Emilia Lombardi wrote:
> I just got my census form, and not unexpectantly they only have male and
> female. I'm planning on writing in transgender/transsexual woman as are my
> roommates. They'll probably call me and ask what I mean by this. I'll tell
> them that that is my gender. They'll probably say "what is my physical sex"
> and I'll tell them that I'm physically a transgender/transsexual woman. If
> they ask about my chromosomes I'll say I don't know, I've never had that
> test. If they ask about my genitals I'll say that I have the typical
> genitals for a transgender/transsexual woman. Etc.
>
> Its time that we're counted. So at the very least the census will have a
> n=3 for the 2000 census or 3 missing cases. Either way, this should be a
> start of tran-people being counted.
Depends. I don't consider "transsexual" to be a gender, just a temporary state
of transition. When I fill out form I just put down "female" because that's
what I am.
Melissa
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