"A transgender person is someone whose gender identity is inconsistent or not culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth and also with the gender role that is associated with that sex."
Legal rights refer to the protections that are in place to ensure that people who are transgender are not discriminated against based on their gender identity or expression.
Transgender identity: This topic covers the basics of what it means to be transgender and the challenges that come with it.
Gender dysphoria: This topic discusses the distress and discomfort that many transgender individuals feel due to the mismatch between their gender identity and their assigned sex.
Legal gender recognition: This topic covers the process of legally changing one's name and gender marker on identification documents like birth certificates, driver's licenses, and passports.
Workplace discrimination: This topic covers the ways in which transgender individuals are often unfairly treated in the workplace, including being fired, demoted, or denied job opportunities based on their gender identity.
Housing discrimination: This topic covers the challenges that transgender individuals face when trying to find safe and affordable housing, including being denied housing based on their gender identity.
Access to healthcare: This topic discusses the challenges that transgender individuals face in accessing competent and affordable healthcare, including insurance coverage for gender-affirming medical care.
Discrimination in education: This topic covers the ways in which transgender students are often discriminated against in schools, including being denied access to restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity.
Violence and hate crimes: This topic covers the high rates of violence and hate crimes that transgender individuals face, often due to prejudice and discrimination.
International legal rights: This topic discusses the varying legal protections for transgender individuals around the world, including the struggles that transgender individuals face in countries with harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Intersectionality: This topic emphasizes the intersection of gender identity with other social identities, such as race, class, and disability, and how these factors can compound discrimination and marginalization for transgender individuals.
The right to privacy: Transgender individuals have the right to privacy in matters related to their gender identity, including the right to use gender-segregated facilities and to be identified using their chosen name and pronouns.
The right to equal treatment: Transgender people have the same rights and protections as others under the law. This includes the right to be free from discrimination in employment, housing, education, and public accommodations.
The right to healthcare: Transgender people have the right to access healthcare that is appropriate to their gender identity, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries.
The right to legal name changes: Transgender persons have the right to change their legal name to one that reflects their gender identity.
The right to gender marker changes: Transgender individuals have the right to change the gender marker on their government-issued identification, such as driver's license, passport, or birth certificate to accurately reflect their gender identity.
The right to protection from hate crimes: Transgender individuals have the right to protection from hate crimes motivated by their gender identity.
The right to marry: Transgender people have the right to marry the person they love regardless of their gender identity.
The right to serve in the military: Transgender individuals have the right to serve openly in the military and not be discriminated against based on their gender identity.
The right to parent: Transgender individuals have the right to adopt children, and to be recognized as legal parents of their biological or adopted children.
The right to asylum: Transgender individuals who have fled persecution in their home countries have the right to seek asylum in other countries based on their gender identity.
"Some transsexual people reject being labeled transgender."
"Globally, most legal jurisdictions recognize the two traditional gender identities and social roles, man and woman."
"There are some countries which recognize, by law, a third gender. That third gender is often associated with being nonbinary."
"Terms such as transgender people, trans men, and trans women, and non-binary are replacing the category of transsexual people."
"Many of the issues regarding transgender rights are generally considered a part of family law, especially the issues of marriage and the question of a transgender person benefiting from a partner's insurance or social security."
"The degree of legal recognition provided to transgender people varies widely throughout the world."
"In many countries, some of these modifications [gender-affirming surgery or hormonal means] are required for legal recognition."
"In some jurisdictions, transgender people (who are considered non-transsexual) can benefit from the legal recognition given to transsexual people."
"In some countries, an explicit medical diagnosis of 'transsexualism' is (at least formally) necessary."
"A diagnosis of 'gender dysphoria', or simply the fact that one has established a non-conforming gender role, can be sufficient for some or all of the legal recognition available."
"The DSM-5 recognizes gender dysphoria as an official diagnosis."
"Not all transgender or transsexual people feel gender dysphoria or gender incongruence."
"In a few [countries], the legal aspects are directly tied to health care; i.e. the same bodies or doctors decide whether a person can move forward in their treatment and the subsequent processes automatically incorporate both matters."
"In others, these medical procedures are illegal."
"Many countries now legally recognize sex reassignments by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate."
"The legal status of such healthcare varies."
"In many countries, a diagnosis is required for legal recognition, if transgender people are legally recognized at all."
"In many cases, transgender individuals face discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, and other areas of life."
"There is now a greater understanding of the breadth of variation outside the typical categories of 'man' and 'woman', and many self-descriptions are now entering the literature, including pangender, genderqueer, polygender, and agender." Note: Due to the limited availability of quotes in the provided paragraph to answer all twenty study questions, some answers may be repeated or left unanswered.