Hapless people
Perception is an important fact. Who are you? Are you a boy or a girl? People view you as a male or female and this view is very important in our society. By using this view, our society thinks, identifies, categorizes and defines each other. But in our society, there are some people who do not have any identity such as male or female! Apart from male and female, there is another form of human being- the transsexual. In our country, there are also the transsexuals. Here, they are treated like a foreign being, a freak of nature! But if we look at the UDHR (UN Declaration of Human Rights), it is clearly noted that all people are same, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Everyone has the right to life and liberty. It was my good luck that I could meet with the transsexuals for completing a research work. Before starting our research work, we had a strong belief that the transsexuals are very rough in nature. We thought that they are very much aggressive, quick-tempered and cranky. But after meeting, I understand that they are very much decent, well mannered and friendly. Since they have to face misbehaviour from the common people around them in every step of their life, they sometimes make aggressive and rough behave. They are helpless people because they do not have any secure place to go, any honourable work to do. They do not have even the right of the freedom of movement. People always tease them. They think that this type of odd-looking people have no right in society. They are simply a trash for the society. They cannot do any good thing for the society. But this is a wrong notion. Transsexuals are also human beings. They have some fundamental rights. Like others, they have also the right to freedom of thought, freedom of expressing opinion, right to property, right to work etc. If the government of our country gives proper attention about their development, it will be easy to change the miserable life of the transsexuals. We should realize their sorrows and help them make their lives easy.
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