I sometimes see a trans woman on the streets near my office. Usually in black slacks and a pink blouse, modest makeup, short, helmet-cut hairstyle, flats. Perfectly orderly paraprofessional garb. Quiet, polite, intelligent.
At least I assume it's a trans woman, from her overall appearance. Could be a biological woman who happens to have a rather "mannish" appearance around the face and shoulders.
I don't know.
Another thing I don't know and can't understand is why anyone would feel so threatened by this perfectly nice, perfectly ordinary Washingtonian that they would want discrimination against her to be legal. I mean, I can understand that there are people so deranged that they would actually want to discriminate against her (there are psychopaths everywhere), but people who think themselves ordinary, decent, civilized people who would want to liberate the psychopaths to practice their vile, vicious insanity against her.
And would immediately uphold her right to live her life and work her job without molestation or discrimination if they found out she is a biological woman with a "mannish" bone structure, but approve of firing her, denying her housing and health care, and refusing to serve her in places of public accommodation if they found out she is actually a trans woman.
It makes no sense.
In what way is her quality as a human being, her contribution to society, and her value as a member of the community changed by whether she was born in a male or female body?
