Shiftless2
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The pain is real

They've already dumped Roe."The Supreme Court is now officially considering whether to take up a case overturning marriage equality." #906
The civil rights arena is not new."Laila Ireland
The Federal Government just told me that I need to choose between my livelihood and my identity. ...
In one stroke, the federal government told more than 10 million employees and their families, including me, that our health, our dignity, and our very existence are expendable." #907
Counterpoint:"... In 2005 I started medical transition. ... " #912
The purpose is to make the outside match the inside - since you can't change the brain to match the body the only thing left is to change the body to match the brain.Does it make sense to put ones self through the ordeal described in #912, which seems to pivot around not the internal, personhood,
but instead the external, whether to be addressed as M'am, or Sir?
Sexual orientation is not the same as gender identity.Is subjecting ones self to all this really worth obtaining the same recognition at the $cash register as we receive on the mattress?
Correct."The purpose is to make the outside match the inside - since you can't change the brain to match the body the only thing left is to change the body to match the brain." S2 #914
Correct."Sexual orientation is not the same as gender identity." S2 #914