One of the threads going through the past two diaries I have published concerned the fate of straight transsexual women, which I am not. But I still think their predicament needs to be heard.
Basically the argument that was being extolled, as I understand it, was that no heterosexual man would ever want to have sex with a transwomen because that would be gay sex and therefore icky. So in order to keep that from happening, all transwomen…I guess even us lesbians…need to disclose our sexual history to any heterosexual man we may meet, because he otherwise he might become attracted to us and who knows where that could lead?
Well, in Texas, this is such a serious issue that the state is going to fix it. Senate Bill 723 offered by Tommy Williams (R-child's name) would prevent transpeople from marrying people of the opposite sex.
Yes, you have that right. Not only would same-sex marriage be illegal, but so would opposite sex marriage for transgender people.
The bill would remove "a court order of sex change" from the list of identifying documents that can be used to obtain marriage licenses in the state. And while other documentation might be found in order to get around the law to obtain said marriage license, the "legislative intent" of the law would be sufficient to allow courts to render any marriages which resulted invalid.
Where would this possibly lead? It could end up with the state of Texas refusing to recognize the existence of the transitioned status of transsexual people for any legal reason. After all, you are nothing more than what was written on your birth certificate.
You see, there was this lawsuit, Littleton v Prange (1999) wherein Christy Lee Littleton attempted to sue her husband's (Christy and Jon Littleton had been married in Kentucky in the 1990s) physician for malpractice connected with his death. The doctor, Mark Prange, contended through his legal team that Littleton had no standing since the marriage was invalid. Chief Justice Phil Hardberger ruled that Christy Lee Littleton was a male because of her chromosomes (those who trolled the past two diaries should especially note this is where your reasoning leads) and so the marriage was not legal…so it didn't matter what the doctor may have done or not done to his patient, because in the eyes of the law Christy Lee was a total stranger.
There is contact information at TransGriot.