In my opnion, I don't find this fair seeing is how I cannot get married. But, I here stories of transgendered men and women getting married all the time in any state they choose. But, they do it by stating they are members of hte opposite sex. Now, is this entirely true? I don't really think so. But, that's my opinion. Are transgendered people fighting for equality for gays/lesbians and bi-sexuals who cannot get married? I never hear them talk about the injustice of it when they are intereviewed other than gloat about their marriage - which is false. Opinions?
2007-09-29 04:08:44 · 7 answers · asked by Kyle 4 Ty (Sparkles can watch) 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I think everybody has the right to get married to, but it's not legel or a "right" for me when it's constutionally ammended in my state to be illegal.
2007-09-29 04:13:37 · update #1
....and what state is this where the state reconizes a "lesbian married couple?"
2007-09-29 04:18:35 · update #2
ah diane - thanks for your rant. so, are you out there fighting for gays and lesbians and bisexuals to get married as well or are you just "normalized"?
2007-09-29 04:20:00 · update #3
yes why can't i marry the one i love? but, i can't. because you see im a male who loves males. i am not "transgendered" or, do i "claim" to be member of the opposite sex - i would if i could get away with it, and then i could reap teh benfits of tax breaks and health insurance heterosexual couples get. or, if my partner gets sick i can have a say in what happens to him.
2007-09-29 04:21:44 · update #4
great diane - thank you!
2007-09-29 04:34:41 · update #5
It makes sense that you're angry because someone has a right that you do not-but it also seems to me that you want to take away their rights just because you don't have those same rights! It's like you're trying to drag other people into the same unfairness that we're experiencing.
When someone has a right that you don't, it doesn't make sense that you try to take away that right if it's not harming you in anyway.. However, it does make sense that you try to gain that right for yourself. I agree that it's not right that some people can get married and others can't-but isn't it better that you fight to recieve this right instead of complaining about other people? What about the straight people who don't fight for LGB marriage? Wouldn't they be just as bad?
And you're mistaken, a transgendered person is indeed the opposite sex. It doesn't make sense that physical appearance should determine who exactly they are. When they're done with the operation, they are indeed completely the sex that they got surgery to change into [physically and mentally], and you should respect them and recognize them as so.
I'm not transgendered, I'm a bisexual women.. But I respect and try to understand everyone. I also am not fond of the idea of dragging someone else into a hellhole just because they have it better.. That's not very nice.
2007-09-29 05:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Locally, there is a couple who stayed married after the man underwent sex reassignment surgery. So technically, they are a married lesbian couple.
Again locally, the people I know (or know of) who are transgendered are supportive of equality for everyone under the umbrella "LGBT."
The experiences I've had are definitely positive.
2007-09-29 04:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by Clint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Transgendered' men and women DON'T claim to be 'members of the opposite sex', and can't marry same-sex partners any more than gay people can.
Transsexual men and women DON'T claim to be 'members of the opposite sex' either. Transsexual people, just like anyone else, are born with an internal gender identity; this doesn't always match our external appearance, but once this condition is treated (and, technically, before treatment as well), we ARE the men and women we 'claim' to be. Our marriages are as valid as anyone else's.
Additional; Yes, of course I'm fighting for the rights of gay people to marry.
I'm lesbian; I am active in my local GLBT group, and talk to my MP on such matters regularly.
2007-09-29 04:18:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i am transsexual and i understand what you mean by this as it is i am legally a man untill i have the operation and therefor i can not marry another man till i get that paperwork though to say that
if i marry a woman now i have to deforse to get the operation and then after i would not be able to marry that same woman again so the person i love would be with out a legal partner and i could not make legal desissions with her in that case
love has no boundaries age sex gender disability
so why is it i can not marry the one i love
if marrage is all about showing it to my partner
2007-09-29 04:18:52 · answer #4 · answered by Zara3 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course they should be allowed to marry, and I always refer to people as the gender they appear to be. A transman becomes a male in my mind, whether he is far enough along into testosterone usage to look like a biomale or not.
Gay couples should be allowed to marry also.
2007-09-29 05:54:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well I think anyone who wants to be married has that right...I have a transgendered friend who got married before surgery...and then got divorced after because the wife stated she was not a lesbian...that I thought was sad...
2007-09-29 04:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Patti_Ja 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By not telling the truth you have created a BIG lie.
2007-09-29 04:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