It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be. The comments below are quite awful- it seems to escape these people that there might be more to gender presentation than sexual organs. Though they themselves would likely be loath to admit that they could be reduced to what's between their legs.
The reason these changes are welcome and necessary is because transgendered and transsexual people face discrimination due to documents not lining up with their gender presentation, leading to awkward questions or risk of abuse; whether it's being denied a job, harassed by a police officer or what have you.
Trans people are the sexes they assert they are, their body at birth simply didn't line up with how they'd feel as they got older. It is not the role of the state to punish them for that, nor is it the role of people like DoctorGonzo or the homophobic Search4Answers to adjudicate on matters that have nothing to do with their personal safety or the safety of anyone they love.
Trans people didn't choose this, any more than you chose to be straight white males. It is not the role of government to punish them for that merely so you feel a little more comfortable. What's "bull**it", DoctorGonzo, is the fact that you're making up nonsense about lower insurance rates. That's an aggregate figure, but *individual* men and women are charged the same rate up front.
If you don't know this, how can you possibly claim enlightened dominion over transgendered Ohioans?
Lastly it isn't falsification, it's the truth. A trans woman is a woman, a trans man is a man, F and M respectively. Their documents reflecting how they present themselves, their names, and how they live their lives seems to me like an accurate depiction of reality. Your perverse desire to know what's between their legs, or for the rest of the world to know such would be considered sick if you were talking about any group other than trans people. Thank goodness none of you work in government.
No surgical sex change? No problem at BMV to alter gender on licenses
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be. The comments below are quite awful- it seems to escape these people that there might be more to gender presentation than sexual organs. Though they themselves would likely be loath to admit that they could be reduced to what's between their legs.
The reason these changes are welcome and necessary is because transgendered and transsexual people face discrimination due to documents not lining up with their gender presentation, leading to awkward questions or risk of abuse; whether it's being denied a job, harassed by a police officer or what have you.
Trans people are the sexes they assert they are, their body at birth simply didn't line up with how they'd feel as they got older. It is not the role of the state to punish them for that, nor is it the role of people like DoctorGonzo or the homophobic Search4Answers to adjudicate on matters that have nothing to do with their personal safety or the safety of anyone they love.
Trans people didn't choose this, any more than you chose to be straight white males. It is not the role of government to punish them for that merely so you feel a little more comfortable. What's "bull**it", DoctorGonzo, is the fact that you're making up nonsense about lower insurance rates. That's an aggregate figure, but *individual* men and women are charged the same rate up front.
If you don't know this, how can you possibly claim enlightened dominion over transgendered Ohioans?
Lastly it isn't falsification, it's the truth. A trans woman is a woman, a trans man is a man, F and M respectively. Their documents reflecting how they present themselves, their names, and how they live their lives seems to me like an accurate depiction of reality. Your perverse desire to know what's between their legs, or for the rest of the world to know such would be considered sick if you were talking about any group other than trans people. Thank goodness none of you work in government.
Ohio should be praised for this.
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