A Transsexual Woman?

[Natasha]

A Transsexual Woman?

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/05/12/a-transsexual-woman/
5/12/11

I suppose it is a label I will never entirely be rid of: "a transsexual woman." Not that I mind it all that much. And considering that I write about trans issues in two blogs, I can hardly blame anyone for referring to me that way.

Truth is, though, legally speaking, I am simply a female. There are no asterisks attached to my newly minted birth certificate or any of the other official documentation I carry around (ie. driver's licence, medicare card). I am an F on those documents, not a *TF (transsexual female).

[kate durcal]

Hi, Natasha,

Totally agree with you. I wish we could get rid of the trans and cis BS. I was born a female and will die as a female. The wrong external phenotype is an inborn error, a treatable medical condition. While in the topic, lets get rid of the "gender dysphoria" as well. I was never unhappy (dysphoric) with my gender, female, it is society that failed and keeps failing to understand and accept that your external genitalia does not determines your gender identity. They (society) are the dysphoric one

LOL

Kate D