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| Topic Started: Sep 17 2011, 04:08 AM (353 Views) | |
| Issa | Sep 17 2011, 04:08 AM Post #1 |
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I know most to none of you care, but this is some of the most important and greatest news I have ever heard. I have never in my life been so proud of my country. as taken from the pink news article
Edited by Issa, Sep 17 2011, 04:15 AM.
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| Rasen | Sep 17 2011, 04:45 AM Post #2 |
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Well that's pretty cool. I never really thought about that before, but now that I have, I'm glad there is a country doing this. Hopefully more countries follows suit since it seems like a annoying problem without it. |
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| Professional Protagonist | Sep 17 2011, 04:52 AM Post #3 |
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Girl power
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Huh. That's pretty cool. |
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| Issa | Sep 17 2011, 04:53 AM Post #4 |
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You have no idea how annoying it is. I had to get an official letter from a therapist before I could travel overseas previously. I'm just looking forward to when they finally get around to permitting the same option for Drivers License's. However, I am worried about any negative repercussion that this may have, such as altering marriage laws. Previously, a transgender person could get their birth certificate/everything else changed to state their desired gender after certain prerequisites were met. This allowed for transgender people to marry people of "the opposite sex" as defined by their birth certificates. |
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| TrippleNick | Sep 17 2011, 04:07 PM Post #5 |
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I know what it is like Issa and I am really glad that your country decided to make things easier for certain fokes. I can related because I know a friend that has a mental disability and she has to go all the way to washington DC to get a certain letter so she can take special classes. Im excited that you now can have a card and traval as freely as the rest of the UK =) |
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| Snow White | Sep 18 2011, 03:48 AM Post #6 |
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And not a fuck was given
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/Moved to General Discussion per request by a mobile Professional Protagonist :Notes that the below opinion is an opinion and isn't meant to harm anyone. It's just my two cents )*Strokes chin* I'm not a person who dislikes transexuals, however I view gender the same as your name. You can dress however you want, or call yourself whatever you want as long as it has nothing to do with.... Well, what was said in your post. When your appearance does not match up to what is on your ID, or passport (Not sure if i'm wording this right). I can walk down the street calling myself by my middle name and dressing like a man, but once I go to work, I go by my first name and I dress like a woman. The same would go for if I was at an airport. Why? It's what is asked of me, and I have no issue accomondating people for a short period of time to avoid trouble. I've been frisked down over not having proper identification at an airport before and there's no way in Hell i'd do anything to get them to frisk me again. If I were a transexual and dressing like my gender will avoid me from dealing with being pulled aside and being groped like that, i'll look the part. A small inconvenience on my part would be a win win on both sides in my perspective. I'd get to bypass the security area in the airport and change after the plane lands and the security guys are non the wiser =3 I'm not going to hold up a large amount of people I will be stuck on a plane with later. That's insane :/ Transexuals HAVE to dress like their preferred gender when at a airport? Seriously? You will not die if you put pants on. Come on >3> Having laws/rules passed/changed like this (Banning smoking from public areas, transexuals being able to choose their own gender on their passports, other laws like these I can't think of) are a waste of tax payer money conveniencing a small group of people that should have gone towards a larger cause that needs that money more. Hey, my home town has no sidewalks but at least non-smokers can breathe freely now |
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| Issa | Sep 18 2011, 04:25 PM Post #7 |
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I understand what you're saying, and I really have no idea how to explain it. People hate feeling like they're being forced into something, and transsexuals spend a large portion of their lives, often the majority of it feeling forced and pressured and trapped. Once you're able to be free of it, going back into that feeling of being trapped is the worst thing in the world, even if it is only for the duration of a plane ride. Also, it's not neseccarily a case of "dress like it says on your passport, not how you feel" doesn't always work, espescially in younger transsexuals. Those who start HRT at a younger age and those who have lots of surgery often look incredibly feminine, and even when they dress boyish they still look male. However, according to the old laws, you could only get your gender on your passport changed after Sexual Reassignment Surgery, so this presented the issue of incredibly feminine looking women, and yet their passports say that they're male. including the X just makes things easier for everyone, and feels a lot less insulting even when you're not trying to fly overseas. |
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| Issa | Sep 19 2011, 10:12 AM Post #8 |
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Edited by Issa, Sep 19 2011, 10:12 AM.
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