Meet a trans person

 

September 14, 2022



An opinion piece in the New York Times last week was titled “America is Being Consumed by a Moral Panic over Trans People.” If the ramifications of this weren’t so cruel, I would be tempted to laugh.

What is so scary about people who identify as transgender? All that means is that their sex chosen for them at birth does not match their gender now that they are old enough to be able to say/demonstrate what their gender is. Sexual anatomy and gender may not agree. One comes from fetal development of body parts, and the other comes from the formation of the frontal lobe of the brain. Kind of like personality. Everybody’s personalities differ. Each personality is their own. No one tries to tell them what their personality is. And no one can tell anyone else what their gender is.

It is pretty simple. So why the panic? As population percentage goes, trans folks are about 0.6% of the population. We are a pretty benign group. We don’t storm the Capitol, we aren’t big on gun ownership, we don’t really care which bathroom you use. And last time I checked, we weren’t hogging all the Olympic medals.

We aren’t the major offenders in terms of sexual assault, although trans women of color are way too often the victims of sexual assault/homicide. Trans children and their parents seem to be particularly frightening to some state politicians. The misinformation that is being spread is pretty horrifying. I am not aware of any trans toddlers that are receiving hysterectomies or being castrated.

Are we really so naive as to believe these ludicrous stories? Maybe you haven’t met a trans person. I would be happy to make your acquaintance. I promise I am not worth the panic.

Linden Jordan

Marblemount

 

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