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The phrase “I doesn’t know it” was often used by the Cincinnati Reds baseball Hall of Fame announcer Marty Brenneman.
I have borrowed it for this post to explain how I feel when someone feels like we had a choice to be transgender .For the life of me I can’t understand why someone would think anyone would just pick such a gender path because the whole journey would be so much fun. Maybe the person thinks we transgender folk are just trying to sneak behind the gender curtain to see how the other half lives. Imagine our surprise when we peak behind the curtain and find the other half lives much more complex existences.
Somehow, much of the public doesn’t realize the danger we sometimes face as we just go about our daily lives. In fact locally to me a transgender man was just beaten up severely for just using his chosen restroom in a state park. I am fairly certain he didn’t choose for that to happen just because he was having fun.
Unfortunately, rest room abuse is not the only problem transgender women and men face during their lives. Personally, back in the day, I encountered everything from laughter and stares to strangers wanting to take my picture while I was minding my own business shopping. Plus I have documented my own issues I encountered using the rest room (ladies) of my choice.
