Okay, now, all you young and aggressively liberal folks, no
yelling at me, or even indulging in private tut tutting and shaking of heads. This is just a FOF confronting the modern
world – and getting a chuckle out of it.’
Two days ago I had reason to seek assistance from the local
(Borrego Springs) medical clinic.
Oblivious to the fact that they have dealt with me every year for at
least 12 years, they required me to fill out new-patient forms, which ran on
for five pages. I was particularly taken
by two questions.
Gender: My choices were Male, Female, Male to female
transgender, Female to male transgender, Male trans man, Female trans woman
(these last two I don’t understand), Genderqueer, and Other (please specify)
Sexual orientation: Straight, Lesbian, Gay or homosexual,
bisexual, Refused to reply, Unknown, and, of course, Other (please specify).
All I can say is that the world is a much more complicated
place today than when I was a kid.
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