Optimistic Glimmer Towards Transgender Discrimination: An Overview

Abstract

Transgender individuals, unlike other gender, hardly enjoy the facilities and get opportunities. This study looks into the perception of all genders regarding the discrimination to transgender individuals after amendment in the recent Bill. The responsibility of the media is pondered along with the requirement of the legal support that can reduce the discriminatory attitude. Four hundred and eighty samples were collected. The data were collected using snowball sampling and the tools used for analysis were regression and mediation. Regression was conducted to find out whether the attitude of discrimination is due to mindset, behavioural style or capability. A mediation test was conducted to find the mediation of media or legal support to reduce the discriminating attitude where mind set is the independent variable. The multiple regression analysis revealed that mindset and behavioural style are the causes of discrimination. The mediation test shows that the mediation of media support could reduce the mindset of discriminating attitude. The intervention of the media is required to bring about a change in the negative mindset of society.