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I'm trans, I'm American … and I'm terrified of going home
CBC News ^ | 11/04/18 | Sam Harper*

Posted on 11/04/2018 11:13:32 AM PST by mkleesma

I am terrified.

I am a citizen by birth of the United States, an activist, a writer, a Boston Red Sox fan.

I am also transgender.

And as a transgender person, I'm terrified. I'm terrified because my country's government is proposing to erase my existence.

We recently learned of the Trump administration's proposed definition of gender — a proposal that would exclude trans people from federal recognition, and potentially many civil rights protections.

This definition could have severe consequences. Under this definition, I could be denied access to the medication I need. I could be denied housing and work, and discriminated against legally based on the fact that my gender does not match the "F" on my passport.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chat; fetish; homosexualagenda; lgbtq; transgender
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To: mkleesma

You’re not “transgender”, you’re mentally ill. Surgically mutilating your body will only compound the problem, because the underlying mental illness was never treated correctly. And when you finally figure that out, there is no way to restore your body to its original condition.


41 posted on 11/04/2018 11:34:11 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: mkleesma

What a nut!

Does he/she think government recognition of deviant behavior is what gives him/her, his/her rights?


42 posted on 11/04/2018 11:34:26 AM PST by KittenClaws ("They've got Daryl's Dad's car! .....Red Dawn)
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To: mkleesma
Mental illness is mental illness no matter what the left wants to twist it into. Common sense needs to play a larger role in our culture here.

This person is sick. Quite possibly a danger to others as much as themselves. This ends one way or another. I will not tiptoe about a potentially insane man or woman.

43 posted on 11/04/2018 11:35:03 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: proust

True enough.


44 posted on 11/04/2018 11:35:12 AM PST by KittenClaws ("They've got Daryl's Dad's car! .....Red Dawn)
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To: mkleesma

You want to be really terrified my friend? Go to an Islamic country for any length of time and see how you get treated. Just be sure to openly celebrate your trans sexual identity


45 posted on 11/04/2018 11:35:24 AM PST by Maranatha7757
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To: mkleesma
"If I don't get special rights and privileges, I shall cease to exist."

Such high drama and vapors.

46 posted on 11/04/2018 11:36:28 AM PST by dead (Give everyone in the migrant horde lawnmowers and Mexico will have beautiful grass.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Really! Buy your own drugs.


47 posted on 11/04/2018 11:37:43 AM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: mkleesma

Good stay wherever you are and seek some serious psychiatric help


48 posted on 11/04/2018 11:40:40 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: mkleesma

#MAKEITSTOP


49 posted on 11/04/2018 11:42:05 AM PST by rockabyebaby (The next four years will be YUGE!)
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To: mkleesma
transmogrified...

50 posted on 11/04/2018 11:43:38 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Steely Tom

The Communist Broadcorping Castration has always been in a bubble of their own design.

Canadians get to subsidize this travesty of “news” reportage to the tune of over a BILLION dollars per year.

You thought NPR was bad...


51 posted on 11/04/2018 11:45:15 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: mkleesma

"Alas poor Yorick..."
52 posted on 11/04/2018 11:45:29 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: mkleesma

Transgenders have to be the most miserable people. They gave into their wants and now don’t know what is right or wrong.

As a senior, there was no transgenders in past years... it’s made up... it’s suggested.. it’s given out to the youth as possible.. and the youth are vulnerable. So are some adults. To do this instead of meeting problems head on and doing the right thing... they dabble in stuff that should be left alone.
To let parents list their baby as none or whatever... it’s getting into areas where it’s sheer stupidity! There is a lot of messing with sex, sex change, sex whatever... is there any sense left out there in all this!


53 posted on 11/04/2018 11:46:31 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: mkleesma
The make believe world of trans-unicorns .


54 posted on 11/04/2018 11:46:31 AM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: carriage_hill
Look in your pants. Got “junk”? YOU’RE A MAN. No “junk”? YOU’RE A WOMAN.

And cutting off your junk doesn't make you a woman, just a eunuch.

55 posted on 11/04/2018 11:49:34 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Trans-fat?


56 posted on 11/04/2018 11:49:37 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: mkleesma
so these things have their own flag now??? the queer flag just wasn't specific enough to their mental illness i guess...


57 posted on 11/04/2018 11:55:16 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: mkleesma

“and discriminated against legally based on the fact that my gender does not match the “F” on my passport.”

What does the “F” stand for...Fake?


58 posted on 11/04/2018 11:55:51 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic is one stop shopping...It's the super Walmart for news.)
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To: Getready
Trans-fat?

Bingo.

59 posted on 11/04/2018 11:56:07 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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To: proust

The airport bathrooms are the real problem .BE CAREFUL.


60 posted on 11/04/2018 11:57:00 AM PST by cnsmom
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