: Ongoing "conformist pressures" from the larger society often lead to discrimination in housing, employment, and legal recognition. Conclusion
Despite cultural gains, the transgender community faces unique and systemic challenges that are often more acute than those faced by cisgender members of the LGBTQ community.
: Sociologists view the community as both a subculture (a smaller group within a larger society) and a counterculture, as it actively opposes traditional heteronormative and cisnormative behaviors. Challenges Facing the Community