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Transgender story in New York Times
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Transgender story in New York Times According to an article recently published in the New York Times, officials in the Trump Administration are considering rolling back some of the current Policies that have giving Transgendered people certain rights. Essentially, it would change the ability of people that have chosen to change their sexual identity, either surgically or otherwise, to declare legally their new sexual identity. As the New York Times article states, the term Transgender would be eliminated from Federal guidelines. Only the genitals at the time of birth, Male or Female, would be used to identify a person’s gender, forever and it is unchangeable. The main effects of this proposed change in Federal Policy would be felt in such places as schools (including universities), prisons and homeless shelters and such that are federally funded. No longer would accommodations be allowed for people that have chosen sexual reassignment. It would not change your ability to transition but it would prevent you from fully identifying as your chosen gender identity. Outside the Transgender community this may not seem important but to us that seek to become fully recognized as a member of a preferred non-biological gender, it is very big. We have sent to fully transition in mind, body and spirit and it is essential in my mind that we be acknowledged for our sustained, and often difficult, efforts to obtain emotional peace and mental tranquility. Most communally known as Happiness. I strongly believe in the words of our Declaration of Independence that we have an unalienable right to the “pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of HAPPINESS’. In my own case, I spent over a year and hundreds of dollars in lawyer fees to change my gender officially. My Drivers License, my Social Security account, my Health Insurance, my everything reflect my legally changed name and preferred gender, Janice Janes, Female. I could not accept the thought of producing an ID with the name John after I had chosen to become Janice. I needed to completely and entirely identify as a woman. I start everyday now being thankful for my new life and the ability to have achieved it. When asked how I am today, I answer “ wonderful everyday now!”. I collecting names of Government officials that I believe are suggesting this potential change in Policy and will write to everyone of them to please reconsider. I will also write to the President and the Vice President to please not allow this step backward in the lives of us that seek to re-identify. Nature isn’t perfect. We are no less the product of natures’ mistakes than someone who unfortunately is born with the more obvious physical or mental disability, We deserve the the same opportunities to overcome our birth abnormality. Jan |
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