Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

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which human rights have been lost

I have asked this multiple times in the past and no one ever seems to answer...

Trans people have a tough fight, and  yes, it can be easy to say that it's just dudes in drag or whatever, but to denigrate their fight to nothing less than other civils rights is just spitting in their faces. 

It would help if you, and everyone else who says their civil rights are being denied, actually articulated what rights they are being denied.

Please, if you outline that, I might find it easier to agree. Until then, I can see no rights that I have that they are being denied.

The most basic civil rights are summarised in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal.

Article 2 Everyone is equal regardless of race, colour, sex, language, religion, politics, or where they were born.

Article 3 Everyone has the right to life (and to live in freedom and safety).

Article 4 Everyone has the right to be free from slavery.

Article 5 Everyone has the right to be free from torture.

Article 6 Everyone has the right to be recongnised before the law.

Article 7 We are all are equal before the law.

Article 8 Everyone has the right to seek justice if their rights are violated.

Article 9 Everyone has the right to freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10 Everyone has the right to a fair trial.

Article 11 Everyone has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Article 12 Everyone has the right to privacy and freedom from attacks on their reputation.

Article 13 Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and to be free to leave and return to their own country.

Article 14 Everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution.

Article 15 Everyone has the right to a nationality.

Article 16 Everyone has the right to marry and to have a family.

Article 17 Everyone has the right to own property.

Article 18 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Article 20 Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

Article 21 Everyone has the right to take part in government and to have equal access to public service.

Article 22 Everyone has the right to social security.

Article 23 Everyone has the right to work, to equal pay, to protection against unemployment and the right to form and join trade unions.

Article 24 Everyone has the right to rest and leisure.

Article 25 Everyone has the right to a decent standard of living, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and social services.

Article 26 Everyone has the right to education.

Article 27 Everyone has the right to participate in and enjoy culture, art and science.

Article 28 Everyone has the right to a social and international order where the rights in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29 We have a duty to other people and we should protect their rights and freedoms.

Article 30 Nobody can take away these rights and freedoms from us.

I can identify a couple of these universal rights that the trans community want to restrict for others, which I have highlighted for your convenience.

Everything else they are complaining about is something they are looking to force on others and to gain special treatment because of their own self-imposed status.