Transsexual bashing: An ugly reality in the closet
The Star Ledger
Posted by Joseph Wardy
July 28, 2009 12:37PM
http://blog.nj.com/njv_joseph_wardy/2009/07/transsexual_bashing_an_ugly_re.html (http://blog.nj.com/njv_joseph_wardy/2009/07/transsexual_bashing_an_ugly_re.html)
Good News: Over the years since the Stonewall riot and through the work of Harvey Milk, the gay community has made some progress toward equality and tolerance in our culture.
Bad News: This progress for homosexuals and lesbians has not been the case for those who are transsexual.
Let me begin by differentiating between a homosexual and a transsexual. The former's condition relates to same sex attraction. Transsexuals are people whose condition is gender identity and not sexual orientation. These are people who are born in the wrong body, a situation they can't take for granted like the vast majority of society.