Transgender: The History Of The Transgender Community

The book shows an overview of the view on transgender, the book focuses on the history of the transgender movement from the mid-twentieth century to the current times. The book gives an overview of issues facing the transgender community. Recent articles not only confirm what the book states but also expands on claims and offers solutions to issues still impacting the community today. It also touches on the difference between the gay movement and transgender community.

This book is relevant to today’s time because the issues talk about in this book are still ongoing. Within the last few months, a few different states have either passed laws that would discriminate against the transgender community or that has come close to passing those bills.

The extent varies between states, but it is recommended for some mental health care is given prior to decisions. Due to the lack of studies and research into gender identity, there is a limited amount of resources that can be granted. Due to the lack of knowledge, there isn’t many health care providers that can effectively treat those of the transgender community. This is not limited to therapists, but includes physicians, common issues are a lack of knowledge on the proper amount of hormones to prescribe or unsure how to provide therapy that can aid transgender people. With the high political nature of the topic, the restrictions on health care more specifically mental health care are prominent in more conservative

A federal bill called the employment Non-Discrimination Act was introduced in congress but has not been able to make it out of committee. With the current political control in the House of Representatives and in the Senate it is unlikely for the bill to come up for a vote, let alone get the needed votes to pass. The president of the United States Barack Obama has come out in favor of the bill, and in 2016 mention the need for the bill in his last State of the Union. This was the first time a sitting President has mentioned the transgender community in a speech. Currently, there are numerous laws in state legislature and start courts.

Another ban on the transgender community, id the ability to serve in the United States military. Currently, transgender people are unable to serve in the military but the United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has mentioned that this needs to be