A Sociological Study of Issues and Concerns about Transgender

Paper deliberates on the contemporary issues of identity crisis, problems and legal regime as national and global concern for the transgender. It propagates need for social, political, economic and cultural mainstreaming of the transgender through social inclusion, freedom to opt gender of choice, integrated approach, inclusive growth, etc. Paper Type: Conceptual Research. The term transgender refers to people whose sense of their own gender differs from what would be expected based on the sex characteristics with which they were born. Transgender is also a part of the society and they have equal right to everything in the world that is available to all other persons. Transgender is often used as an umbrella term to signify individuals who defy rigid, binary gender constructions and who expresses or present a breaking and blurring of culturally prevalent stereotypically gender roles. Majority of the respondents don't have an awareness level towards the schemes and rights provided by government for their life.