GenderLife Forum: The Information Exchange

I wonder if she will be outed with a "gender no-match" letter from social security.

Something Obama could fix with a simple policy edict to a Federal Agency and not requiring any action by Congress. Yet he chooses to perpetuate this damaging practice.
Presumably because it is OK to damage transfolk and cause them unemployment, after all they really don't matter they are not entirely human.

I read the comments and I'm ROTFLMAO. This is the most fun I've had all morning.

Small minds hate because it gives them a feeling of superiority.

It is sad though when the right wing conservatives go against their own religion to score political points. But hey, it's their own Karma they're creating.

Luke 23:34
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
Jesus, while dying on the Cross

These people are allowed to drive cars and have children? No wonder the human race is devolving!

They drive obscene, smokestack equipped (no scrubbers) cars...and the women have no choice about having children. "Close your eyes and think of Dubya."

I found some of those comments at freerupublic hilarious. I wonder how many of them realize that Ann Coulture has a mountain of an adams apple. Not making fun of her for it, but she does have one, and in that one picture Amanda Simpson seems to lack one.
I did hear about this on Colbert tonight. I thought it was a good step in the right direction.

President Obama's appointment of Ms. Simpson tells me that atleast we are moving forward in the right direction. As long as she is qualified to do the job it should not matter what her gender is or used to be.

Although, last night in Dave Letterman show there was a joke about her. I felt it was disturbing and he went too far . Found this on Huffington post and they are also conducting a pole on this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/lettermans-transgender-jo_n_414452.html

Shaila.

Letterman is pretty juvenile, and hopefully he will be spoken to by his network.

The problem is that we are a small constituency, and therefore ripe for exploitation. If we make some noise, perhaps we can convince the media that we may be small, but we are vocal!

Education/positive media exposure/and high level appointments(everywhere,not just in government)...that"s what it"s gonna take to get things turned around for everyone under the GLBT umbrella.I think that this appointment by Obama is a major turning point/milestone towards achieving a level playing field and acceptance by the general public.The main thing that needs to be done(as expressed in the comments) IMO is to try and somehow get rid of the belief that we are all just a bunch of perverted guys wanting to mutilate ourselves.That"s where the education part comes in,which I think is going be put into high gear now as a result of this high level appointment by president Obama.There of course will always be people that, for whatever reason,will never accept us regardless of how much talking/explaining you do to try and convince them otherwise.But I think that eventually they will become a minority.I totally praise Obama for taking this important first step,along with Amanda Simson also,who has a lot of weight on her shoulders now not only to prove herself in the position she was appointed to,but also to be the poster child for all of us.I wish her the best of luck!