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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Natasha on July 15, 2012, 01:27:31 AM

Title: I became a female, but the State of Ohio won't let me say so: Eunice Tiptree
Post by: Natasha on July 15, 2012, 01:27:31 AM
I became a female, but the State of Ohio won't let me say so: Eunice Tiptree

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/07/she_cant_shake_the_m_word_on_b.html (http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/07/she_cant_shake_the_m_word_on_b.html)
7/14/12
By Plain Dealer guest columnist

So this is what I paid for. I opened the envelope from the Ohio Department of Vital Statistics unveiling my new identity, a fresh birth certificate bearing my new name, Eunice Tiptree, followed by my same old (I won't say how old) birth date, followed by the letter "M." Eunice Tiptree, male.

I have a vagina, but the state of Ohio is stating that I am a male. The state of Ohio is saying the two-year odyssey that I endured from male to female did not occur, the sexual reassignment surgery costing me $20,000 had not changed my body.
Title: Re: I became a female, but the State of Ohio won't let me say so: Eunice Tiptree
Post by: gennee on July 15, 2012, 03:08:15 PM
I believe that these people need to get their heads out of the sand.