http://lightoftruth.wordpress.com One UU's Blog Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://lightoftruth.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/from-equality-florida/#comment-40 My First Transgender Date! « My First Transgender Date! Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:18:44 +0000 http://lightoftruth.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/from-equality-florida/#comment-40 [...] Here is the part that really pissed me off! In the prison system transgender people are recognized by birth sex and not who they really are. So picture this person who is all women except for one part has to be in a men’s prison. They treat them as men and many times don’t even allow them to get the hormones they need. They have almost no prison rights. You can only imagine what they have to deal with from other inmates and the guards. It’s not pretty. When chatting with a transsexual respect them as they already have enough to put up with just getting through life. I do want to say at least Palm Beach County in Florida has passed some laws for equal rights for the transgender persons. [...] [...] Here is the part that really pissed me off! In the prison system transgender people are recognized by birth sex and not who they really are. So picture this person who is all women except for one part has to be in a men’s prison. They treat them as men and many times don’t even allow them to get the hormones they need. They have almost no prison rights. You can only imagine what they have to deal with from other inmates and the guards. It’s not pretty. When chatting with a transsexual respect them as they already have enough to put up with just getting through life. I do want to say at least Palm Beach County in Florida has passed some laws for equal rights for the transgender persons. [...]

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