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Transgender Rights
Izabell Jones
Sterling High School
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Abstract
Transgenders deserve rights, and equality. They are heavily discriminated against almost
everywhere they go. They are so heavily microscoped, and judged that they start to develop
depression, and even commit suicide. They actually take their own life because of how society
tears them down. Doctors won’t see a trans patient sometimes just because they don’t agree with
it. Religious people shove their beliefs down trans people's throats, contradicting themselves, and
what they stand for by disrupting peace in someone else’s life. People are really treacherous vile
creatures when they can’t keep opinions to themselves. Transgenders know that they are in the
wrong body from when they are young or realize it in adulthood, they naturally feel out of place
in their own skin. They didn’t choose this it’s just what naturally is right for them. They deserve
Transgender Rights
Final Outline
Thesis: Transgenders should have equal rights, they are heavily discriminated over, & they face
I.Transgenders have faced discrimination all throughout history. Trans individuals get denied
basic rights that other people receive just because they are trans. In most environments such as
work, school, and sometimes prison trans people face various forms of abuse. Depression and
suicide rates are very high because of society. Transphobia is a myth. People uses transphobia to
mask their cruel intentions, which do not justify on their actions. Time is a big factor when it
comes to trans individuals finding out who they are. They have to take a lot in before they finally
are sure on if they want to accept it or hide it from themselves forever. Trans people are part of
what makeup humanity as a whole so they deserve the same rights everyone else get.
1.Results of recent tests show that more than 402 transgenders have
that they can’t even be comfortable in a place they have to go everyday to make a living.
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2. School is supposed to be a safe place for people of all variety to go,but it’s turning into
a place kids dread to go. Kids at school get bullied severely which causes them to become
2.Transgender people despite what you think also have feelings, &
transphobia.
being scared of someone being themselves just because you don’t believe in it is
silly.
as a blanket to cover up their cruel words & actions. Which does not justify their
actions.
A.Transgender people naturally feel like they are in the wrong body.
1.Transgender people can discover that they are transgender at any age. A lot of
the time they just naturally feel like they are in the wrong body.
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2.Transgender people don’t just wake up one day & think “Oh ya know what I
wanna be a transgender today.” They don’t choose it they just naturally feel that they don’t in to
1.Trans people risk social stigma, discrimination, & harassment when they decide
to tell people who they are. Despite the risks living a life that feels truly authentic can be truly
liberating.
2. Transgender people when deciding if they wanna come out have to consider
that not all their loved ones will love them the same, & that thought is very detrimental to them
because they have to decide between their happiness or their loved ones.
C.It could take quite some time or no time at all for trans people to realize who they are.
1.Some people can follow their awareness to them being trans to early childhood
2.For others it could take years to know who they are, & why they felt as if they
have never fit in, & why they didn’t feel comfortable in their own skin.
IV. Transgenders are sometimes denied health care, face employment discrimination along with
A. The percentage of trans people who face employment discrimination is fairly large.
1.A sample study shows that out of 402 people 37% have faced employment
discrimination.
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2.Those 37% were nearly 5 times more likely to experience some sort of violence
own bias.
2. Finding a doctor that won’t look at them in disgust, & like they are an actual
C. People believe that there isn’t enough social space for transgender people.
1.Gender theorists believe that people shut trans people out because there isn’t
2.There is a lot of close minded religious people who are terribly rude to the trans
community.
V. In conclusion Transgender aren’t getting the respect they deserve. They go through
continuous forms of abuse. They are faced with “transphobic” people who constantly make them
feel like they are worthless. Transgender people are humans just like everyone else they need and
deserve all aspects of respect that everyone else receives. They are denied health care which is a
major issue, because serious injury or even death could occur during that time of neglect by a
doctor. Trans people are taking their own life because of how they are viewed upon society. For
one human to push another fellow human to take their own life is repulsive. What is happening
needs more attention drawn to it all the facts are at our fingertips we just need to take advantage
of it.
