I have found this to be very informative, and enlightening, and I appreciate the baring of several souls, most of which aren't here to defend or define themselves, as the case may be.
I have only one question. I work in healthcare and we had a MTF transgendered individual who was listed on her chart as a female. My only issue with this is that there are a few diseases, i.e. hemophilia, color blindness, that are gender specific. Also, diagnostic workups are often gender specific. Am I wrong to say that this patient should have been registered by their birth sex, in accordance with the diseases that they are most likely to present with? I realize that the best way to deal with it is to have a transgendered catagory, but here in the armpit of the south, I'm afraid the definition of liberal thought is to not make fun of your buddy if he opts for a Bud Light instead of the full flavor version.
Just a thought, and I'm curious how communities with larger transgendered populations deal with this.
Thanks Gilda!
And love to the girls.(all of them
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