What Is Transgender Community?
Transgender and being part of the transgender community is the state of one's gender identity, which is self identification as male, female, both or neither. It is not matching one's assigned gender or identification by others as male or female, based on physical or genetic sex. The term transgender doesn't necessarily suggest one's sexual orientation. The meaning of transgender may identify individuals as heterosexual, homosexual or even bisexual. A common situation among transgender individuals is having been born with genitals of one gender and feeling that they are incomplete. They may feel pulled sexually, spiritually, or they simply may feel incomplete, based on the sex they have been born as. To help transgender individuals, most large cities in America have developed a strong community to help transgender people cope.
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood gender related sexual identities is that of the transgender person. Just like in the homosexual community transgender individuals have had to undergo, and still undergo, discrimination, hate crimes, and rape. In 1992, a pre-op transgender person, Susan Davis, was taken to jail on alleged prostitution charges. While awaiting trail she was brutally raped by three male inmates. To date, the trail has not ended. People will never understand those who are different from themselves unless they want to. This first step to a better tomorrow is to try to understand the things that we don't. It is very easy to look at someone different from ourselves and judge them. It takes a much stronger and wiser person to understand them. Ask questions about the transgender community. Research the internet. The simple truth of the matter is that we are all put on this earth, and not one of us is just alike. This is a wonderful and beautiful thing. That should be, and someday will be, recognized in a positive light by all.
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Since the boom of the internet, the transgender
community has been able to grow and encourage a greater
membership. They have been able to reach more people,
conduct more thorough research, and develop more resources
for their communities. Through online avenues, transgender
people are able to identify with other transgender
stories, research and hear testimonials on transgender
surgery, and ask questions to those who have been living a
public transgender life. Since the popularity of chat
rooms has emerged via the internet, transgender chat has
allowed individuals to meet other people like them without
ever leaving the privacy of their own home.
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