Hi Everyone

So, here is a look at my current struggle to leave the US and become a Canadian citizen, so I can finish off my working life as a soldier. It might surprise everyone here that Army deserters are not the only ones fleeing to Canada.

I left last August 06 and am fighting to stay in Canada, by any legal means necessary. I left the US because fully gender corrected persons in the US cannot apparently lose the identity of "Transsexual", even after fully correcting that birth defect between their legs. My particular situation leaves me with 99% of all documents attained in my previous gender, being correctly conformed to the correct new gender. The only flaw is my inability to seal or conform my fingerprint records.

So what do you think, about this?

I have posted a more complete accounting of my experience at this site.

http://groups.msn.com/EqualrightsforGenderCorrectedpersons

I see no equality attainable in the view that gender corrected people are not truly the gender they correct to. I also see the community inaccurately defined as "Transgendered" to be in part to blame. Also it is clear that aliening our cause with that of other sexual minorities in their struggle for  sexual expression equality is self limiting and has lead to more marginalization and disenfranchisement than it has solved

Gender expression is not a part of sexual expression battle, it seems that their has been a blending of the two issues and the GLB Community is now pulling the Transitioning community back into the bog...so to speak.

There is unfortunately little help the Transitioning Transsexual community can offer in the way of support for the ->-bleeped-<- community. It appears to me that there is little common ground because a community that only wants to imitate a particular gender are poor allies to a group that wants to become a particular gender.

That's about how I feel in a nut shell.

JaneX

Being a 23 year veteran of the Air Farce, I truly feel your pain.

The 'establishment' is too lazy and too scared to actually think the matter through and to make the necessary differentiations which you have enunciated, that must be made.

So, we're left to deal with a stodgy, stolid and stupid system which prefers to deal with issues generally monolithically.

And that is precisely one of the reasons why I am counting the days leading toward my exodus. I've had enough.

It has been a good career but for too many reasons, it is time to consign it to history.

Hi Rhonda

So 23 years in service, that brings up a few questions.

Did you serve in the CDF, US or other country? If you say you served or are serving in the US currently than that pretty much suggests that you were forced to serve, while maintaining a Don't Ask Don't Tell, aspect to your life. My hat is off to you for being able to fly under the radar for that long.

Well take care; I will watch the 300th production of the "Canadian Air FARCE comedy sitcom today.

JaneX

As a person who lived in Canada for 49 years before moving to California six years ago, Canada is a lot more liberal than a lot of the US. But this applies mainly to Vancouver and Montreal. There are other places in Canada as redneck as much of Texas. To stay there, you basically have to be re-uniting with family (getting married counts and gay marraige is legal for now)  or you have to have a skill that is in short supply in the country. Mind you, being willing to join the army may count.

The other way though temporary is to apply for a TN visa which apply only to certain professions. They can be obtained by simply getting a job offer letter from a Canadian company, showing up at the border and paying a nominal fee, under $100. Do a search on the web for TN visa. They are good for a year but you can get them as many times as you want. However, unless you have a degree in one of those fields listed on the internet, or an asssociates and tons of experience, this avenue is not available.

Because after 9-11 Canada is just as tight as the USA to get into permanently. Easy to visit but...

However, Canada is a great place to live and Canadians are denied no material comforts. If you can get it in the USA, Canadians have it too. Except for stupidly high medical bills.

Danielle

Quote from: JaneX on April 04, 2007, 10:01:12 AM
Hi Rhonda

So 23 years in service, that brings up a few questions.

Did you serve in the CDF, US or other country? If you say you served or are serving in the US currently than that pretty much suggests that you were forced to serve, while maintaining a Don't Ask Don't Tell, aspect to your life. My hat is off to you for being able to fly under the radar for that long.

Well take care; I will watch the 300th production of the "Canadian Air FARCE comedy sitcom today.

JaneX

No hon, U. S., where earlier in my career I was oft heard to say,

"If there is an inefficient way to do something, the Air Farce will find it and implement it!!"  [stated with much disgust]

Those were some of the most difficult years of my life.