Freddy, I know you have your own ideas here but Transgendered is NOT the same as transsexual. It does include even the most transient CD's. Even a guy who dresses as a female for fun is transgendered...by definition that we use here at the very least. This is part of the issue when "we" don't even use the same terms in the same manner. And you are not reading the posts. No one said you MUST. You will gain the advantages when they come, the other minorities have had the same issues. Those who either did not want to join or those who felt that status quo was satisfactory. Those people get the same rights afterward and no one tells them they should not have them. If you use them or not is up to you. As a group we have that advantage that we can just "blend" away. We can remain unseen. If that is good enough for you then, good. But there are so many here who daily complain they cannot do something. They cannot wear the clothes (and women can how unfair!), they cannot go outside, they cannot dress as they wish, they cannot do whatever. To those, the ones who want more than what they believe they have, then get out. The world does not stop.
Think for a minute. Why does one take photos of oneself in a hotel room if they are satisfied with the status quo? Would they not just dress and then undress?
And nowhere in any of the posts in this thread did anyone say that anyone was LESS than another because they didn't go out.
And since we seem to be now going in circles, I am going to just say, Do what you want, the only person you need to please is yourself. You should try and please your spouse and children but you are the one you will live with your whole life. There are no re-rides. If you don't like how things are though, you are the one who needs to work on change. You can sit in the back of the bus and complain about the route, or you can drive the bus and go where you want to go on your own terms.
