Today I called in on a local radio station call in show to talk about this. Basically I said that it is very important for transgender people to have their documents corrected (picture, name, gender marker) and it is often prescribed by their therapist because many of them (us) go on to do pretty drastic things, even commit suicide if they aren't able to fit into their gender identity. It helps them affirm their gender and identity. I also said he would have a case given all the landmark court decisions regarding equality for LGBT. They also asked how many trans* people are out there, I said it's hard to tell because many disappear into society once they are transitioned but I would say around 1 million or about 0.3 to 0.5% of the US population. They asked what the gender marker was, I said basically where it says Male or Female. This was a pretty conservative radio station btw, not to the level of Rush Limbaugh or anything, but leaning rightward.
