Psychological and Sociological Science Disciples in the Social Marginalization of Transgender Populations

Psychology, sociology, and economics are the three main science disciples which focus the most on the social marginalization of the transgender population. An article by Fredriksen-Goldsen et al. (2014) examined how social marginalization affected transgender, or LGBT, individuals’ health. Health care, as everyone can agree, is very important to sociology, psychology, and economics, particularly with regards to LGBT communities and the behavior of these individuals (Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014). 

An article by Fredriksen-Goldsen et al. (2014) focused on the psychological and sociological factors of marginalized transgender populations. The article specifically addressed how marginalized transgender individuals faced numerous psychological issues such as mental disorders, thoughts of suicide, and maladaptive behavior at a rate much higher than their heterosexual counterparts based on sociological factors including, but not limited to, obesity, likelihood of being in ill health (e.g. HIV/AIDS, asthma, cancer), and other disabilities, discrimination, stigmatization, stress, “expectations of rejection…and internalized homophobia” (Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014, sec. 4), among others (Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014 ). 

The goal of this study was simply meant to discover how the social marginalization of transgender individuals needed to be addressed through federal, state, and municipal policies with regards to the “principles of participation, non-discrimination, transparency, and accountability” (Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014, sec. 1) and how these policies can be best implemented. Simple implementation, however, would not completely revise the social marginalization of transgender individuals based on psychological and sociological principles but it would go a long way towards resolving this type of marginalization.

Reference

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K. I., Simoni, J. M., Kim, H. J., Lehavot, K., Walters, K. L., Yang, J., …Hoy-Ellis, C. P. (2014). The health equity promotion model: Reconceptualization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health disparities. Am J Orthopsychiatry, 84(6), 653-663. doi: 10.1037/ort000030