http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-mott/choosing-social-work-as-a_b_4512844.html?utm_hp_ref=transgenderAuthor: Stephanie Mott Source: Huffington Post
A person might ask, "Why do you say a transgender career? " I would respond by saying that I am a transgender person. It is a label I choose to place on myself, knowing full well that I am really a person who is transgender, and transgender is only a part of who I am. But also knowing that being transgender is something that has had an encumbering influence on every aspect of my life.
[. . .] the words I am typing will inevitably be read by someone who identifies as a transgender teenager. They will undoubtedly wonder what type of transgender career they can possibly have in a world that continues, to a large extent, to identify transgender people completely by our transgender-ness. I want that transgender teen to know that they can be whomever they truly are, and become whatever it is their heart desires. Being transgender should never be an encumbrance to living your life.
I am honored to have chosen social work as my transgender career. The enhancement of human wellbeing, the promotion of social justice and the empowerment of people who are oppressed.
