You don't have to be Trans or Intersexed

[Shana A]

Sunday, 21 March 2010
You don't have to be Trans or Intersexed
Zoe Brain

http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-dont-have-to-be-trans-or-intersexed.html

The saddest thing about this?

    Abbah is expected to undergo gender testing ahead of her legal battle against the Department of Correctional Services.

To prove that her treatment was not acceptable, you see. As it would be for me if I was arrested for something I didn't do. Because I'm not cis-sexual, like her.

If you don't think that this is a big issue to you, because you're neither TS or IS... that might not save you. And if you think the consequences to her family life were bad, remember that for TS and IS people, this the norm. We're too used to it, too accepting that that's the way things are for us. It's sometimes difficult realising that others have different expectations. I consider myself incredibly fortunate that I've lost nothing, and objectively, in comparison with this woman and with very few exceptions, all Trans women I know, I am.