Many sympathies, Scrappy and family.
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
And because the two messages didn't seem to belong together in one post --
Happy Birthday, Allyson!
1 of them is on my sex on a stick list, too (Steven Tyler). I was expecting Mick Jagger, who I also think is hella sexy, to be on that list. And David Crosby isn't really ugly, he just looks like a middle aged normal looking dude.
Legally male and pregnant. Either I understand gender identity or I don't--I just can't work out which.
Gene Simmons has that tongue thing going for him.
did anyone else catch Frontline last night? it was crazy-making, but seemed amazingly well done to me.
huh.
Gene is just nast. more him than his looks, but ewww.
Birthday Happies, Allyson!!!
ION, the Dr. I saw today thinks I probably have arthritis in my knee (a long-term effect of the injury in '91). But they're going to do an MRI of my knee to be sure. So I'm not sure if arthritis is the best-case scenario or what.
The Dr. did say the surgeons who operated on me in '91 did a good job.
Legally male and pregnant. Either I understand gender identity or I don't--I just can't work out which.
So, he was born a female, underwent some reassignment surgery but kept the female reproductive organs? But is legally a man?
I admit I don't understand what criteria must be met in order for a transgendered person to be *legally* considered their "new" gender. Wouldn't having female reproductive organs pretty much be a criterion that puts one definitively in the "female" camp? In legal terms, that is? (Obviously, a person can self-identify as whatever gender he/she wishes. But in the eyes of the government, what does it take, if not reproductive organs?)
Interesting.
I admit I don't understand what criteria must be met in order for a transgendered person to be *legally* considered their "new" gender.
IIRC, it varies by state, but commonly you have to live as your preferred gender for at least a year before you can be considered legally that gender. My understanding is that "bottom surgery" is actually much less common than most non-trans people assume.