Transgender people face extreme discrimination and violence in
much of the world. In many countries, our very identities are
criminalized. While the US of course has human rights issues of its
own, it also has the potential be a strong force promoting global
human rights. Through public and private diplomacy, reporting on
human rights abuses, action at the United Nations, and providing
funding and other support to human rights defenders in countries
around the world, the US has indeed helped move global LGBT rights
forward in recent years. Learn more about the global effort and the
US role in combating transphobia and persecution of transgender
and gender non-conforming people around the world.
The rights of trans people are protected by a range of international and regional mechanisms. Yet,
punitive national laws, policies and practices targeting transgender people, including complex
procedures for changing identification documents, strip transgender people of their rights and limit
access to justice. This results in gross violations of human rights on the part of state perpetrators and
society at large. Transgender people's experience globally is that of extreme social exclusion that
translates into increased vulnerability to HIV, other diseases, including mental health conditions,
limited access to education and employment, and loss of opportunities for economic and social
advancement. In addition, hatred and aggression towards a group of individuals who do not conform
to social norms around gender manifest in frequent episodes of extreme violence towards
transgender people. This violence often goes unpunished.
Transgender inequality is the unequal protection transgender people receive in work, school,
and society in general. Transgender people regularly face transphobic harassment. Ultimately,
one of the largest reasons that transgender people face inequality is due to a lack of public
understanding of transgender people. Several recent studies - from the National Center of
Transgender Inequality (NCTE) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - have shown that
transgender individuals in the United States particularly face discrimination within their own
family units and schools, in employment and housing, within government settings, through hate
crimes, and under the justice and legal systems. A survey of National Center of Transgender
Equality claims, “Those who expressed a transgender identity or gender non-conformity while in
grades K-12 reported alarming rates of harassment (78%), physical assault (35%) and sexual
violence (12%); harassment was so severe that it led almost one-sixth (15%) to leave a school in
K-12 settings or in higher education. A 2013 report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs found that members of racial minority groups who also identified as transgender were
more likely to experience harassment and hate-motivated violence.
Many transgender people experience social exclusion and marginalization because of the way in
which they express their gender identity. A transgender person does not identify with the gender
assigned at birth (1). Estimates from countries indicate that the transgender population could be
between 0.1% and 1.1% of reproductive age adults (2–9).
Conclusion - Each being in this Universe is indeed unique, and an integral part
of Nature. It would thus be wrong to judge and discriminate people who may be
different from the stereotype, which again is man-made. It is time that India
realised that every individual in this country has equal rights and privileges, and
follow the policy of “live and let live.”
ABSTRACT
Transgender community in India is an important part of society. Even, law can’t
deny
theirexistence. We live in 21 st century where human rights are assured and
preserved for humanbeings except the third gender i.e.., Transgender. Despite
all constitutional guarantees, theTransgender are even denied to have their basic
rights like Right to Dignity, Personal
Liberty, Education, Freedom of expression etc. The present research paper deals
with the problems,Transgender face in a developing country like India. The
study also covers how the presence ofTransgender is excluded from the society
and what the law and order is doing to convert that social exclusion into social
inclusion.
Keywords:
Transgender, Problems, Rights, Social exclusion, Social Inclusion.
