Earlier today, I saw the piece excerpted below on BlogHer. I think my last Funky Brown Chick post about trans issues was What About Transgendered Little Boys and Girls? from a couple months ago. (Heads up: Comments on that post are out of order because I was using Disqus at the time and have since temporarily switched back to a non-threaded commenting system.) If you’re interested in more in-depth coverage of transsexuality, I highly recommend Monica Roberts’ blog TransGriot. Also, don’t forget to click through to read Rita Arens‘ story about meeting Jen Khatchatrian. It’s refreshingly honest, and it caught my eye because I met Jen at the same conference, too; her story is actually quite moving.
“I went into the conversation thinking it was wrong to let a young child make the decision to change his or her gender. I came out of lunch thinking, ‘I have to help this woman find friends for her daughter. Her daughter who has a penis.’”[ Continue reading: Transgendered Children ]
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quite possibly the next road travelled …. at my guess, there are a lot of people who fit this
wonderful part of Life as we know it…. food for thought…. just how many have positions of
importance and do very well at it …. able to go thru life with the most secret of secrets held
close to one’s chest…. that’s a person that I will not play Poker with…. but would bet on them
at every turn to overcome all the speed bumps that Life lays at their feet…. who is one to
say who’s normal….. would’nt that be in the eyes of the beholder…. anyone that we meet in
Life is and should be considered normal ’till proven otherwise…. and is it not as old as the sands of Time that such have been on Earth… we are at a point in which we must be as one with One on this …. this is as real as your next breath…..
lamesabassman…. we are our Sister’s and our Brother’s keeper… we owe them all much… and… in probably… ways we will never, ever know of…..