Transgender and Psychological/social Gender Identity

Transsexualism [pic] People with gender identity disorder should change their sexual identity and live among us as the opposite sex as long as they acknowledge and reveal themselves as â€Å"transsexuals†. Now, let me define what is known as â€Å"gender identity disorder†; it is commonly referred to as â€Å"transsexualism† which is a condition where a transsexual person self-identifies as a member of the gender opposite to the one assigned to them at birth. Transsexualism is considered a taboo subject in many parts of theworld. Y, u might ask? Well, simply because it is perceived as being supported by religious beliefs or cultural norms.And though it has become widely known in Western nations in the late 20th century due to the sexual†¦show more content†¦They’ve made the physical alteration seeing as they had developed the characteristics of the opposite sex in terms of behavior, clothing, thoughts, perspectives, way of life as a whole. To be more specific and clarified about this point, a person who went through the physical alteration and became a woman wrote a booklet on the subject seeing as she had personal experience; in this booklet she says and I quote: â€Å"I am a woman who, probably due to some endocrine malfunction before birth, was born with male genitals. Since our society assumes that gender and sex always correspond, I was wrongly assigned to the gender pigeon-hole called male by a doctor who looked at my genitals instead of my mind. Throughout my childhood I knew perfectly well that I was really a girl (after all, its my mind, not my genitals, that make me the person that I am), but because my body seemed to insist otherwise, I was forced to try to fit in to the gender role of a boy. This produced intense unhappiness and almost totally ruined my life until I accepted the reality of my situation and underwent gender reassignment as anShow MoreRelatedGender Identity And The Transgender Orientation138 6 Words   |  6 Pagesbehaviors develop in later years. These roles are largely based on social experiences and inner feelings. Generally, the behaviors are consistent with the gender assigned at birth, however; there are some children who are cross-gendered and show behaviors that are opposite to the sex assigned to them at birth (Pardo, 2008). 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