Transgender issues

We all met Brianna and she was open to talk and educate the class on issues that seemed to go unseen, overlooked or ignored by many. While we fired a huge variety of questions at her we always received an answer, but all of her  answers had a reoccurring theme- "it's not easy". We all seem to overlook the issues that people face while uncomfortable in their heavenly or naturally  given body (which ever you may be comfortable with). Issues of bullying, being lost (in ones own mind due to lack of identity), rejection of your loved ones and the constant threats of brutality and hurt. She was able to shed light to the many unspoken questions of "does the change of the body hurt?" to "how is the process of applying for jobs?" She was very articulate and very generous in sharing her personal life and experiences despite it being so personal and drastic. She was able to keep us on our toes about  our actions, words and thoughts. everyone deserves at least the human dignity of being treated as just that- human.

Language was also mentioned. It helped to clear our ignorance of trans and how they should be treated with respect and treated fairly with a watchful choice of words rather than the insulting words such as "tranny" or "it". There's also more to transpeople than being "gay" but there's actual physical changes that classifies them as trans as opposed to drag queens (who are mostly for entertainment purposes) ,cross dressers and transsexuals (who just push or challenge the societal norms of genders).