The main thing I have concerns about is that I predict we're going to see attitudes in the West swing over to the more conservative in the not too distant future. The implications of that for trans people seems easy to guess at - no more acceptance of it in schools, less resources devoted to treatment, less acceptance in general. And that would be in a best-case scenario I imagine.
I could be wrong, but I'd rather not be caught off guard. So I'm going to be extremely careful in terms of presentation and keeping these aspects as private as possible. I might look into getting my medical records taken off the open database here in the UK and the gender changed fully on all of those, a full name and gender change on all documents ASAP, although I wonder of the safety and utility of getting a gender recognition certificate issued by the state. Might be more beneficial to fly under the radar on that one.
Yeah, I'm a little paranoid about privacy and keeping the trans thing under wraps. If attitudes do change they could change very quickly if political upheaval takes place. So far I think a lot of people are tolerating us because they have to, but that doesn't mean if the wind shifts they won't just as quickly turn on us.