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Transgenders have faced discrimination all throughout history. Trans individuals get
denied basic rights that other people receive just because they are trans. In most environments
such as work, school, and sometimes prison trans people face various forms of abuse. Depression
and suicide rates are very high in transgenders because of society. Transphobia is a myth. People
use transphobia to mask their cruel intentions, which does not justify their actions. Time is a big
factor when it comes to trans individuals finding out who they are. They have to take a lot in
before they finally are sure on if they want to accept it or hide it from themselves forever. Trans
people are part of what makeup humanity as a whole so they deserve the same rights everyone
else gets.
Transgender people face discrimination in the workplace, schools, and prison. According
to Journal of Sex Research (2014), “results of many studies have shown that more than 402 trans
2014, p.6) Going to a place that you have to be almost everyday to make a living or get an
education, and feeling like you can’t be truly comfortable because of how you're treated is just a
terrible thing. Action needs to be taken, policies need to be changed. According to this case study
done by Case, K. A., Kanenberg, H., 'Arch' Erich, S., & Tittsworth, J. (2012), “This case study
protections for transgender individuals”(p.68). The fact that they use a college campus as an
example is great way to show a foundation of old policies that need to be broken. It is
gratifyingly inhuman to destroy someone based on how they live their life if they’re not hurting
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anybody. School is supposed to be safe environment for people of variety to go, but it’s turning
into a place students dread to go to. People who aren’t popular, or fit the “social norms” hate
going to school because people there treat them like a science experiment and pick them apart
with words. Bullying increases suicidal thoughts. The suicide rates in transgenders are very high.
According to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2016) “30 percent of transgender
youth report a history of at least one suicide attempt, and nearly 42 percent report a history of
self injury such as cutting.” (Claire M. Peterson, Abbigail Matthews, Emily Copps-Smith, and
Lee Ann Conard, 2016, p.1) Also according to Perez Brummer, A., Hatzenbuehler, M. L.,
Oldenburg, C. E., and Bockting, W. (2015), “This study assessed individual (ie, internalized
transphobia) and structural forms of stigma as risk factors for suicide attempts among
transgender adults” This quote can draw attention to the fact that trans people are out there taking
their own lives, because they are harshly judged for being themselves. Depression is also very
high in transgender individuals. When transphobic people express themselves abusively weather
it’s physical or mental it depresses the people they take it out on. According to Nemoto, T.,
Bödeker, B., & Iwamoto, M. (2011), “A multiple regression analysis showed that depression was
signicantly correlated with needs for, activities of, and satisfaction with social support;
transphobia; suicidal ideation.” This is explaining how suicidal thoughts, and depression come
along with judgement a lot of trans people receive. Depression correlates with exposure to
transphobia. Transphobia doesn’t really exist, to have phobia means to be scared of something
like spiders or snakes. Being scared of someone just for being themselves is absolutely ignorant.
cover up their cruel words and actions. In prison it is very traumatic for transgender individuals.
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According to Legitimating Transphobia (2013), “People have been injured, and almost even
killed due to them be a transgender.” (Erni, J.N., 2013, p.27) Prison is already a terrifying place
They don’t just wake up one day and say “Hey I want to be a different gender today.”
They naturally feel like they are in the wrong body. A lot of people think that trans people decide
to become trans for attention, but that is not the case. Transgender people can discover that they
are in the wrong body at any age. A lot of the time they just naturally feel like they are
uncomfortable in their body. For transgenders recognizing who they are takes a lot of reflection.
