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Issue 3, 2008
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The
‘I’ column
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... on how sexual rights affect one personally, and how they are affirmed
and/or violated in one's local cultural setting.
I am a transgendered person. That is what I
have been told by rights activist and in medical
terms. But a ‘normal’ person will say that I’m
crazy because in their world there is no such
thing. To be honest, I don’t know what I am. I
know I’m human, I have a female body but my brain and my
consciousness say that I’m a male. I am more comfortable
being a male which comes to me naturally. I do not force
myself to feel or think this way. It has always been like this
ever since I can remember.
In medical terms I’m suffering from ‘gender dysphoria’
and the only way to ‘cure’ me is through sex reassignment
surgery along with hormone therapy. Even though this
does not ‘cure’ my sickness hundred percent it’s the closest
I can get to being ‘cured’.
It has been said that sexual rights are fundamental and
universal rights. Sexual rights have become a major issue
in today’s world. This is mainly because governments,
religions and cultures have imposed a lot of restrictions
and barriers on the sexual behaviour of human beings. I
think it should not be anybody else’s business. As long as
an individual is not forcing or harming another person to
satisfy his or her sexual needs or is not using adolescents
and children, everybody else should keep out of other
peoples’ sexual lives because it is a very private matter.
For a person like me who has a major issue in accepting the
body that I was born with, sexuality is another confusing
matter. Sexual needs are bodily needs but if a person is not
comfortable with his or her own body how can that person
satisfy a body that they refuse? If a person has undergone a
sex reassignment surgery and if that person is happy with
his or her new rearranged body then that person can pursue
his or her sexual needs without much hesitation.
Finding a partner is not that easy for some one like me.
Straight women are attracted to men but I’m not totally
a man. Lesbians are attracted to women but I’m not a
woman. Bisexuals are attracted to males and females but
I’m neither. This does not mean that it is impossible to find
some one understanding. Friends just like me are living a
happy life with their partners.
There are many other issues that I worry about every single
day. One of the major issues is finding employment. My
appearance happens to be a ‘BIG PROBLEM’ to many
employers. It does not matter if I qualify for the job or if
I’m a hard worker or not. Appearance is the most important
thing for them. They do not want to think for a second that
this person has applied for this particular job because he or
she wants to make a living. May be they think people like
us are not supposed to live. My sexual rights haven’t been
violated by any one else but me. I do it because I need to
live first then only can I think of other needs in my life.
Skywalker is a pseudonym. |
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