TG day of rememberance

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Well, today is the transgender day of remembrance. Have things got better? Probably. I mean, I have gone around Edmonton in a skirt and not drawn any serious negative reaction. And there is a bill in our Parliament that will finally put an end to discrimination based on gender expression or identity, assuming it ever comes up to a vote and passes. But things are less good in other places, and even here, I risk the loss of my child if I move forward. (Even if the ex would be wrong legally, it would be up to me to go to a court to get access, and I simply cannot afford it). But that isn't my biggest worry, nor is the monetary cost. I think my biggest enemy is me - my general unwillingness to take action, to be satisfied with the status quo, no matter how painful, because its the known, and to change is to move into the unknown. I pray I can overcome this, because i fear that i will suffer terrible consequences if i fail to do something.