Society Needs to Understand and End Discrimination Against the Transgender Community. Let them live.
Although we’re living in the 21st century, society has settled the norms for every belief, cast, color, and humankind. By human birth, every individual possesses the right to life. We are born free, and everyone deserves to be treated with dignity; besides, they are human beings; they have emotions and feelings too. Being different doesn’t make anyone unable, but it makes them unique. We live in a conservative society, where they aren’t treated as ordinary citizens.
From begging to prostitution, they have been manipulated for a long to earn money this way. Transgender becomes an easy target for sexual violence, extortion, bullying, etc. Transgender people don’t have equal rights, and we force them to live in a segregated society with no respect and extreme poverty.
There are three things to keep in mind. To every reader, I plead this:
Acceptance
Acceptance is significant to accept them as they are; it’s not their fault. We don’t get the choice to choose gender; similarly, we don’t want our religion, family, parents, siblings, and skin color. They don’t choose life to be this; they don’t have any superpower to change their destiny, neither of us. They shouldn’t be ashamed of themselves. When society starts to accept them, then there will be no such stigma or systemic inequality. Accept who they are; it’ll immediately free you from mind identification and thus reconnects you with being. God watches all of us with one eye. None of us is inferior or superior; we all are equal.
Be kind to them
Kindness given is kindness returned. It costs nothing to be kind. Be receptive because that’s how you see a better society. It costs nothing to be helpful. Third gender people are considered a sign of good luck for ceremonies like weddings and birthdays, dancing and singing until getting paid. We need to realize that they are just human like us and deserve equal rights for good education and opportunities for jobs and fair treatment like any other community member.
Speak Up for them
Be open to talking about them, and with them, there is no harm in that even if it feels the better. If you don’t speak up for transgender, don’t speak against them. Many transgender people get killed for speaking up for their equal rights. We have recently witnessed Beenish, a transgender person, who was shot dead and left alone at sector E-11 in the Federal area of Islamabad. The killing of transgender for no reason has taken place. In April, a transgender Christian named Musa, 15 years old, was gang-raped and murdered by the local criminals in Faisalabad. Transgender activist Julie Khan is one who speaks for the equal rights fearlessly and comes up with the issues they commonly faced by society.
Lack of poverty, lack of legal protection, identity documents, healthcare barriers, harassment and stigma, and whatnot. They face everything, and we see everything. Try to be humble, loving, and ordinary with them. You can’t serve God before serving humanity.
