What difficulties do transgender people face?

It is difficult for many people to fully understand the feeling of being transgender. Many people may don't understand that there are many problem ahead of transgender people, and there are a lot of problems they need to deal with everyday. The life of transgender people is harder than the life of most people, they need to face disparities from every aspects of the society. Misunderstanding from their families can be the first problem ahead of them. Some transgender people have a different gender identity at a very young age, or when they are children, due to misunderstanding from their parents, some of them even don't know how to express their gender identity. Besides pressure and misunderstanding from their families, social pressure is also a big problem for them. They are more likely yo be rejected by employers and landlords. It is legal to hire transgender people, while it is still difficult for them to find an ideal job and make a living. In some social media, transgender people are often seen as deceptive individuals. When it comes to transgender dating, many people connect transgender women with porn industry.

This is the deepest misunderstanding on transgender women and transgender dating. Many straight guys are afraid of dating or have a life-time relationship with transgender women only because they are often associated with porn industry. In fact, not all transgender women are working in porn industry. It is difficult for transgender women to make a living with great pressure from the society, so some of them have no choice but to work for porn industry, while others are pure as ordinary girls. They have ordinary jobs and living as ordinary girls. They are looking for a serious relationship not only for hookup or one-night dating.

Here are some examples show that transgender people are faced with great social pressure.

A research from NTDS in 2011 showed that transgender people and people with different gender identities are more likely to live in extreme poverty. If there are some transgender people near you, you can easily find that most of them are living in poverty. It also showed that more than half of transgender people cannot be accepted by their families. The number of homeless transgender people is three times as the number of homeless ordinary people. Transgender people are also more likely to attempt suicide according to research from NTDS.

The life of black transgender women is even harder than other transgender women, this is also a serious problem for some transgender women. The number of black transgender women who were murdered is far more than the number of other transgender women. The number of transgender people is less than 1% of the US population, but it is also an important part of this country, No one should be ignored by the society. Transgender people is an important part of ts dating community, the same as everyone in LGBT community, transgender people should be treated in a respect and equal way. This is also the common wish of transgender people.