When it comes to the subject of transgenderism, there are many different thoughts and opinions about this new topic to the public. Transgenderism is a very controversial subject, especially in North Carolina. Whether or not if one agrees or disagrees at the end of the day a transgender is still a human being. The transgender person is capable of still working; they have all the qualities as a straight non-transgender. It is a legal choice that one decides to do; a transgender should still get their Civil Rights Act that was declared in 1964. That act is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion (AAUW). It is 2018 many things have changed since …show more content…
In North Carolina there are different ways that transgenders are being discriminated in the workforce. It starts off with companies who just do not hire transgender workers because they do not want to deal with all the problems. Some companies are afraid of hiring a transgender because they do not know how to handle situations that would occur. Having a transgender worker should not be a problem though, because they should be treated equality like everyone else. Approximately 67% small businesses in North Carolina still have not hired a transgender worker because they would not know how to react or handle it (EqualityNC). According to various sources a well-known company recently had a case of a transgender worker being discriminated in North …show more content…
Most employers just look at the transgender person and assume the worst stereotype. There have been several cases in North Carolina where a person does not get their raise or gets fired because of their appearance. It makes it challenging for a transgender to find a job after some companies make them feel uncomfortable after because humiliated and insulted for how they look. Also many transgender workers don’t even bother filling complaints because they feel like it would be too difficult to prove they were fired or not hired because they are a
In the article N.C. Gov. Already Enforcing HB 2 with Trespassing Laws by Trudy Ring states that the governor of North Carolina says he will use trespassing laws to enforce the restroom provisions of House Bill 2, while officials of the state university says they won’t enforce the controversial law at all. "We 're using trespassing laws that we were using before House Bill 2, we 're using that now," he told reporters, according to a video. It also talks about a transgender case in Virginia regarding a boy who transgendered himself from female to male and was denied access to the school boys’ bathroom. This essay traces how governor of North Carolina, McCrory uses power, discrimination, and transphobia to deny transgender people the right to use the restroom based on their gender identity.
A transgender, 25 year old woman named Avery Edison travelling from London, England was detained at Pearson Airport by Canada Border Service Agency. According to her, the reason for her detention was due to an immigration issue involving her overstaying a previous student visa. Despite being identified as a female on her passport, Avery had male genitalia. Avery tweeted that she would be assessed by a nurse before being placed in a male or female cell. However, the fact that she had male genitalia resulted in her being sent to Maplehurst, Correctional Centre in Milton, Ontario which is a prison for males where Avery stayed for one night. In the article, it is stated that Avery had concerns regarding potential sex attacks towards her in the
Transgendered people have a different and unique fight than the rest of the community. Transgendered peoples not only have the issues of “coming out,” (as others in the communities do) but also becoming a different gender. There are different obstacles that Trans people have to face.
Where do you go to the bathroom when you are in North Carolina? Public restrooms should be available to all people in the public. North Carolina passed House Bill 2, people are now required by law to use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate. This was a target for transgender people using public bathrooms. The few exceptions are for custodial purposes, a person needing medical assistance, a minor under the age of seven, and a person that has been temporarily designated for use by that person’s biological sex. This bill also takes away your right to sue the state for discrimination. The problem with this law is that it discriminates against transgender people. The fear is that cisgender males will dress
Transgender is an umbrella term, meaning an individual’s gender-identity does not align with their assigned sex at birth. Although transgender is a protected class in eighteen states, these individuals still face discrimination within the country and around the world (“Non-Discrimination Laws”). Transgender is not a lifestyle, no one chooses to live their life constantly being discriminated against. Transgender issues should be more educated on and their lives should be more protected.
When an individual identifies themselves as transgender, it means that they feel that their biological gender does not match with their psychological gender. To put that into a simple man’s term, the individual feels they “were born in the wrong body”. For example, a man feels that he was meant to be born a woman and vise-versa. It does sound rather unusual, but why should that matter? An individual should be able to make his or her own decisions about how they live their life. Unfortunately though, not everyone feels the same way about this. That is how the controversy is created. This is why transgender rights should be strengthened in America not only because it is morally correct, but also because it would ease the lives of the people within this group, reduce the discrimination and harassment rates of transgender individuals, and help establish awareness.
