I have had no less than 4 trans friends temporarily held in men's prisons due to their pre-op surgical status.
One of them had been arrested for being the victim of an assault. When the police showed up, the assailant said that my friend was attacking him and pointed to her trans status as evidence.
She lost her job over that one when the local papers outed her. (In Santa Cruz, no less.)
This is why surgery is so damned important, if you can get it and want it. It makes a lot of these issues go away. Unfortunately, not all of them, though. You're only marginally more likely to be treated like a human being if your genitals match your presentation.
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Date: 2010-11-01 05:04 pm (UTC)One of them had been arrested for being the victim of an assault. When the police showed up, the assailant said that my friend was attacking him and pointed to her trans status as evidence.
She lost her job over that one when the local papers outed her. (In Santa Cruz, no less.)
This is why surgery is so damned important, if you can get it and want it. It makes a lot of these issues go away. Unfortunately, not all of them, though. You're only marginally more likely to be treated like a human being if your genitals match your presentation.