompany patients, however, things are totally different with transgender people. ...

LGBT Children and Youth

According to a Gallup poll conducted in 2012, approximately 3.8% of the adult population of the United States identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. What percentage of this number applies to children and youth is unknown, but it is safe to assume that at least a larger portion of it is accurate (Newport np). Children who identify as LGBT, or who believe they might be something other than heteronormative, face incredible pressure to conform to the ideal, “traditional,” straight identity. Whereas adults have the freedom to explore alternate identities, be it gender or sexuality based, children, by virtue ...

Introduction

There are many issues that surround the LGBT population in the modern society, and one of them is the increasing rate of suicide among members of the population especially among LGBT youth. Despite the fact that society nowadays is shown to be tolerant of the LGBT population, there are still factors that are related to social stigma against LGBT members such as homophobia and the like. In addition, psychological factors such as depression can also play in the role in increasing the risk of suicide among LGBT youth. Since suicide among youth in general is a serious issue in ...

The cruel Berlin Wall has fallen down and Hensel turned into Hedwig. The latter is an ambitious transvestite who is in an attempt to gain both fame and harmony with oneself and wants to conquer America with bizarre concerts, love and sad songs. In this movie one can notice a lot of connected memories: his mother's letting his son and husband go; here's a funny boy, jumping on the bed with the jazz music; here's a guy with religious issues; and here is a grown up transgender individual with his radiant uniqueness. A really strange world is represented to ...

Controversy emerged as the city council in Charlotte City, North Carolina, pushed for the approval of an ordinance that aims to provide a wider protections for the LGBT community. In an article entitled Governor Wants Transgender Restroom Rule Blocked which was recently published in ABC News, Governor Pat McCrory expressed his disappointment when the city council voted for the revision of the existing non-discrimination city ordinance. The proposed revision included an order where people were explicitly allowed to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. The governor’s argument against the city council’s decision is in it, ...