In recent years 18 states have enacted laws to help protect transgender and non – binary people, but there are still some states unwilling to get with the program. Kentucky State Sen. C.B. Embry Jr. introduced a bill that seeks to ban transgender students from using school bathrooms that match their gender identity, it would also enable students to sue schools for $2,500 if they encounter a transgender peer using what they perceive to be the wrong restroom. (unsure how to site). In Florida there is a law going though the process that states
While transgenders should not be able to use gender identified public facilities, they should not be bullied, or harassed in any kind of way because while they are transgender they are people. They breathe, they have feelings. That is why the government needs to put laws in place to help them, and make them part of our regular society, and to make them feel welcome. Looking back false transgender identification and accommodating to the public have been addressed. Those problems should be addressed but that does not mean that transgenders are to be made
Early April 2016, North Carolina passed a law restricting governments from passing laws that are discriminatory. This law is intended to protect Transgender people from discrimination. Discrimination against Transgenders is against the law, and it has stirred up arguments throughout the nation. With more and more people standing up against discrimination regarding Transgenders, the debate about Transgenders is now nationwide. Unfortunately, Transgenders still continue to face public discrimination due to misinformation and misleading statements from the media.
Government agencies such as the Affordable Care Act law defines no sexual discrimination including gender identity, transgender status prohibits majority of insurance companies and healthcare providers from refusing to cover transition-related treatments or using incorrect pronouns under the law. However, the greatest effect can only occur when we — as an American society — change our paradigm. What we can do to help to contribute the changes of degrading experience for many LGBT people in healthcare setting are educating ourselves and creating more awareness in general public to ensure that everyone needs to be treated equally whoever they are. We should be more open-minded to create a welcoming and acceptable workplace environment inclusive of all trans people, to prevent transgender from getting reluctance to reveal their sexual orientation or gender identity to their health providers by training on the full scope of this minority group health in medical schools, and to keep fighting for the state-laws to ensure equality in for transgender individuals in the public utilities and services since only almost half of U.S. states discriminating against transgenders is considered
No one should be treated differently from anyone else. We are all humans and should be treated equally. Discrimination is a very harsh term to based lively-hood on. The importance of this article is very robust. Issues between law enforcement and the transgender community is not new. A study was found that transgender individuals often experience negative interactions with officers. For instance, one study found that some transgender persons generally distrust police, often because of incidents of personal harassment and abuse that they experienced directly or heard about indirectly (pg. 2). The fact that law enforcement cannot be trusted because of their views, actions and encounters with transgender is very sad. Police officers are known
Transgender Today Nowadays, there are lot of unexpected changes coming in our lives every day which are challenging to our society. Gender issues are one of the hot topics among new changes. Transsexuality is a critical part of this gender issue. After reading the article “Night to his day” by Judith Lorber, I found a clarification regarding the social construction of gender. While looking for some facts about transgender, I have also found a lot of articles with different points of views from researchers, scientists and individuals who have transformed from their origin to transgender men/women.
Sawyer et al. discuss several court cases pertaining to trans people who had not been treated fairly in the workplace due to the fact that they do not carry typical gender characteristics. This restricts many trans people from working their way up the corporate ladder because people see their lifestyle as too unprofessional and odd to be in a leadership position. Many of these trans people have reported decreased earnings post-transition. Employers often feel hesitant to promote trans people because they do not always carry the same gender characteristics as the average heterosexual man or women have.
North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 law is extremely disappointing, and it takes away some of the LGBT community’s most basic rights and protections” (Smith). I completely agree with Jonas, Lovato and Springsteen. This law needs to be abolished very soon. There should be a law implementing gender neutral bathrooms everywhere, so transgender people can feel comfortable and safe, no matter where they are. Transgender people should have the right to go to work, not feel discriminated against, and be able to use the bathroom safely.
Florida’s, Texas’s and Kentucky’s new proposed bathroom laws have “caused fear and dismay among transgender people around the country” (Tannehill). Kentucky laws are more focused on the school systems but Florida 's and Texas’s laws treat transgenders as if they were criminals. Both of these states have regulations that will give transgenders civil and or criminal charges for using the bathroom they identify with (Tannehill). A transgender could be charged a fine for using the wrong bathroom and “people who report a transgender people in the bathroom to claim civil damages, for example a bounty” (Tannehill). Florida and Texas are trying to look out for the best interest of the majority population, however, “we all have to use the bathroom, but these laws would seemingly force transgender people to choose between fines and jail, risking horrific violence or leaving the state” (Tannehill). These laws have been seen as unreasonable to the transgender community and have been fought by the ACLU lawyer Joshua Block, “We’re talking about people who also have their sense of privacy and modesty, and who are not going to want to have everyone see an anatomical part of themselves that they feel should never have been there in the first place,” (Marcus). It has also been found that it’s illegal for employers to carry out such rules, “The Equal Employment