Social Work Initiatives to Lessen Transgender People's Stigma

Author(s): Dr. Sunil Sharma

Abstract:

Transgender people have always played a significant role in human civilization in one way or another. Despite the fact that transgender people come in many diverse forms, they are nonetheless associated with homosexuality. Though there are disagreements in thought among these diverse parts, today's transgender community has been unified under the LGBT label. Transgender people may be born male or intersex but present as female. Rather than with individuals who are related to them by marriage or genetics, they generally live in kinship groupings of other transgender persons. Emasculation of the male organ was essentially required for transsexual people until a few decades ago. They can now choose whether or not to have the procedure. They essentially see themselves as women. Additionally, they present themselves as "the spirit of a female trapped in a body." They may or may not have partners, just like any other people from any other group in society. However, the LGBT community as a whole is united by the fact that homosexuality. According to Grant et al. (2011), discrimination against transgender people is widespread. According to Mac Kenzie, societal prejudice against transgendered people is nothing new. As a result, discrimination against transsexuals has had a negative impact on the transgender community's public health, particularly HIV/AIDS.

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