A Sociological Analysis of Problems and Issues of Transgenders

Abstract

The transgender face terrific difficulties growing up in a society where heterosexuality is frequently presented as the only acceptable orientation and homosexuality is regarded as deviant. They continue to face discrimination and social exclusion across the world in all spheres of life. Homophobic violence and abuse targeting transgender people occur on a regular basis. There is a need to advocate for laws and policies that will protect everyone’s dignity. Gender determines every aspect of our life including our name, clothes, hair length, appearance, behaviours, occupation, mobility and so on. In terms of categories of gender, one may use the two categories of, that is, cis-gender and transgender. The category of cis-gender is commonly referred to as man/male or woman/female. However, when people choose a gender other than the one assigned at birth, they fall under the category of transgender. The objectives of the study are: (1) To analyze the socio-cultural existence of transgender, (2) To study the problem of social exclusion among the transgender community, and (3) To study the problems faced by the transgender community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate those problems.