Transgender rights are human rights.

Transgender rights are human rights.

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ransgender rights are human rights. Human rights are the basic rights and freedom that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life. Freedom infect mean the supremacy of human rights everywhere, for everyone. Human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation. Our hopes for a more just, safe, and peaceful world can only are achieved when there is universal respect for the inherent dignity and equal rights of all members of the human family. Transgender are also human beings. They should be given all human rights.

United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Here I’m going to point out some basic human rights such as under:

·         Right to life

·         Ban on discrimination

·         Ban on torture

·         Innate freedom and equality

·         Right to public hearing

·         Right to education

·         Right to own property

·         Right to freedom of assembly and association

·         Right to social and international order.

Violation of basic human rights to transgender and its impact:

All above mention rights are basic human rights which also applied on transgender community. But alas in our society and even the whole world these people are in miserable conditions. In our society a cross gender person is deprive of all these rights. Individuals who identify as transgender tend to experience higher rates of mental health issues than the general population. What's more, over 41 percent of Trans men and women are estimated to have attempted suicide — a rate that's nearly nine times as high as the rate of normal human beings. Mental disorders" among transgender individuals primarily arises in response to the discrimination, stigma, lack of acceptance, and abuse they face on an unfortunately regular basis. And it’s all because we deprive them off basic human rights. Its only our behavior that they are bound to just make dance and such activities their profession because we criticize them if they try to perform manual work to earn their bread.

Life of transgender in Pakistan:

Pakistan’s trans gender community (Khawaja Sira) community is one of the most oppressed and discriminated ones in the society. This discrimination begins from their families who banish them from their homes for being different and not fitting into the gender norms defined by societies. These homeless and banished individuals are then taken into shelter by the Guru-Chela system that exists in the transgender community. Under this system, the transgender lot, referred to as “Hijras” answer to a head figure called a Guru and work as beggars, sex workers and wedding dancers to earn money.

However, even if a transman or a transwoman does branch out of the Guru-Chela system, they are met with various hurdles. Apart from facing discrimination and bullying in schools, even if transmen/women get educated they face difficulties in finding a job, and enduring discrimination at workplaces once they do. Sexualisation of a transman/woman is rampant. From harassment in public places to gang rapes, humiliation and abuse is directed towards the transgender community across Pakistan.

Solution:

The solution to breaking these patterns of discrimination and oppression starts with acceptance. The reason why the transgender community is side lined is because of the first rejection that starts from their homes. Fix your family systems, educate parents and families around you that abusing or admonishing their child because of being different is by no means justified both morally and religiously.

The next step is fixing the society, and that change comes from you. Do not demean a Khawaja Sira the next time you see them, do not call your friend a “khusra” as an insult, and refuse to believe in the stereotypes that sexualize trans-people. These are small attitudinal changes that collect to form collective social thinking.

Know that gender is not binary. Talk to trainwoman/men, make conversation, invite them for lunch, and help them find jobs. This awareness will slowly translate to laws and policies that protect transgender communities and provide them education and employment opportunities. Laws will ensure that workplace discrimination or violence against a transgender person will not go unpunished and will pave way for safer public spaces for trans-people. Integration of the transgender community is not easy and it is surely not a quick process, but the change begins at home and the change begins with you

Human rights are transgender rights:

I want to mention some basic human rights which should be given to trans gender community

1^st of all, all above mention rights are transgender rights. But unfortunately especially in our society and also in whole world such transgender babies are even not accepted on birth. Even their parents are unable to accept them and to bring them up due to think what people say to know that their child is Trans gender. Most of them give him/her to that community and forget if they have a baby. So they are not even providing a basic right to life. This should be given to them by think that they are also human beings and creature of Allah Almighty.

2^nd comes education. They are not giving education right in our society. You can found there isn’t any option in our school admission form, in Colum of gender for trans genders. It’s a unbearable violation of human rights.

3drly workplace discrimination is also important. Trans gender individual should have equal rights to work in Government and private organizations, Government should fix some seats for them in all fields according to their education or to give them technical and non technical trainings. And the co-workers should respect them and treat them as human being and they shouldn’t discriminate them.

4thly transgender should be providing medical advocacy and treatment. Because now they even have certain treatments. Because now a days after having transformation hormone therapy treatments. After having such treatments and medication trans genders could be more comfortable and could spend their life like other human beings. What they need is just advocacy and psychological therapy to came into their comfort zone and spend a normal life.

5thly, trans genders are creature of God. They have to right to worship him. No one should make fun of them while they came for worshiping to their God either in Mosques, Churches, etc. And most importantly they should be given proper funeral rituals like other human beings with all dignity they deserve. People should attend their funerals as they do for other human beings.

Last but not the least they should have the right to be married and having family. Because it’s also basic right of marriage which applies them as being human.

Vision of Islam about transgender:

The Qur’an is clear on genetic determinations by pointing out that Allah is the “One who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases.” (Qur’an 3:6). All shapes, that is, all physical traits including sexual characteristics and inclinations of a human being, come with the pleasure and permission of Allah.” Every child — male, female, or transgender—has the equal blessings of God and there is no justification for parents, courts, or governments to engage in gender-based ill-treatment.

Pakistani drama Khuda Mera bhi He:

                                 

 

Khuda Mera Bhi Hai is a Pakistani drama serial that aired on ARY Digital from 22 October 2016 to 10 April 2017.The serial is written by Asma Nabeel, and produced by Sana Shahnawaz. It stars Ayesha Khan, Syed Jibran, Furqan Qureshi, Saba Hamid, Alyy Khan, Mehmood Aslam, Hira Tareen and others. The drama revolves around Mahagul (played by Ayesha Khan), a mother who gives birth to an intersex child named Noor (played by Furqan Qureshi), and the resulting challenges she faces in her family and society – where acceptance of the third gender remains a taboo. Her serial has received critical acclaim for its bold story line, and the "important questions" it raises regarding communal attitudes towards trans gender peoples in Pakistan. Mahwash Badar of The Express Tribune called it a "game changer", while praising the themes touched by the drama such as "domestic abuse, how divorce is considered taboo, social pressures, and most importantly, the rights of transgender people and intersex individuals in the Pakistani society.

Conclusion:

In a net shell I want to appeal to Government and to international human rights commission without delay, they should pass the Equality Act, which would amend federal legislation including the Civil Rights Act, and the Affordable Care Act to explicitly provide protection against discrimination on the basis of “sex” to explicitly include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” This would clarify for the courts and for all federal agencies, educational institutes, health departments, work places, and others, to give equal access to employment, education, health care, and other essential services to transgender, as it’s their right as being human.

References:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-truth-about-exercise-addiction/201612/why-transgender-people-experience-more-mental-health

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/liaquat-ali-khan/transgender-dignity-in-is_b_10089712.html