Jakarta, Violence against transgenders is one form of terror against the trangender or also called transfobia. Degree varies from simply denying their existence, personally hate to have the heart to kill.
Quoted from Transphobia.org.uk, Thursday (03/10/2011), transfobia is defined as a rejection of gender expression that is considered deviant. Among these were men who behave like women, or transvestites, or conversely that women who behave like men.
Gender expression that does not correspond to their gender is motivated by a variety of reasons. Some transgender describe his condition is like trapped in the wrong gender, for example, was born as a man even though his soul is a woman.
There also are backed by a more simple reason for that is looking for money, as do some transgender models and singers dressed transvestites in Jakarta.
Designation is more appropriate for this group is a cross dresser, because of gender expression that do only limited outward appearance.
Transfobia arise because transgender behavior is behavior that is very often and bang with both social and religious norms. As a result, transgender persons become marginalized, hard to get a job so much that eventually must be tough living on the streets.
Not only in the form of hatred and rejection, transfobia could also be concerns in someone's mind. There are several tiers or levels transfobia known, among which are as follows.
1. Personal Level
Everyone can have transfobia at this level, because it is internalized in the minds of each one so often is not realized. The shape of fear on his own condition, such as worry and fear lest acknowledge himself was a transgender.
2. Interpersonal Level
At this level, transfobia manifested in discriminatory attitudes and personal hatred. The inability to accept the existence of transgender persons can be realized in its most refined as the suggestion to repent, until the forms are more rugged eg mocks.
3. Community level
Transfobia form at the level of social and tangible omission by the environmental community against violence. Social movements opposed to the existence of transvestites is one example of transfobia at the community level.
4. Systemic Level
Transfobia at the systemic level is the fear of transgender people are legalized by the law, public policy and religious norms. An example is the legal relief that the killers of Gwen Araujo received, transgender women in California in 2002. The convict filed the trans panic defense, which is a legal defense under the pretext of a panic when forced to kill transgender met.
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