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Originally Posted by Charlatan
'snip'I think you have to realize that a transgendered person has no obligation to tell you that they have changed gender. For all you know, the woman you flirted with at the bar last night used to be Fred.
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Just have to kind of threadjack based on that. A few years back, several of us went to a huge dance club. At the bar was a lanky blonde, dressed very nicely and surrounded by guys, giggling with the 'head toss'...and not ONE noticed the adam's apple, the huge square hands and long feet!! I whispered my findings to my friends as we watched Missy dance with partner after partner. As we left, one of my friends wanted to say goodnight to the bartender, a friend of hers and, yep, there he was, getting googly with Missy. My friend let him in on our 'discovery', at first he said no way, then on second or third look....realized....now, maybe I can see the others not knowing,what with drinking, etc....but the bartender?
Which brings me to this: every comment here is based on a preconceived prejudice because of the story as presented. Had the story been about a woman teacher who, after 33 years, got new breasts and then left her spouse for a woman, this wouldn't even make the internet.
Let's see....is the person in question certified to teach? Qualified? Otherwise healthy? This just doesn't seem to be such a big issue to me and yet forums are up in arms over it.
In New Jersey, substitute teachers need to take a certification test just for THAT job and this person has an entire career behind her in the field. So many burn out-teaching is a demanding job-and she wants to keep on. For that alone, I think she's terrific.