(CNSNews.com) - The State Department on Monday commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring transgenders who died through “acts of violence.”
“On Transgender Day of Remembrance, the United States honors the memory of the many transgender individuals who have lost their lives to acts of violence,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.
“Transgender individuals and their advocates, along with lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex persons, are facing increasing physical attacks and arbitrary arrests in many parts of the world. Often these attacks are perpetrated by government officials, undermining the rule of law,” Tillerson added.
He said “transgender person should not be subjected to violence or discrimination, and the human rights they share with all persons should be respected.”
Tillerson said the U.S. is “ committed to advancing the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons.”
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6 comments:
Huh?Ray?
Intersex???.... WTH
What does it mean to be transgender?
Transgender people are people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were thought to be at birth. “Trans” is often used as shorthand for transgender.
When we're born, a doctor usually says that we're male or female based on what our bodies look like. Most people who were labeled male at birth turn out to actually identify as men, and most people who were labeled female at birth grow up to be women. But some people's gender identity – their innate knowledge of who they are – is different from what was initially expected when they were born. Most of these people describe themselves as transgender.
A transgender woman lives as a woman today, but was thought to be male when she was born. A transgender man lives as a man today, but was thought to be female when he was born. Some transgender people identify as neither male nor female, or as a combination of male and female. There are a variety of terms that people who aren't entirely male or entirely female use to describe their gender identity, like non-binary or genderqueer.
Everyone—transgender or not—has a gender identity. Most people never think about what their gender identity is because it matches their sex at birth.
I just don't understand it I guess.
Transgender schmansgender what a bunch of crap,why don't those wheirdo creeps crawl back under that slimey rock they where they came from.
Read it again ?Ray?
Still more dangerous to be a straight white male.
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