When some people are bulied, harassed or otherwise intimidated, they become more determined to fight, to move toward their goals, to do whatever they need to take care of themselves. And they might even be motivated to help others in situations like their own.
Still others take out their anger on the world. If you get close to such people, you are likely to bear the brunt of their rage. I know: I was in intimate relationships with two such people.
Then there are those who retreat and withdraw. I've seen trans people who go from their homes to their cars and back--never venturing even into the immediate environs of their homes and neighborhoods, let alone the larger world. Some of them even forego health care and other services they need because they feel so beaten down by the prejudice they experience.
That last category of hated-upon folks (transgenders, specifically) is the subject of this infographic from Fenway Health:
Still others take out their anger on the world. If you get close to such people, you are likely to bear the brunt of their rage. I know: I was in intimate relationships with two such people.
Then there are those who retreat and withdraw. I've seen trans people who go from their homes to their cars and back--never venturing even into the immediate environs of their homes and neighborhoods, let alone the larger world. Some of them even forego health care and other services they need because they feel so beaten down by the prejudice they experience.
That last category of hated-upon folks (transgenders, specifically) is the subject of this infographic from Fenway Health:
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