Right let’s get
some things cleared up.
I hate the words
Homophobia and Transphobia.
The English Oxford dictionary defines phobia as;
“An extreme or irrational fear or aversion to
something.”
In my opinion, something
to be a phobia, it is more of a fear than a dislike. For example
claustrophobia (Extreme or irrational fear of confined places) or agoraphobia
(Extreme or irrational fear of open or public places).
Whereas the definition
of Homophobia is a Dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people. The fear part of
phobia has been forgotten and now
people’s personal dislike that has become the focus. I personally cannot
stand rude narrow-minded people but unfortunately
there isn’t a Rude-phobia or Narrowminded-phobia.
I cannot believe
that being transgender is an actual issue, especially in America. I am looking at them right now because
of the current toilet situation.
America is
supposed to be “the land of the free and the home of the brave?”Guys! A heads up, it’s
in your national anthem.
The Transgender
Violence Tracking Portal (TVTP) released its first report in 2014, a couple of days after International Day
against Homophobia and Transphobia.
In the first
four months of 2014, 102 acts of violence against transgender people have been
logged. These are only the cases that have been reported and
sadly there have been many more unreported acts of
violence because many people are too scared to speak out at the risk of more abuse.
According to the
statistics sent out from TVTP, 10 percent of the 102 acts were suffered by
transgender youth:
• An 8-year-old boy was beaten to death by
his father
• A 14-year-old was strangled to death and
stuffed under a bed
• An 18-year-old suffered two violent attacks
by a mob and survived
Among the
102-person figure that comes in from 14 countries worldwide, 36 persons were
shot multiple times, 14 stabbed multiple times, 11 were beaten to death, three
were burned to death, three dismembered/mutilated, two were tortured, two were
strangled, one was hanged, one had her throat cut and one was stoned to death.
What part of
this is okay?!!!!
The number of
transgender homicide victims in the USA hit a historic high in 2015 . Leading members of
Congress had to officially respond and realize that there was an emerging pattern of
tragedy which leads to the first-ever forum on transgender violence.
The Human Rights
Campaign documented 21 transgender homicide victims in 2015, almost all of them
transgender women of colour, and these figures are likely an underestimate due to the difficulty of
tracking homicides.
Among all 53
transgender murders from 2013 to 2015, not a single case was prosecuted or
reported as a hate crime.
Transgender
facts
• Transgender people are four times more
likely to have a household income of less than $10,000 a year
• 70 percent of respondents have been denied
access or assaulted or harassed while using public bathrooms
• 78 percent of respondents suffered physical
or sexual violence at school and attempted suicide.
• 65 percent of respondents experienced
violence at work
• 69 percent of respondents have experienced
homelessness.
• 60 percent of respondents reported a doctor
or health care provider refused to treat them.
• 57-61 percent of respondents were
disrespected or harassed by law enforcement officers.
Transgender
people have all these issues facing them daily and you’re scared about them going to the
bathroom!
If you need to
see anymore Transgender statistics please feel free to read my Caitlyn Jenner
post (below) where you can see more Transgender statistics.
