Vocational status and aspirations of transgenders

Pages: 501-503
Jaya Kumar K. N. and Sujatha (Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu)

Compared to male and female gender, the transgender community faces a historical discrimination and disadvantage in the vocational areas of human life and continues even today. The present study explored the vocational status as well as the aspirations of the transgender community. As sample of 51 transgenders participated in the study and the results showed that, they infact had very similar vocational aspirations and dreams during their childhood, but when they grew up to become transgenders, their they ended in the traditionally branded despised professions meant for their community due to various discriminating factors of this society. The results further showed individual variations in their aspired professions and in their demographic spectrum.