And with money, transgender persons can buy all their needs and get a surgery to change their biological sex organs. With money, one can buy a place where one can feel safe and comfortable. So, the American Dream is achievable but if only you have the required amount of money for whatever you want to be. That statement is also subject to contention. Whether transgender persons can be considered fully-fledged citizens in America is a debatable question. As Hanna Rosin explains in her article about the lives of transgender children, overcoming the difficulty of being a transgender person in America is extremely difficult. Discussing some older transgender persons, Rosin writes: "transgender men and women in their 50s and 60s described lives of heartache and rejection: years of hiding makeup under the mattress, estranged parents, suicide attempts" (Rosin). She also discusses a an endocrinologist who had...

The life of the boy/girl named Brandon/Bridgette is another example of how transgender persons cannot easily achieve the American Dream. Because of Brandon's condition, his mother and stepfather quarrel sometimes. Their relatives are not comfortable with Brandon playing with their kids. Even strangers in the street may make Brandon's mother uncomfortable by asking if the child is a boy or a girl.
The American Dream indeed consists of having opportunities, freedom, and power. If you do not have power, however, your chance of achieving the dream is slim.

Works Cited:

Livingston, Jennie, Paul Gibson, and Jonathan Oppenheim. Paris Is Burning. Burbank, CA: Miramax Home Entertainment, 2005.

Rosin, Hanna. "A Boy's Life." The Atlantic. November, 2008. Web. 17 April 2012