PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY TRANSGENDER PEOPLE: A REVIEW OF SOCIOECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS

Transgender refers to those persons whose gender identity do not match their birth assigned sex and includes transwomen, transmen and intersex. Transgender persons have been given recognition as a different gender identity by NALSA judgment 2014. The Transgender Person (Protection of Right) Act 2019 also reiterate inclusion of transgender in different spheres of life including social, educational, economic. Our constitution also guarantees fundamental rights to transgender persons. Transgender individuals still face brutal treatments everywhere including India. The laws are not sufficient to protect them. To understand the drift between legal and actual condition of transgender, there is a crucial need to review national and international related literature. To fulfill the objectives the researchers have collected various online and offline studies, studied and analyzed them. The studies were categorized in seven categories and then synthesized. The synthesis of the review of related literature under various categories highlights the multifaceted brutal experiences faced by the transgender in daily life. Major findings identify a significant gap between constitutional protections and real-life experiences.