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1. Do you feel that transgendered or transsexual individuals should put theirbirth gender or rather the gender that they identify as, on applications suchas the ones under discussion?
Transgendered individuals who are under certified, medical therapy should use their birth names on documents which are deemed legal until they can prove they have a medical condition, be it physical or mental, to legally changed by a legal, considered court order. All documents, applications, etc. thereafter can be considered as legal. Using a name they arbitrarily picked can be construed as an alias.
2. At what point do you feel that a trans-person can legally and rightfully be
designated as the gender they identify as?
As long as they have their biological sex genitalia they will still be deemed male or female and or until they have SRS (sex reassignment surgery) by a certified medical practitioner, i.e. a surgeon that specializes in sex reassignment surgery. Until then, they will be no different from the club scene in the movie “Good Fellas”, where everybody had an alias, which is basically prevalent today with all the t-girls.
3. If they are not allowed to put the gender they identify as, do you see this
as a potential barrier to legal employment, and what are possible solutions
to this problem?
All they have to do is abide by the language of the legal document. In other words, be truthful! If their birth name is James Jones, then that name should appear on the document. Jimmie or Jamie can be scrutinized by the employer if it is not on requested legal documents, such as birth certificates, state identification or jurisdictional driver’s licenses; everyone must be able identify themselves, legally.
Possible solutions, especially for transgendered persons; they should be who they are, be it male or female. They cannot help how they were born and they shouldn’t be ashamed of meeting the public head on, especially and specifically when their total life is to be considered. But until they can do something about their gender assignment, i.e. taking the steps to legally change their names and or seeking medical help to assure the future they desperately want.
Transgender issues are civil rights concerns; everyone has the right to a life, to have the liberty to a life and to be able to pursue what makes them truly happy under the constraints of our existing laws.
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