Friday, November 1, 2019

                                                              Transgender Impact
         Everyone was born differently, either from personality of everyone has different traits yet in the end we are the same in one thing, the human race. Not matter what we are in the end we are all humans which we should all have respect form one and other. In the movie, A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story present a lot of strong things such as someone feeling pressure not only to express themselves towards other people but also in front of their parents. Also, having the fear of being judge and not being able to be accepted towards the society. Which they will need to also have to deal with the abuse and the mistreatment of others since they will attack something that they are not used to or they don't know. Gwen suffer form all of that and sadly due to all those things it lead to his dead for being a "freak" yet what is actually can consider be a freak, I mean he/she was a human not matter what his sex preference was. Gwen wasn't  able to be himself in front  of  the people he should be supported by which is his mother. In the Mexican culture in the past the women must serve the husbands and the men is supposed to be the man of the house. When Gwen mother separate he become the man of the house even if it wasn't his option. Its kind of  frustrating since he didn't still meet the age of an adult  and he had to deal with a huge responsibility.
       He wasn't even able to be free since he was also in the pressure of not being able to express himself. He wasn't able to act, dress of put stuff of his liking since not only his mother didn't accept it but also the society didn't accepted it. He eventually ask for help to organizations and he made a really good friend to depend on where he would feel welcome yet the society being ignorant and dumb didn't approve it. Lets have in consideration that Gwen didn't cause any harm to anyone yet other will harm him. They will used hurtful things and stuff. In the end, the way he was lead him to his death, he was killed just to be himself which its wrong, no one should be scared or feel threat and specially not be killed just for being who they are
        This not only happen to Gwen it happen to every kid who are Transgender they suffer things that they should suffer. To a extend where they don't even let them enter to restroom or certain places just for who they are, having Solomon told you to no go to the man restroom just because you like the things that the society categorize like "only for women" it depressing, everyone is free to dress and be who they are regardless their gender or how they considered themselves.
        This video on the bottom will show some struggles that transgender people have to face just for being who they are:
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-transgender-teens-struggle-heres-how-one-kentucky-school-leads-the-way
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZ1urU-uw4
  This people, and I will write it again PEOPLE, HUMANS being not things, freaks, or objects, are having difficult to reveal themselves. Lets understand that  form most of the people is their genetics, its a situation when they are a men or a women but they have the mind of a men or a women. For other it might be because they like it but it dosent matter the reason, they are people and they should be respected and feel secure.
   Some ways that the society can make a change to accept them its to understand them. This is a new generation and they will grow either if the people like it or not. Some ways to understand them is to call them by the names they which to be called. Not feel or make the things awkward around them like if they are not humans. Use student-specified pronouns,  Consider the necessity of transgender-inclusive facilities, Pull from transgender resources, Educate yourself, Protect your students’ safety and privacy,  Remember that transgender students are more than their gender identity, Be patient with yourself. This are important since their identity is how exactly they identify themselves, in a way that is their actual sex. Educating people about transgender and have knowledge is very important since you are able to understand how they are, and what they feel in a certain way. It might take time but that how they are and we need to learn to accepted them, they are people and even if they are not exactly one certain "sex" it doesn't matter. This is a new evolution and they are just like everyone else, so helping them feel secure is a really nice way to be able to see how amazing they are regardless their sex or identity.
   

Citations

  Jensagirl. (2010, April 30). Retrieved November 1, 2019
        , from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9b5XMLP3ek.
  News, G. (2012, November 14). Retrieved November 1, 2019, from                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZ1urU-uw4.

  NewsHour, P. B. S. (2016, June 8). Retrieved November 1, 2019, from    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-transgender-teens-struggle-heres-how-one-kentucky-school-leads-the-way.

   Lippens, A. F., & Arnim, E. (2019, October 10). 8 ways to make classrooms welcoming to transgender students. Retrieved from https://eab.com/insights/daily-briefing/academic-affairs/8-ways-to-make-classrooms-welcoming-to-transgender-students/.


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