Transgender Issues Hidden in Same-Sex Marriage Debate
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture/transgender-issues-hidden-in-same-sex-marriage-debate-34162/ (http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture/transgender-issues-hidden-in-same-sex-marriage-debate-34162/)
7/24/11
By Devon Boen
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
Same-sex marriage has been a hot item for more than a decade. It gained attention in the 1990s with the Defense of Marriage Act, which, when enacted, maintained that marriage was between one man and one woman — in other words, same-sex marriages, which were then beginning to be performed by the states, would not be recognized at the federal level.