I have never married, and do not expect to marry. But I always felt that there would be something imperfect about marriage to a man when I had no option of marrying a woman and he had no option of marrying a man. So my happiest moment at my niece's wedding came when the registrar explained that marriage was the union of two people. Somehow, that made it more powerful. New, improved marriage! My niece had a completely free choice and chose this particular individual who happens to be a man!
And I suppose, to pursue the analogy, that I do feel about trans friends "She could have been any gender but she chose to be a woman!" (or he chose to be a man, of course, but I know fewer of them).
I like your idea of the acceptance of trans people corroding normative gender categories, though.
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Date: 2015-06-29 12:37 pm (UTC)And I suppose, to pursue the analogy, that I do feel about trans friends "She could have been any gender but she chose to be a woman!" (or he chose to be a man, of course, but I know fewer of them).
I like your idea of the acceptance of trans people corroding normative gender categories, though.