Sarah Reasoner introduces The Transgender Movement

Hello everyone! My name is Sarah Reasoner and I am blogging on the Transgender Movement.

Though your history books say that the Civil Rights Era occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, this is wrong. Really, we are still in the Civil Rights Era. And as long as homosexuals, people of different races, women, transgender individuals and anyone else is fighting for equal rights, we will stay in the Civil Rights Era. 

It seems like the transgender community is becoming more prevalent. Trans-people are increasing in numbers, starring in hit TV shows, and writing books. Though many cisgender and transgender individuals have increased their efforts for equal rights and for acceptance, we as a society still have a long way to go. To some, this subject is uncomfortable because it makes exceptions to the 'normal' compartmentalized definition of 'gender' that we have learned.  For others who identify as transgender, as agender, as intersexed, or use another gender identification, this topic hits home. And even more people are just unsure how to feel.This is why it is so important that the Trans-gender community is recognized and that the effects of their movement are seen and felt throughout society.
 
It's so easy to look at all the hate given to the transgender community, but it is very rare that we see the positive efforts transgender individuals and supporters of transgender rights are making to help those who identify as a sex they weren't biologically 'assigned to', or identify with no gender at all.

Because of this, I intend to make my blog posts to inform people of the positive efforts made to propel the transgender movement, to look critically at organizations and concerns within the transgender movement, and, hopefully, to inform about the rights that trans-people are actually looking for. My goal for this blog will be to focus on not just problems trans-people face in our society, but how people are going to try to fix it. Let's start a new era together.

- Sarah Reasoner