"I am a transgender"
"I want to be treated equally"
"State an acceptable reason to loathe me, or help me come out of my horrendous state"
~shrieks of a transgender
Where is the equality, justice
and the socialistic view of the country,
when the constitution conceits in providing
all of them? What is the significance of
fundamental rights,
when they aren’t applicable to all citizens of the
country?!
The first and foremost question arises about
the fundamental right to
life,
which includes right to live with dignity.
Are they granted the respect
and reverence they crave for?
Transgender,
in our society, encompass all races, ethnicity, religious and social classes,
yet, they’ve never enjoyed a respectable life, because of “what they are” and “how
they are”.
They are subjected to confusions and anguish, resulting from the
rigid, forced conformity
to sexual dimorphism throughout the recorded history.
They are facing disparities linked to
societal stigma, discrimination, and
denial of their civil and human rights. Discrimination against them
have been
associated with high rates of substance abuse and suicides,
and they are facing
rampant discrimination in the areas of family life, social life, housing,
education, health etc.
They've been continuously
subjected to hear and assimilate abuses from people about them. Their lives
have always been subjected to abstaining from the colors of the world,
just
because of the denial of social acceptance.
The society views them as eccentric
characters, which wouldn’t fit into the prescribed
sanctimonious bounds.
The azure sky shrouds everybody,
including them, but the entire spectrum of our visualization of the community
crumbles around the connotations of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. The queer thing about us, is when,
we ourselves make laws to ensure respectable standards of living, and avert our
eyes from seeing the denial of these rights to our own people. The feeling of
despise towards them have reached such an extent, that, we have let them in the
abyss of poverty, discrimination and disparities. If a person is seen
consorting with them, the society seems to oppose the action, which leads to
nothing, but wrenching their self-esteem from the roots.
Albeit unsolicited, as most of us
may feel, we should give them an equal status and reverence they deserve. The
feeling of unity must suffuse throughout the society.
Don’t sympathize, just empathize
with them, and feel the smile glinting on their faces.
We can’t scurry the changes to
arrive, but we can certainly, take a step forward to initiate a change. Innit?!
---Sruthi Iyer
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