what do you consider yourself?

Today's class discussion was on transgender. In the world we live in today this topic is very uncertain on just exactly what this means. To many people this means that you're just ignorant of what god made you. You're either gay or lesbian. You're confused as to what gender you are meant to be. You feel as though you were born in the wrong body and nobody knows what you're going through. All in all transgender people will face problems to the extreme that most of us will not even come close too and as human beings we need to respect them as such.

Transgender: Identified with a gender other than the biological one.

You are classified as to what gender you are when you're in the womb. From then on society plays off of that and accommodates everything to your specific gender. For example, when your parents find out you're either a girl or boy everything becomes either pink or blue, sport themes or princesses, dresses or pants, and so on. So what happens when your parents tell you you're a boy when inside you feel like a girl? In your mind everything tells you that you were meant to be a girl but you were born in a boys body? You won't understand what that feels like unless that personally happens to you. I can just imagine the pain and ridicule you will face. I feel for the people that are in this confused process but i also applaud the people that take action in order to fulfill their needs as to what gender they feel that they truly are.

There is so much discrimination and hate towards these groups of people. So much that many are forced to quit their jobs, not able to find jobs, unable to compete in pageants, sports, and many are killed because of what they consider themselves as. Many are stared upon by others who are trying to figure out just exactly what they "are". Many don't know whether or not they should call them a "he" or "she." Many are just confused.

So what do we do? We, as human beings, need to consider their feelings and problems that they're facing. We need to respect their choice and decision as to what they need to do for themselves to feel complete as a person. We need to understand that what they're going through is something that you will never know and you need to respect that. DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

Below is a 3 part serious done by Barbara Walters that looks into the lives of 3 children who are 6, 10, and 16 years old who are facing transgender issues.

Hope you enjoyed my post! I leave you with your thoughts!