Socially excluded transgender people in patriarchal society

This article deals with a very sensitive gender issue prevailing in the society which is related to the transgender people and their societal acceptance in the patriarchal society. Very often these gender variants people are sufferer of social exclusion and compel to live the life of isolation. The aim of this article is to elucidate the facts about the transgender people and the treatment they have been getting from the society since immemorial times. A bird's eye view on the significant terms related to this article. Transgender is the state of one's gender identity not matching one's assigned sex. Social Exclusion is the process in which individuals or entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities and resources (e.g. housing, employment, healthcare, civic engagement, democratic participation and due process) that are normally available to members of society and which are key to social integration. Patriarchy is a social system in which males are the primary authority figures central to social organization; occupy roles of political leadership, moral authority and control of property, and where fathers hold authority over women and children. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination. Son preference upholds the essential value of having a son in a family. The article concludes with the positive thought process that one must have to go through once, whether is it government or society.