Issues faced by Transgender in US

Running head: Sociology
SOCIOLOGY

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Sociology
Issues faced by Transgender in US
Like any other group in the LGBTQ community, individuals belonging from the
transgender group have been suffering from many challenges because of the social stigma
attached to their identity. The list of these challenges are as diverse as diverse the transgender
population is. Following are some of the vital challenges faced by them in the recent US society:
a. Harassment
As mentioned above, transgender people are often stigmatized to be sexually deviant or
even mentally sick. As a result, not only they become victims of bullies from their friends but
also get seriously harassed by many people in the society. According to some reports, over 13
transgender people (self identified as women) have been violently killed in 2014 (Human Rights
Campaign, 2019). On the top of this, it has also been claimed by many transgender individuals
that they faced harassment from the police department while reporting about the harassment
incidents.
b. Threat to social security
Another heart breaking challenge faced by transgender individuals is that that they live in
fear because of their identities. This is not only because they are constantly in fear of getting
harassed in public but also because of the fact that they are deprived of jobs, social
communications and so on. As a result, they suffer from unemployment, homelessness and the
list continues. As per some recent reports, more than 29% transgender people live in utmost
poverty while 30% of them faced homelessness at certain stages in their lives (Milligan, 2019).
Above all, they are also the ones who are unable to feel secure under the legal security that other
individuals in US enjoy every day.
c. Discrimination
When talking about discriminations, transgender people go through many layers of
discrimination in the US society. For example, they get discriminated in their workplaces,
homes, public places, housing opportunities, education and so on. One of the most shocking
areas of discrimination is healthcare. Many transgender individuals report that they face