I've actually been encountering more forms on which I'm asked to identify my sex or gender using checkboxes labeled "male," "female" or "transgender." This is my response in image form:
"Wait.
There are more than two religions--what if someone has a different religion, or no religion at all? And 'convert'
isn't a religion, it means a person who has gone through a process that
welcomes them into one."
Exactly.
I feel the same way. I suppose it's good that awareness of trans folks has gotten to the point where we're being mentioned as checkbox options, but more education needs to happen.
ReplyDeleteTo play devil's advocate, I do know of a couple of non-binary trans people who specify their gender as "trans," without qualifiers. Justin Vivian Bond is one (last I checked; Bond's web site is unavailable at the moment). But those are rare cases.
mmmmm
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't know that gender was a choice now
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