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Transgender Issues - Coggle Diagram
Transgender Issues
Who is transgender?
Someone whose gender identity differs from the one they were assigned at birth
People diagnosed with gender dysphoria
Not classified as a disorder
People facing intersectional issues
People of color
Minors
Impoverished People
Incarcerated People
Disabled People
Religious minorites
Nonbinary people
Some Intersex people
Some transition away from a binary gender assigned at birth
Some relate to not fitting in with their binary assigned gender and seek community
Trans women
Assigned male at birth (AMAB)
Trans men
Assigned female at birth (AFAB)
Issues affecting trans people
Access to gendered spaces
Restrooms
Prisons
Locker Rooms
Homeless Shelters
Sports teams
"Don't Say Gay" bills
Teachers and Children prevented from coming out and acting as models
Prevented connection as genuine selves
Teachers sometimes required to out students to transphobic parents
Erosion of relationship and trust
Transgender children isolated and made to feel there is something wrong with them
Perpetuating adverse effects
Depression
Suicide
Socialization issues
Lack of access to gender affirming care
Prevented transition
Adverse mental health effects
Social Stigma
stereotypes
Groomers
Rebelling adolescents
Easily offended
Sexual Predators
Very left wing
Mentally ill
Seeking attention
Chooses feelings over facts
Ignorant about biology
Less people come out
Discrimination
Hiring discrimination
Violence
Sexual assault
Murder
Physical assault
Harassment
Perceived as out group
Micro aggressions
Social Cognitive Theory
Lack of visibility/models
Lack of education on trans people/issues
Trans children lack education about themselves
Prevented normalization
Message: Acknowledging the existence of trans people is somehow inappropriate
Therefore: Being transgender is inappropriate
More difficult come out
Further exacerbates issues relating to lack of models
Coming out
Acting as a live model of a transgender person
Visibility
Normalization
Pressure to:
Defy stereotypes
Increased criticism of:
self
Other trans live models
Be a positive role model
Learning through the operant conditioning of trans models
Live models are punished for being trans
Operant Conditioning Theory
Being transgender or a trans ally is punished
Punishment discourages people from coming out and transitioning
Religion
Threatened with fear of Hell
Labeled a sinner
Feeling morally degenerate
Group ostracization
Disowned by family
Losing friends
Self-isolation out of fear of coming out
Conservatives isolated by their political group
Lack of visibility prevents people from seeing potential rewards of transitioning