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Translating Transgender A laymans guide to the to the lowest degree-known minorityWho hasnt been told to erect be yourself and people leave behind like you? It seems like such a simple notion. But what if existence yourself could lead to harassment, rejection, isolation, unemployment, homelessness, physical violence, or even death? Not so simple any more(prenominal), is it? Sadly, this situation is one that confronts transgendered people orbitwide on a daily basis. Laurie Johnson*, a tall, robust Fall River resident who underwent male-to-female sex reassignment performance in 1998, says that she disregard hardly leave her house without being hassled.The variety and harassment are almost constant when Im dressed, she says. Ive heard total strangers chin wag Is that a man or a woman?. Ive been denied service at a bank because they claimed I was wearing a disguise. I act to attend a trading school where they required students to wear business attire. I was asked to leave the first day because I was disrupting the classes simply by being there. Sadly, Johnsons experiences are not uncommon. Many transgendered people, dressed or not, insure encountering such discrimination and difficulties in their day-to-day lives, a lot of which can be largely attributed to the fact that, despite the great progress that has been make on the gender front, the general public is still largely illiterate about the transgendered lifestyle. While the festive and lesbian movements have come to the capitulum of our national consciousness as a result of the recent gay marriage controversy, the transgender movement has remained somewhat in the shadows. Indeed, the transgender culture is probably the least talked about, most commonly misunderstood minority in... ...owed up and talked to them for a while, wherefore wrote a nice story but her editor squashed it because of the ad revenue they get from that chain. They dont usually bother me anymore, unless they have a newfound security worker.More than anything, when speaking of life as a transsexual, Johnson says she just wishes people would understand that transsexuals are just like everyone else in the world except when it comes to sex and gender. We can be generous or greedy, kind or cruel, loving or bigoted. Statistically, were smarter than the general population and, on average, more law abiding. I would just like to be left alone, she says. Justin Clemente has a slightly different outlook on things. If (as a society) we cant accept distributively other, how can we accept ourselves? he says. Diversity is honestly the spice of life, and with no spice, life SUCKS