Vol. 4, Issue 10, Part F (2018)

What it means to be a transgender? It is very difficult to identify who is a transgender. It is not only a problem for them to be identified as either male or female but it is also difficult for the rest of the society to identify and recognize them either in male or female category. What is society according to transgender? Is it the society which consists of father, mother, sisters, brothers, neighbours and so on? Conflict arises at the level in what sense they should be identified as? When people cannot accept their gender as they feel, then how it is possible to live with them… Transgender people are those individuals whose gender identities do not pertain to their biological sex, and thus they differ from the stereotype of how women and men normally are. Though the term transgender does not include sexual orientation, it pertains to gender identity and expression. It is for this reason their identity and behaviour do not adhere to stereotypical gender norms.