Disability Law : A New Wave Of Benefits

Everyone is given a gender the moment they are born. At birth they are either one of two genders: masculine or feminine. This gender everyone is assigned affects many of our day to day actions and our looks. However some people may evolve differently as they grow up and may not fit the rigid boundaries set for the sex they were assigned at birth. In recent years there has been a boom in a third considered gender: the transgender population. However with the boom comes the argument of to what extent should transgender people be protected by the government. Throughout the existence of transgender people, the rights of transgenders have been

This legislation has recognised the discrimination, prejudice and stigma that transsexuals often suffer establishing clear rights for transsexual people.

Using the framework set out by Netting, Kettner, McMurty, and Thomas’ Social Work Macro Practice this paper seeks to systematically analyze and inform the reader about the discriminatory North Carolina laws regarding gender-marker changes. This paper will first describe the population and related need for binary transgender people, either transitioning from male-to-female or female-to-male, second examine the relationship between the need and the population, and conclude with a brief description of general changes.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s a few cases made it into the legal record with published decisions that other courts could read. In most of these cases the lawyers called in doctors as expert witnesses. The judges involved fell roughly into two camps. Some turned to the doctors who opposed transsexual surgery and rejected the petitions in the name of preserving the status quo. Others cited the doctors who endorsed transsexual surgery and tried to provide “relief” to the individual petitioners. The two camps came up with different definitions of sex. Neither, though, paid any attention to the transsexual activists who rejected the medical model, and neither questioned the need for the legal categories of female and male. In fact they went

Legal discrimination is alive and well in the United States. All over the country, groups of people are being forced into situations that are converse to the very nature of their being, subject to extreme violence and hatred. The very narrow minded view of how the country sees sex and gender, as exhibited by the media, is causing immense harm to many American citizens, as the idea of a binary gender system and long-standing sexist views has contributed to the segregation of bathrooms under the thin veil of protection. Bathroom facilities should no longer be segregated by gender to prevent transgender-based discrimination, therefore decreasing the prominence of depression associated with transgender people because a binary view of gender is flawed.

Thus, this law restricted male-to-female transsexuals from receiving vaginoplasty, making it impossible for these individuals to legally change the sex documented on their papers. As a result, finding employment or access to health care became a constant struggle. This theme of oppressing marginalized people is what ultimately leads to institutionalize discrimination as bylaws are created to target those who do not fit into social norms. As a result Namaste states, “transgendered discourse is utopic, and one profoundly informed by privilege” as political programs only benefit a select few such as those who already have jobs, homes, and access to health care (22). Thus, Namaste implores that those involved in transsexual politics and theory, as well as feminists, to focus on “making broader links among the structures that regulate marginalized people”. It is for this reason that Namaste cannot condone the actions of those that reside within Transgendered Officers to Protect and Serve (TOPS) as it entails transsexuals the ability to arrest prostitutes, drive homeless people away from a bench, send someone to jail, or “ticket the street kids trying to make a few bucks at the traffic lights” (29). Thus, Namaste concludes by stating that in order for change to begin, it is crucial for transsexuals and feminists to intervene in the criminalization that occurs within the lives of those who are

Lateral violence is a devastating phenomenon in the nursing workplace. It is also known as ‘horizontal violence’ or ‘workplace bullying (Coursey, Rodriguez, Dieckmann, & Austin, 2013). In this evidenced-based paper there will be information provided to figure out why there is lateral violence in the workplace and how to incorporate civility.

A REPORT OF THE NATIONAL TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION SURVEY” which is a comprehensive survey taken by over 7,500 respondents a part of the LGBT community to discuss their experiences of discrimination that will further encourage the implementation of better protection towards gender variants. Authors concluded the:

Transgender people are discriminated against due to a variety of reasons. We will look at how being transgendered in prison affects their right to health care, how health care laws are changing for people who have transgender identity disorder (GID) and how the Eighth Amendment is

I agree that Bryan bringing coherence to everything that is going on allows him to adequately prove that his clients are innocent. Also, his coherence allows him to clearly explain the whole process of him trying to free his clients so that they can be as cooperative as possible. If he is able to clearly explain what he needs from his clients and their side of the story his chances of getting them off of death row is dramatically increased. Furthermore, Bryan must make coherence out of his client's stories so that he can make sense of what is going on and what happened so that he can do all that he can to get his clients off of death row. In short, Bryan must have coherence with everything he does in order to successfully do his job.

Everyone has experienced a traumatic event at some point in their lifetime. Most people recover from those events, but those who don’t tend to suffer from the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or the witnessing of a life-threatening event such as military combat, terrorist incidents, and sexual abuse. PTSD is most frequently found in war heroes. Despite the fact of there being countless effects of PTSD, the major negative effects include substance abuse, depression, and suicide.

Regarding access to healthcare, transgender individuals often face the most obstructive barriers when attempting to receive care. Whether they are seeking access to hormones, therapy, general health services, reproductive healthcare, or specialty healthcare, transgender patients typically cannot get what they need without jumping through many hoops or hiding their identities. This occurs especially so in cases of intersecting identities -- where an individual is not just transgender, but is transgender and a person of color, disabled, gay, indigenous, undocumented, poor, etc. These intersecting identities interact in multifaceted ways to produce even more barriers for trans individuals seeking healthcare due to healthcare provider bias, insurance requirements, and doctors’ general unwillingness to help coupled with inaccessibility founded on racism, transphobia, homophobia, mental illness stigmatization, etc.

Discrimination has been a problem for many years, from the slaving of African Americans dating back to 1619, to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals being shot in the streets a few weeks ago. However one specific group of people, transgendered people have been targeted for decades, yet they haven’t had the mass media coverage as other discrimination issues have. Focusing on their physical abuse, and psychological impact and the substance abuse from the discrimination they face; I hope to highlight these issues and show that they need help fighting this discrimination as well, and this isn’t just an individual problem but the bigger society’s issue.

Transgendered people in America have made many great strides since the 1990s. They have encountered violence, lack of health care, and the loss of homes, jobs, family and friends. There have been many phases of the struggle of being transgendered in America over the years. The current phase we must be in now is equal rights. There are many variations of discrimination against the transgendered community. In our society we simply do not like what we do not understand. It is easier to discriminate than to try and understand. We are all created different and we should appreciate our differences. The change must come by addressing the views of the public. There is much justification in the unequal rights of transgendered peoples. The Human

The social issue that I chose which affects society today is transgender inequality. These issues are more recently gaining attention and becoming a prevalent topic of inequality within our country. A transgender person is someone whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. As more and more transgender people share their stories in the media, the social problems that arise from these stories are discrimination within their everyday lives. They suffer from scrutiny and judgment from their peers, and thus many hide their gender identity from family and society. This social injustice can be as simple as a glance or staring, or offensive comments and questions to violent hate crimes. Transgender people are prone to violence and harassment, and often not feeling safe in any aspect of society. They are fired from jobs, denied medical insurance, and being murdered left and right solely for being transgender. “A staggering 41% of respondents reported attempting suicide compared to 1.6% of the general population, with rates rising for those who lost a job due to bias (55%), were harassed/bullied in school (51%), had low household income, or were the victim of physical assault (61%) or sexual assault (64%)” (National Center for Transgender Equality). The structure of this paper will consist of adding all the research that was gathered over the semester, news articles and peer