Non-Acceptance In Schools
J.K Rowling once said "Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." All throughout the United States there are people who refuse to accept others, more specifically, transgender individuals. This non acceptance has caused extensive consequences for those who have been discriminated against. Therefore, the non-acceptance of individuals who are transgender must be terminated because it has a negative impact on their lives. In order to stop this injustice within our society, schools must take action and start enlightening young adolescents about transgender individuals and the impacts of not being accepted into society may have on them. (Thesis)
On the word of the Intersex Society of North America, …show more content…
Norton and Greg M. Herek PhD at the University of California, transgender individuals encounter even harsher rejection than that of other LGBT members (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender). This conclusion was also confirmed by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. In other words, a transgender person faces the particularly unjust reality of not being accepted. Some of this harsh rejection has become a nationwide occurrence known as “trans-bashing”. Trans-bashing is a hate crime resulting from a transgender individual not being accepted by another person, thus making them a subject to abuse or alienation (definition). Statistics have shown the severe reality of this hate crime which transgender individuals must endure just for conveying who they are. In a 2011 survey, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) revealed the brutality of trans-bashing and how much it affected those who are transgender. In the study by NCTE it was found that 82% of transgender youth who were surveyed felt unsafe in school, 44% had been abused physically, 67% were cyber bullied, and 64% had their property vandalized or stolen. Another occurrence that the transgender community has been forced to undergo other than "trans-bashing", is that they have suffered from their supposedly undeniable right of health care being taken away. In another survey by NCTE and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, taken by seven thousand transgender people it was found that a whole 19% of them were refused medical care in America due to their gender identity (cause and effect/example). According to the law, every human has the right to health care. However, there are some humans who are still denied that right just because they are "different" and no action has taken place towards this
On the word of the Intersex Society of North America, …show more content…
Norton and Greg M. Herek PhD at the University of California, transgender individuals encounter even harsher rejection than that of other LGBT members (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender). This conclusion was also confirmed by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. In other words, a transgender person faces the particularly unjust reality of not being accepted. Some of this harsh rejection has become a nationwide occurrence known as “trans-bashing”. Trans-bashing is a hate crime resulting from a transgender individual not being accepted by another person, thus making them a subject to abuse or alienation (definition). Statistics have shown the severe reality of this hate crime which transgender individuals must endure just for conveying who they are. In a 2011 survey, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) revealed the brutality of trans-bashing and how much it affected those who are transgender. In the study by NCTE it was found that 82% of transgender youth who were surveyed felt unsafe in school, 44% had been abused physically, 67% were cyber bullied, and 64% had their property vandalized or stolen. Another occurrence that the transgender community has been forced to undergo other than "trans-bashing", is that they have suffered from their supposedly undeniable right of health care being taken away. In another survey by NCTE and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, taken by seven thousand transgender people it was found that a whole 19% of them were refused medical care in America due to their gender identity (cause and effect/example). According to the law, every human has the right to health care. However, there are some humans who are still denied that right just because they are "different" and no action has taken place towards this