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Miguel
Joined: Jan 27, 2011
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Age: 19
Country: Portugal
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Transgender Individuals - the constant outcasts of society
January 27, 2011 - 02:09 PM
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So I've just registered and decided to write this about transgender people because it's what I face everyday and what people don't really care about.
There is a growing interest about transexual individuals but what about transgenders that are not transexual?!
[some info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transgender-related_topics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXI9w0PbBXY]
All over the world there is an imposed idea that gender is binary [male or female] when:
1) the proportion of intersexed individuals' births [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex] are 1 in 5 children
2) there have always been gender bending individuals along history
Transexuality is currently defined by the WHO [World Health Organization] as a disease just like homossexuality was thought to be.
I agree with this global campaign: http://www.stp2012.info/old/en/manifesto and believe that everybody should read about this issue.
I find that governments are more and more neglective of trans identities' lifes. We are not even treated with respect by law for we are not recognized!
As a teen trigender person I would feel respected if I were legally recognised by the way I desire to be treated and t see "trigender" in gender. I'm not a girl, I'm not a boy, I'm not an androgenous person, I'm the three of them and have all the right to be me! I want people to see me as a person! I don't want to be fired! I want to be able to change what I don't like about myself! I want media and governments to see me! I want to be a person as the others! I want to walk down the street without the fear of being harassed or raped! I want to see the world as it truly is: letting everyone know how people are and not constantly try to pack them in boxes!
Legally, me and other transgender people are not even a person. How do you think that feels?!
This is nothing but a fight against prejudice and non-existing gender barriers.
Why can't people love one another and let each person be who they are and treat others as individuals?
What do you think?
Cheers,
Mike [a.k.a. Cat]
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