Reflection Essay On Transgender

Transgender Culture does not make me nervous but I do lack an understanding of what the transgender community consist of. I want to know more about whom the Transgender people are, rather than as a media headline about what bathrooms a trans-man or trans-women should be able to use. I believe that learning about more aspects of the culture that I am not aware of; I will become less ignorant of the culture. Questions that I have about the culture include: What are the different types of Transgender? Why don’t all transgender people transition into the gender that they identify as? What are the preferred pronouns to use towards a transgender person? And, what hardships is this culture going through at the moment? Through research and reflection, I hope to become more culturally aware about the Transgender

I always thought that someone who identifies as Transgender is someone who wanted to transition into the gender that they identify as. I did not know that there were such things as “Bi-gender, pangender, a-gender and gender-fluid.” (“Transgender,” 2016) I also found that a person who does transition sometimes prefers the term transsexual if “they desire medical assistance to transition from one sex to another.” (“Transgender,” 2016) I also learned that someone who is “gender non-conforming” may or may not be a part of the transgender community. The most important thing that I have learned is to use the preferred term of the individual, whether that be trans-man or transsexual, since every person is different and every person has their own