Why does society still discriminate against transsexuals,how can we make them feel more accepted and loved?

Answer 1

Education is the key.

We need somehow to educate people to understand that transsexualism is NOT a fetish, whim, sexual deviance, lifestyle choice or psychiatric disorder; it's a congenital neurophysiological condition-Benjamin's syndrome- and, like most congenital conditions, it requires medical intervention in order for the sufferer to live a normal life.
Once that is understood, most of the discrimination, discomfort and outright hate will disappear.

Answer 2

Discrimination against any human being is the sign that the person who does the discrimination has a low self esteem and wants to try and boost their pathetic egos by trying to hurt others.

It really does not matter if the person being discriminated against is a Transsexual or not.

Only through education can we put an end to all discrimination.

Answer 3

Not to rain on the parade of DC and his "learned" colleagues, but you're so full of it! Transpeople were treated by all forms of alternate methods for decades with such enlightened methods such as antipsychotics, psychotherapy, and even electroshock treatment. None of it worked, but guess what? GRS works and it works great! As for the other rocket scientist, nobody is saying god (if one so believes in such mythology) made a mistake. I view they way I was made simply as a challenge to become who I am. The goddes I believe in created me as such for a reason and I don't question that. I simply do what I can to be happy.

But to actually answer the question- the best way to make a transperson feel accepted and loved is to just be there. Be a friend. Don't go overboard trying to treat us special. For example I have 2 good male friends both of whom I knew ages before my grs. One treats me exactly the same as always and that makes me comfortable and happy. Not to be funny or rude but if he has to break wind in front of me he does. He tells the same tired old jokes. We relate like not a single thing changed. The other however goes out of his way to be overly accomadating and protective to the point it's almost creepy. While it's nice to be cared about and treated as a lady, it would also be nice to just be friends as we had been for some decade prior. The bottom line is just treat us as people. Equals. No better, no worse, no different. We are still the same person on the inside we always were. that is the one thing that makes me feel accepted and loved, but others may disagree. Each to their own.

Answer 4

I have never understood why a person would not be happy with the gender with which they were born. So do you know what I do?

I ASK them.

I ask them what it feels like, how they know they are born the wrong gender. I get a lot of very insightful answers. I think the act of empathizing with their existence is the only way to make them feel accepted - not lamenting about the moral decline of society like a 7-year-old throwing a temper tantrum.

Answer 5

I know what you mean. I have several Transsexual friends. But some how, even so I am Gay, I sometimes freak out when my good Transgenered friend hugs me. I do not know why. I dearly love her as a person, but something in my neck of the woods let my hair stand up straight in the air. Not sure why. So I must educate myself about Trans sexuals, and figure out to understand their reasoning. I think that it is human nature of the unknown, the unsure things in life. I hope we will learn to treat them better.

Answer 6

Do they really ? Apart from 1-2 idiots I have never come across that. I go in and out of my neighbours homes and they come in mine. I go shopping and everyone just treats me like a proper woman which is what I am. The idiots like the 1-2 would call me names at first but they soon realised and I can never remember being discriminated against. It is not allowed in Britain to discriminate against anyone. But non the less it never happened to me. M-F TS. I remember just after I had my surgery 1 of the two said hey Pauline show me your t*ts, so I replied with yes come and show me your d*ck. He never said it again because he got laughed at with all his friends. So whatever you worry about babe dont worry about me.

Answer 7

As a trans-woman I find the best tool I have is to be open, and out. Talking to people one on one has proved to be such a strong way to help educate people about what being transgender is all about.

To the remark about removing trans-people from being involved in the movement for gay rights...please remember your GLBT history. It was the trans-people that stood up first at Stonewall in N.Y. that started the modern gay rights movement.

Answer 8

While I am a gay male, I do not feel that Transexuals should be associated with the gay movement. For years, we've been trying to get society to accept us as G-d or nature made us. Now comes this subset of people who are saying the complete opposite: G-d, nature, made a mistake and I have to fix it.

Transsexuals would be better with a good psychiatrist rather than a good sex reassignment specialist. They have a phsycosis that needs to be attended to.

Answer 9

im gay and all but ewwww transexuals r like ew how can ppl do that to there bodies
and cross dressers uhg i would not date on of them
not to be mean or anything but i manly woman that just looks so gross

Answer 10

Why should we accept something that is so morally wrong? I feel that we shouldn't be cruel- no one deserves that- but I refuse to accept it. Is that what society has come to? That's pretty sad.