Quote Originally Posted by nycguy View Post
On another related note. When can a transgendered female rightfully aknowledge themselves as females on legal documents? I'm assuming shorty was not legally empowered to do so.


Quote Originally Posted by TVSURFER View Post
The initial application is the first phase of gaining employment, anywhere! I know the application stated if the person was male or female; check the box or fill in the blank; whether the person is transgendered or not, there is still a factor to be considered on the application if it is duly stated; the person is a male or female, and if the application calls for gender, then the correct gender should be given.

Most applications will state if the applicant has based all the answers in truth. To finalize the application, an employer will ask a young person for validation of age by a birth certificate, state identification or valid driver’s license.

I had to bail a t-girl out of lockup and she asked me over the phone to ask for her by her male name, so that type of information on an employment application shouldn't be questionable. That is if the person really wants the job. Plus, the person should known that in the first place!

If the applicant is insecure about themselves, that’s their problem; they should not have given false information.

They were still born either male or female.
As always you have raised alot of good points, and ones that I may get back
to.

But at at this juncture, I would like to ask you and other forum members a
few questions:

1. Do you feel that transgendered or transsexual individuals should put their
birth gender or rather the gender that they identify as, on applications such
as the ones under discussion?

2. At what point do you feel that a trans-person can legally and rightfully be
designated as the gender they identify as?

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?