Victimization Of Transgender Patenders

Blight, Jake. 2006. “Transgender Inmates.” Trends and issues: crime and criminology 16 (8): 1-6. Accessed April 16, 2016. http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi168.pdf

It’s not hard to say that America has come so far into society and our freedom. How can our country forget when slavery ended in 1865 and gave women more rights in 1920. However, over time America has ignored the basic rights of transgender people. Transgender people are not any different from African Americans, or women. Why should they be treated any different, they're humans just like everybody else. They deserve the same basic treatment as a human rather than being treated like they're not from this planet. There are transgender people today who are getting harassed and tormented for just going into the bathroom for what they identify as. They should be able to go into a bathroom for which gender they identify as. Rather than making special bathrooms for transgender people that make them stand out and feel like they’re labeling themselves for using.

The prison system is set up to house inmates based on their gender; male or female. But, society has evolved and the standard binary system does not apply to most people today, so where does this leave the transgender inmates? Trans inmates, regardless of whether they have been taking hormones before their sentence or not, are housed in the facility that matches their biological gender rather than their identified gender. Transgender inmates, especially trans women, face many obstacles including access health care, violent attacks, and sexual assault, however, if a trans inmate has received sex-reassignment surgery, they will be housed with their identified gender meaning that prisons are housing inmates based on genitals rather than

It is ironic to me that the American Psychiatric Association and other institutions in American feel that being transgender is a disorder, because in the prison system they refuse to treat transgender inmates. The refusal of hormone medicine, cognitive therapy and other treatments is a normal pattern in prison systems

Transgender people in today’s society have it hard enough; going to prison is even harder due to the risks associated to someone who is transgendered. People who are transgendered risk their health and well-being while being locked up in prison. They face a variety of issues while they are incarcerated such as housing, physical, emotional abuse and most of all denial to their basic medical needs that helps express who they are through their gender.

On the yes or no question survey most inmates answered yes to the prison being pretty clean, yes to the guards that pick favorites, and yes to the food tasting bad. On the questions about inmates getting in trouble around you, if the guards pick favorites are those the ones that get in trouble a lot, and do you think only women as guards at this facility, the inmates would get less mistreated. Over half the inmates chose no these questions.

Specific health care needs of transgender individuals include conditions due to hormone treatment. Hormones with the function of delaying puberty, also prevent normal development and can

I have gathered a questionnaire with eight questions either to agree or disagree and to answer yes or no in regards to immigration. One of the questions was, “The Arizona Immigration Law of authorizing police officers to stop suspected illegal immigrants and demand proof of citizenship is a good law to help deport illegal immigrants” (Appendix A). I have given this questionnaire to twenty-five random individuals. Nine individuals agree with this law and

Prisoners that are incarcerated go through many hardships during the course of their sentence. The mistreatment that inmates in prison encounter is unjustifiable in many cases. Amongst the inmates mistreated, transgender prisoners are challenged in many ways with abuse, misconduct, and discrimination. Transgender individuals are people who do not identify themselves with the gender that was assigned at birth. The high-risk profile of being a transgender inmate in prison strikes for deep concern and something needs to be done.

There were a total of 41 surveys completed. Thirty one were completed at the juvenile jail (name of facility) and 9 more completed either at the (name) receiving center or at the NAACP office. The initial 32 participants incarcerated either had a pending court date or were already convicted. The other 9 participants had been

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

Reiheld argues that transgender persons have a hard time receiving equal care, or any care at all. I agree with Reiheld that transgender patients have difficulty in receiving the proper medical attention that they deserve. However, in this paper I will provide further solutions from Reiheld that decreases discrimination with transgender persons in America. Transgender persons in America should be treated equally in medical settings, and hospital workers should make sure that equality is served. What I believe being treated equally means is having the same rights as any other person. A transgender person, in my eyes, is a person whose self-identity does not conform to the sex their body was born with. Transgender persons in America have a difficult time receiving quality health care, or sometimes do not receive any health care. If hospital employees followed through with additional education and training to accommodate transgenders persons in America, this can ensure that all Americans regardless of sex, sexual orientation/identity, etc. are treated equally in the medical setting. Due to discrimination because of ignorance, and lack of awareness providing alternative

and GLBT Health Access Project, on the access that transgender people had to health care in the greater Boston area was conducted to raise awareness for the mistreatment of transgender people in healthcare environments in the United States of America. This study highlights the barriers that transgender people face in regards to health care. Many of the people seeking medical transition had to go through a therapist to start hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Some trans people from the study stated that they had to educate their therapist on what being transgender is before they would supply them with a letter of recommendation to an endocrinologist. Transgender people don't just have issues with transition related health care.

Gender reassignment. The grand old question posted in the early 2000’s, should it be permitted? There’s really no harm coming to anyone outside of the operation, aside from pride. The benefits of this operation also seem to outweigh the damage it may cause to any close relatives. Based off of recent history more destruction comes to those that aren’t permitted to this procedure. (1) Statistics show that there were at least 102 acts of violence set against transgender and 15 cases of homicide against LGBT. These cases are caused because of unnecessary hate crimes towards people that aren’t normally like others. Hate crimes are the worse type of crimes, because the people that it is meant for are only trying to fit in. These individuals would do anything in their power to be like

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