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Actually, it was only once with a cop in recent memory, and yes it was for a traffic violation. I am a frequent international traveller as well. In neither ci

Actually, it was only once with a cop in recent memory, and yes it was for a traffic violation. I am a frequent international traveller as well. In neither circumstance should what the computer has about my previous genitals come into play. I write that I am a transsexual here for simplicity, but I am not "trans". That is not who I am. I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk.

ythn 9y ago
> I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk. I think the information the asterisk conveys is important. For example, I don't think trans women should be allowed to compete against cis women in sports on even terms since it is physiologically unfair.
- Pixeleen 9y ago
  Sounds like moving goalposts, however: If you're talking about a pre-operative trans woman, whose body is still riddled with testosterone, I would agree with you.
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- da_chicken 9y ago
  It's really only important in the long term for medical reasons. There some some diseases which have genetic factors which your doctor needs to be aware of. Similar to knowing that an adopted child is not natural born from the parents. An inaccurate or incomplete genetic history of a patient can result in misdiagnosis.
- DanBC 9y ago
  unfair, you say? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560210230/winner-of-high-school-golf-tournament-denied-trophy-because-shes-a-girl http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560210230/... http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/emily-nash-golf-tournament-teenage-girl-win-no-trophy-boy-central-massachusetts-a8022601.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/emily-nash-golf-tour... > US teenage girl wins golf tournament but is denied trophy because she's not a boy
jfk13 9y ago
That would seem to depend on one's definition of "woman". Is yours somehow the definitive one?
- Pixeleen 9y ago
  Not just my definition, but that of my loved ones, the DSM, and the US Department of State, and that is good enough for me.

ythn 9y ago

> I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk. I think the information the asterisk conveys is important. For example, I don't think trans women should be allowed to compete against cis women in sports on even terms since it is physiologically unfair.

Pixeleen 9y ago
Sounds like moving goalposts, however: If you're talking about a pre-operative trans woman, whose body is still riddled with testosterone, I would agree with you.
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da_chicken 9y ago
It's really only important in the long term for medical reasons. There some some diseases which have genetic factors which your doctor needs to be aware of. Similar to knowing that an adopted child is not natural born from the parents. An inaccurate or incomplete genetic history of a patient can result in misdiagnosis.
DanBC 9y ago
unfair, you say? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560210230/winner-of-high-school-golf-tournament-denied-trophy-because-shes-a-girl http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560210230/... http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/emily-nash-golf-tournament-teenage-girl-win-no-trophy-boy-central-massachusetts-a8022601.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/emily-nash-golf-tour... > US teenage girl wins golf tournament but is denied trophy because she's not a boy

jfk13 9y ago

That would seem to depend on one's definition of "woman". Is yours somehow the definitive one?

Pixeleen 9y ago
Not just my definition, but that of my loved ones, the DSM, and the US Department of State, and that is good enough for me.