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I am not apart of the community you speak of, but I wonder what percentage of the US population actually considers themselves "transgendered"; and of those, how many look to be "transgendered"?
I would be shocked if the numbers weren't on the order of 1/10th of one percent.
In short I agree with you. There should be a bill passed like the one that Barney Frank advocates. Forget about the "T".
I could be mistaken but I don't think that discrimination against "transgendered" people is even illegal in New York City or State. but that bill is going to pass the US Congress.
It will never happen.
an additional problem comes in how one even defines "transgenedered" people. If I wear a dress once in a while am I all of a sudden transgendered?
The stigma that you talk about in the LGBT community when discussing this issue is a great example of ID politics correctness gone haywire. reminds me of liberal arts college in the early 90's.
a great example of this absurd attitude taking over was when a "height challenged" (i.e. a dwarf or midget) complained that his professor had place the envelope to hand in papers too high for him to reach (I guess he couldn't put it underneath the door). needless to say the super PC professor was beside herself with guilt and let everyone know about it.
the realistic goal that would help 5% or 10% of the population should not be sacrificed for the 1 in 1000 that has no specific gender.
