Rainbows

Rainbows, marshmallows, fairies and buttercups. The idea of love being free and easy is like a fairy tale. Gays and Lesbians still have difficulty in the U.S, the land of the free, being accepted for their sexual orientation. We always think of Gays and Lesbians when we see the rainbow sign on the bumper stick of a car or on the window of a house, but the truth is that the rainbow represents more than just the Gay and Lesbians it also represents the inclusion of trans gender people as well. This is what I found in researching for the presentation on transgenders people. There is little information on them. There has been such a little amount of research, there isnt very much literature on the topic of transgenders as a whole. The information that I found was very specific to certain arenas such as male to female transgender people or a specific sect of trans people in a culture. This lack of "broadness" may be because of the vast array of different kinds of transgendered people. There can be male to female, female to male, lesbian trans women, straight trans women, gay trans men and straight trans men. There can be people who feel asexual and are not attracted to either men or women or feel like they do not fit into either male or female gender boxes. Because of this spectrum it is difficult to talk about a group of people that we already dismiss.