Quote Originally Posted by peggygee View Post
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?
Some good questions.

I suppose the main problem is that TG want to act and dress as women in public -- they want to blend in, and if they can declare they are female on the application or on their licenses, there is less trouble.

You cannot demand that they get an SRS just to able to change their gender identity. The SRS is a big and very personal decision, and not everyone wants to go that far. Nevertheless, in their hearts and minds they may be women.

It's a very interesting problem, and I'm actually not sure what the solution is. Last time I checked, there was consensus in the mental health community that transgenderism was essentially a disorder. I don't agree with that, but that's what you're up against here.

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