So what of Ms. X. She is a full time transsexual with a great home operated small business. She is making money left and right and her transition is moving along swimmingly. She has her supply of hormones and is one big sale away from being able to set aside the cash for GRS.
Then in a horrible twist of fate her business product accidentally causes the death of one of her clients. She is sued for everything she ever had , down to the last dime. She has declared bankruptcy, lost her car, and is staying at a battered women's shelter for safety. Her financial bubble has burst and with the bankruptcy marring her credit, she can't afford the basics now such as rent, car, food. Her hopes of SRS are gone, she's not even sure how she is going to afford to get back on hormones.
If this Ms. X never has a chance to get the surgery done now please enlighten me as to how she is not transsexual?
It's just a nub of flesh that at some point was either going to form into a penis or a vagina. I for one do not want this penis, but I do not hate it and certainly don't let it define me. Rational genetic men and women don't define themselves by their genitals. That'd be like defining who you are inside by your muscles...and some men do that and people look at them as shallow and vain.
That being said, will I be doing everything in the next five years to get my SRS done? Yes I will. I will make it happen come hell or high water. But it's going to be because it is for me personally and not because I feel like I have to complete the operation to live up to a superficial label.
