Transgender

Transgender

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  Transgender Made by Amna kazim
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  Definition Transgender is the stateof one’s gender identity or gender expression not matching one’s assigned sex.
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  Heterosexuality
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  Homosexuality Homosexuality is a romanticor sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. Neil Patrick Harris & his husband David Burtka Ellen DeGeneres & her Wife Portia de Rossi
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  Bisexuality Bisexuality is romanticor sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females . It is also called pan sexuality.
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  Asexuality Asexuality or no sexualityis the lack of sexual attraction to anyone.
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  Commonly Used Terms Trans – short for transgender or transsexual (E.g.: trans people, trans community, he or she is trans)  Trans girl and trans women – Male to Female  Trans guy, trans boy and trans man – Female to Male
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  Being Respectful  Refrainfrom offensive terms:  Trans  He- She  She-Male  Refrain from overly personal questions.
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  Cont’d…  If youare unsure of one’s identity, try to avoid pronouns.  If necessary, refer to them as they present or politely ask, “How would you like to be addressed?”  Refrain from asking birth name.
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  Problems faced  Transgenderare likely to live in poverty.  They experience unemployment twice that of the general population.  They experience harassment, mistreatment or discrimination
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  Cont’d...  Some victimswho have interacted with police reported of harassment by police.  Some of them attempted suicide.  Transgender people still can’t serve in military.  Transgender have no access to toilets.
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  Rights  All adultsand capable minors should be able to choose between female (F), male (M), non-binary or multiple options.  Equality in access to education and healthcare for transgender.  Facilitate employment to transgender people.
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  Organization  The InternationalGay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)  Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA) (PAKISTAN)  Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE)  Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden (ASIA)
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   Employment  Equality Education  Health  Protection
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  References  http://www.unt.edu/ally/resources/transgender.htm  http://orgs.unt.edu/tgd/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Transcending_Gen der_Denton/  http://www.youthfirsttexas.org/social_programs.ht ml  http://iglhrc.org/sites/default/files/73-1.pdf