Essays on Transgender

From birth until death societal structure provides individuals with acceptable and unacceptable behaviours in society based on whether they are male or female (Dietert & Dentice, 2009). As per 2011 Indian census it was reported that total population of transgender is around 4.88 lakh (Transgender…

IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 5, Ver. 4 (May. 2016) PP 12-18 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/0837-2105041218 www.iosrjournals.org 12 | Page The Socio-Legal Exploitation of the Third Gender in India Prof. Shilpa Khatri Babbar Prof. Shilpa is…

The Politics of Transgender Identity The topic of this paper was heavily inspired by recent events in a Northeastern student group on Facebook called the “NU Meme Collective.” Last week, a student named Kate made a post regarding the “Swipe Off” competition—in which the winning…

Transgender Witch Hunt The Salem Witch Trials are infamously known for being ridiculous, seemingly random acts of accusation and murder. Being a woman, particularly one of very young or very old age, poor, or easily targeted woman, was an incredibly unsafe thing to be during…

Transgender Characters: Television’s Ultimate Punchline There are new stories of transgender role models coming to the forefront of media every day, yet we are still plagued with the perpetuation of transphobic tropes in television. Transgender characters are put into uncomfortable situations and used for lewd…

Abstract Trans genders is a person who is assigned a gender according to their body. transgender do not Identify with the gender .they were assigned with the way society expects them to express such gender through clothes ,gestures ,mannerism and other characteristics .consequently trans gender…

National mental health survey of India conducted from 2015 to 2016 found mental health problems are more in 30-49 or over 60 age people. Low income is the reason and people are in urban areas are most affected. Transgenders are most vulnerable population in terms…