What does it mean to be Transgender?

What does it mean to be transgender?

To put it in the simplest form, Transgender means not cisgender. Cisgender means identifying with the same gender that is associated with your sex assigned at birth, for example, a female identifying as a women, a male identifying as a man. Transgender is the opposite.

Transgender is when someone assigned female at birth identifies as something other than a woman, or someone assigned male at birth identifies as something other than a man. This could mean FTM: female to male, or MTF: male to female, somewhere in between or off of the binary completely. For more information on gender identity, visit the Gender Identity page.

Mentions of suicide and transphobia

Trans people are more likely to live in poverty or experience homelessness, get bullied in school, want to drop out of school and attempt suicide because of discrimination. 41% of trans people said they have been asked inappropriate questions about their transgender or surgical status in their work space. 23% of trans people have said they didn't get a promotion they otherwise would have.

LGBTQ+ people are likely to be denied health care, or feel uncomfortable in their health care appointments.This is due to a bill passed in 2020 allowing denial in the medical field towards transgender people.

New Mexico, California, Hawaii, Florida and Texas and the largest Trans population, 0.8% of the population identifies as trans. Wyoming, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana have the lowest population of trans people, 0.3% of the population identify as trans.

There are events held by others and celebrated nationally, such as trans visibility week. These events are made to raise the awareness of transgender people, and their existence in our society. It is not some special thing, around 1.4 million Americans identify as transgender. We are together, and all exist, around us. We are here and here to stay, and supporting and joining in these events is a great way to join the ever expanding forms of activism.

ITS NEVER TOo LATE TO CHANGE

Often, transphobia is caused by misinformation and ignorance. Many people grow up listening to their parents and believe what they say, but they learn that they are actually causing harm and have to re-learn. Lots of people say "its hard, because that's what I learned and believed to be right," and they have to learn to accept people. Changing the way you think can be difficult, which is why some people refuse to change and continue to believe their transphobic thoughts are right. Its never too late to change, even if you cant make up for the past, you can change the future.

The Movement Advancement Project keeps track of current lgbtq+ related policies and laws in the United States. Out of 50 states have over all, 6 States have a medium gender equality policy, 3 states have a fair gender equality policy, 11 states have a low gender equality policy, and highest of all, a whopping 15 states have a negative gender equality policy written into their state laws.

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