Transgender Argumentative Essay

People consider many things to be “abnormal.” For example, humans. Humans are abnormal. And, throughout history humans were told what was accepted, from what they wear, eat, and say; though some things were harder to accept. Like, the color of the skin or gender. I’m not talking about just gender roles. I am talking about transgender. People who want or will transform their bodies into the other gender. Because they feel like they were born into the wrong gender. Which, this is my own belief, can happen. For example, when the baby has two working parks but the parents decide which the child can keep, they tend to choose wrong. I would love to talk about morals and rights and who has the say, but that is for a different essay.

Being different

Before the sex change, these people are unhappy, uncomfortable in their own skin, prone to suicide. These transgendered people are the ones who cannot or do not have a say in their choices about their bodies because someone else is making that decision for them. And their mini-solutions can barely get them through the day, let alone get through the day without being bullied. These transgendered people are just like you and me.

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And, just like you and me, we want to be accepted in this world of abnormal humans.

Transgendered people deserve to be acknowledged and accepted by their friends, family, and others. Human nature is a funny thing. We eat, sleep, and need social interaction. Yet, social interaction is hard to come by when one feels undesirable. Joanne Herman explains in her first chapter in her book Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not states there are many different types of transgenders and what they face; different types of bulling. Everyone is against bullying, right? She states that it’s more of a phenomenon now only because in the past they have been so deep in the closet they couldn’t see even the smallest ray of hope to grab onto

Young people aren’t the only ones going through this dramatic change in their life. This can happen between any ages. Kathleen M. Sullivan has conducted an experiment and learned that older LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi, transsexuals) will move to senior housing early than their heterosexual counterparts. They, the LGBT seniors are scared that they will have to go back into the closet and be unaccepted by other residents in long-term care facilities. If you spent your whole life feeling like an outcast, and it’s finally time to retire and relax don’t you think it would be kind of hard to relax if you’re always on your guard? This is a feeling that is uncomfortable, even if one has “gotten used to it”.

Transgendered people do not have to worry only at retirement homes but at home and in school and everywhere there are people. One article talks about how they have almost stomped out harassment of not only gays and lesbians but all members of the LGBT community in their school. This is a wonderful step in the right direction. Another journal, Journal of Marriage and

Family by Timothy J. Biblarz and Evren Savic, talks about how parents take Planned Parenthood not the kind of planned parenthood one would normally think of. The type of parenthood