Digger steps up for sex change surgery and Defence Force may chip in $10,000
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/digger-steps-up-for-sex-change-surgery-and/story-fn6bfkm6-1225944913656 (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/digger-steps-up-for-sex-change-surgery-and/story-fn6bfkm6-1225944913656)
10/28/10
A psychological and medical assessment is being conducted to determine whether Defence money can be used because the male officer has a medically diagnosed gender identification issue.
The case follows a policy review ordered by Defence chief Angus Houston after a transgender member launched a complaint with the Human Rights Commission over moves to discharge him.
The ADF has funded up to a dozen breast augmentation and reduction operations in recent years in which female sailors received funding assistance to address "psychological" issues about breast size and confidence.
Unfortunately my family saw this on TV last night .....then let me know about it.
The opening lines to the segment were along the lines of "then HE decided to become a she". And the digger went along with it. 0____0
Ok..... some of you may have noticed how frustrated I am with the stupidity of the world on this topic recently.. so much so I want to distance myself from these words.... transgender and transsexual.
The world has one view of these words and people that are actually going through it have another idea of what they mean.
So when someone finds out you are "one of those" they view you from their tainted understanding dished out to them by idiots in the media etc that don't know the first thing and on top of that think it's a life style choice. 'tf!
We are forced to in a way to re-educate people which could just be viewed by them as another perspective.
For this reason along I no longer consider myself these words... they are tainted, stigmatised and misunderstood. I will just deny it all if people say anything.
Plus ..and this is going to sound harsh but it's how I feel .... I believe that if a married male (to a women) "decides" one day to become a women then their marriage should be made void.
IF the female of the marriage still really loves the husband/new-wife then they should declare it again officially with the new name on new paperwork.
A lot of wives I've seen on these TV segments stick by your partner out of loyalty more than love, they are not lesbians by nature they have that forced on to them. Being the women that they are they stick it out. I've seen them say ON NATIONAL TV "I would of preferred for him to stay [male name]". They fell in love with a man they are heterosexual. It's like a trap... find someone first then change so you can have it all without having to go through a harder life trying to find someone. Which they should.. as they would unequivocally love them for who they are not who they once were first and foremost.
Just to back up my point ....if this digger bumped into his "wife" as a transgendered person would she (being the heterosexual she is) of dated and married him/her? You may say maybe ...but I say highly doubtful.
I think it's wrong to trap people in marriages they otherwise wouldn't want to be in. But if they love the person no matter what then they should prove that it's for real by going through the process of marriage again, on their terms not someone elses. Does she REALLY love him...... if so prove it. Don't be passive and go with the flow.. just like society teaches all women to do.
So yeah no doubt another controversial POV by the muffin. But it is how I feel. And I feel I should share it. Don't like it? walk away.
Next point... every time someone who is "transgender" makes it onto a mainstream TV segment it's 99 times out of 100 someone who is early into transition and still presents mostly as their old gender, this is what society sees... most people judge them more on their looks and vibe at that point of their transition and don't realise that they will develop and change more than that. Thus giving a false impression of what it's really about, unless they state that by pointing it out and educating people... but they don't.
I KNOW that those that pass and are stealth are more likely to not want to out themselves in an attempt to educate the public.....that are already way too behind on the subject and would largely not "get it" anyway. It would be "oh she's pretty...... that's even more deceitful!!! nnnoooooooo". lols I jest... but they would rate her looks and probably make a comment about ->-bleeped-<- porn or something.
Basically what this comes down to is.......... I don't feel like I AM what the public thinks I am. I didn't choose this I don't want it.... I'd rather be dead than viewed negatively based on BS lies and misinformation. Stories like this upset me.. and there is nothing I can do but accept it or crush my parents with a knock at the door by the police. :(
This story came up in conversation today at work, and I had to restrain myself from acting in an unlady like fashion and tell someone they were talking total BS.
Without outing myself prematurely I just tried to get them to see that being TS is not just something that is a matter of a quick snip with a scalpel, but is a long tortuous process. Some people are just plain thick though.