Transgender is an umbrella term which consists of all, transsexuals, cross-dressers, gender queers, transvestites, drag kings and drag queens. Drag king is a person, usually females, who dress up like men mainly for public performance and drag queen is a male who dresses up like a female mainly for public performance. Transvestites are those people who adopt the dress, manner and sexual role of the opposite sex. Gender queer are those people whose gender identity is a combination of both the genders male and female.
These third gender individuals are famous for negative and positive reasons. They have to face Legal issues like “legally changing one’s sex” and “without a legal sex change a transgender is not allowed to marry a partner of their birth sex”. People transform into transgender in their teenage or in twenties. Teenage transgender face a lot of “discrimination, harassment and violence” from school and family but nowadays they have many support networks. They also face issue regarding “surgery and the use of hormones”. Transgender people have been able to get treated earlier now due to “gender identity disorder”.
There are some very famous transgender people like Sylvia Rivera an activist and Christine Jorgenson who was the first American who got sex-reassignment surgery. Transgender people are protected, supported and helped in many ways by various organizations. Amanda Leopore is a very famous transgender, who as preceding a male, was poor living in dire straits, while now after undergoing a sex-change operation is not only a famous actor, model, singer but also has currently launched her own cosmetic brand, which is indeed expensive. Lady Gaga, a well renowned singer is also a hermaphrodite i.e. also a form of transgender but she is indeed reputed, rich and has earned her space n spot in this biased world.
Transgender people have made their way up in the modern society and not only that even media is promoting them a lot these days and giving them a respectful status, for example in that show ugly betty the character of Alex-Alexis is a transgender. In Pakistan the head of She-male Foundation, Bobby Almas, although he’s not a transgender but he’s leading, supporting and promoting transgender in Pakistan. Moreover, due to his immense efforts and strive to gain some quota and a reputed position in society, a bill has been passed by the Supreme court of Pakistan to a lot them some money to work for their development, including schools, hospitals and work places.
As Judith Light said:
“You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people’’.
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