TRANSGENDER KIDS

Hi, we are Rochi and Milo, and we are going to write an article about transgender kids.

Our article will be about the distinctions that transgender people has and how it is a problematic for them.

Firstly, it is important to distinguish the terms "sex" and "gender":

Sex: refers to the physical, biological and physical aspects that differentiate men from women that are natural and essentially unchangeable.

Eg:  The defining characteristics of a woman

• ·         existence of breasts
• ·          hips widened
• ·          female genital

 And the ones that define a man

• ·         back / shoulders widened
• ·         more corpulent body than women
• ·         male genital

 It is the distinction between MAN AND WOMAN.

GENDER: Set of psychological, social and cultural characteristics, socially assigned to people. These characteristics are historical; they change with and by the time and, therefore, are changeable. It differs between male and female gender.

So now we can look up the differences between sexual orientation and gender identity…

The term sexual orientation refers to the sex a person is attracted to in a emotional, romantic, sexual and affective plane. Sexual orientation is different from sexual behavior because it refers to feelings and not with the action.

The term gender identity refers to the consciousness of a person to feel belonging to the male or female character. That is, a person may feel a gender identity distinct from their innate physiological characteristics.

In other words, the person may feel like a woman even if it was born with male body, or may feel man, though born with female body.

Gender expression refers to how a person communicates its identity and gender through their behavior, dress, hair and voice.

In this sense, gender identity minorities are transgender

In conclusion

When a human being is feels attracted by another, is his sexual orientation that defines it heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual.

When a man feels that he was born in the wrong biological sex, his gender identity is what defines that is transgender.

Transgender kids in the society:

Young children whose are transgender or which gender expression differs from their birth physiological characteristics face a lot of stigma in society, bullying and rejection by family. This rejection can be concrete, with punishment, or indirect, where the family pushes the young man to "amend" their behavior and way of being.

Like the gay and lesbian children or adolescents, young transgender trauma deepens each time they are besieged, which often turns into depression, low self-esteem and suicidal thoughts. It also encourages the internalized hatred that years later leads to alcohol and drug abuse, and compulsive sex.

But it’s not always like that. Trauma and the harmful effects of rejection and bullying may be counteracted in different ways. The most successful way is love♥, understanding and  family support, which helps the child avoid suffer greater psychological harm.

We left you a video that shows how to treat with a transgender kid and how love, understanding and family support can make a child life happier... VIDEO ... we hope you like it.