TransMission: Identity vs. Identification
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/09/15/02610.html9/15/2008
I've read the web page hundreds of times, so I know exactly what to bring with me. I have a letter to the MTO, indicating my request for a permanent change to my gender designation. I have a letter from my doctor, who verifies that the change is appropriate. I have my legal name change form, my vehicle ownership, and my old driver's license. Finally, I have a printout of the MTO web page, explaining the MTO's policy on Gender Designation Change -- Found herein: LINK
Finally, I reach the front of the line, and approach the girl at the counter. She's obviously a temp, on summer vacation from high school; she's disinterested and eagerly awaiting her lunch break. She looks up at me, bored look on her face, and asks me in that bureaucratic monotone where all the words seem to run together, "hi-how-can-I-help-you. "
Excited, yet relaxed, I hand the pile of papers to the girl, with the MTO page on top. I smile, and say, "I'd like to get this change processed, please." I watch, slightly amused, as she reads the Gender Designation Change web page, blinks twice, and looks up at me, face filled with surprise. She looks back at the page, back up at me, back at the page, and calls her supervisor over to the desk.