Trans people risk social stigma, discrimination, & harassment when they decide to tell people
their aspirations. Despite the risks living a life that feels wholeheartedly authentic can be truly
liberating. When deciding when they wanna come out trans people have to consider that not all
their family will love them the same, and that thought is very detrimental to them because they
have to decide between their happiness or their loved ones happiness. It could take quite some
time or no time at all for trans people to realize what is going on with them. It is a huge
psychological process for transgenders to imagine their life comfortable in their own skin but
Gender identity — that internal sense of knowing oneself to be a man, woman or other
earlier. Gender identity is unchanging and unchangeable, hard-wired into our brains. All
of us inherently know our gender identity: It is not a conscious decision, but rather one
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aspect of everything that makes each of us an individual. Transgender people are simply
born with a gender identity that does not match their body. (p.1)
Some people can trace their awareness to them being trans to early childhood to where they just
knew. For others it takes them years to figure it all out, and why they felt as if they never fit in,
According to Bradford, J., Reisner, S. L., Honnold, J. A., & Xavier, J. (2013), “A
sample study shows that out of 402 people 37% have face employment discrimination. Those
37% were nearly 5 times more likely to experience some sort of violence then those who haven’t
been in those type of situations.” ( Bradford, J., Reisner, S. L., Honnold, J. A., & Xavier, J.
(2013), p.103) Doctors refusing to see trans patience can have dire consequence. A Doctor’s job
is to make sure that you are healthy. They need to separate their personal opinion from work.
Something that the trans patient thinks is minor could be a much bigger issue. They work so hard
to be comfortable in their own skin so to degrade them and take a piece of their self esteem away
is just awful. Finding a doctor that won’t look at them in disgust, and like they’re an actual
person is hard. According to the National LGBTQ Task Force (2018), “Transgender and gender
non-conforming people face rampant discrimination in health care settings, are regularly denied
needed care, and experience a range of health risks because they are transgender or gender
non-conforming people.” (National LGBTQ Task Force, 2018, p.1) Transgenders are denied
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multiple things just because of bias against them. People believe that there isn’t enough social
space for transgender individuals. Gender theorists believe that people push trans people out
because there isn’t enough social room for them. It's not just that there “isn’t enough social room
for them” it’s also because of religious values many people hold. Highly religious people try to
tell trans people that they are going eternal damnation just because of the simple fact that they
are a transgender individual. According to Alicia Jordan (2017) “Trans people fall outside of the
rigid and tidy little world that conservative Christians have built for themselves.” (Alicia Jordan,
2017, p.1) In the bible it says only God can judge you but apparently religious people seem to
disregard that when it comes to tearing down trans people with their opinions.
In conclusion Transgenders aren’t getting the respect they deserve. They go through
continuous forms of abuse. They are faced with “transphobic” people who constantly make them
feel like they are worthless. Transgender people are humans just like everyone else they need and
deserve all aspects of respect that everyone else receives. They are denied health care which is a
major issue, because serious injury or even death could occur during that time of neglect by a
doctor. Trans people are taking their own life because of how they are viewed upon society. For
one human to push another fellow human to take their own life is repulsive. What is happening
needs more attention drawn to it all the facts, and way to help are at our fingertips we just need
References
Short Form of the Genderism and Transphobia Scale. Journal Of Sex Research, 51(6), 654.
Case, K. A., Kanenberg, H., 'Arch' Erich, S., & Tittsworth, J. (2012). Transgender Inclusion in
Nemoto, T., Bödeker, B., & Iwamoto, M. (2011). Social Support, Exposure to Violence and
With a History of Sex Work. American Journal Of Public Health, 101(10), 1980.
Perez-Brumer, A., Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Oldenburg, C. E., & Bockting, W. (2015). Individual-
and Structural-Level Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Adults.
(Claire M. Peterson, Abbigail Matthews, Emily Copps-Smith, and Lee Ann Conard, 2016, p.1)
Bradford, J., Reisner, S. L., Honnold, J. A., & Xavier, J. (2013), ( Bradford, J., Reisner, S. L.,
National LGBTQ Task Force (2018),(National LGBTQ Task Force, 2018, p.1)
Annotated Bibliography
Katyal, S. K. (2017). The Numerus Clausus of Sex. University Of Chicago Law Review, 84(1),
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Leavitt, L. (2016). Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy
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