Gender Issues Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |
After the long and tedious process of having my "sex change", finally... I'm a female!
(For those who didn't know yet, i was wrongly labeled "male" in my birth certificate. Thanks to whoever that was who did the records.)
Yesterday, I went to Manila City Hall to claim THE court order: that my birth certificate be corrected from male to female. It felt weird being questioned about my femininity, specially during the court trial...
Q: What proof do you have that you are indeed a female?
A: (dumbfounded at first..) Well, all my medical records since my birth can proove that I AM a female! (with a "duh?!" facial expression)
Q: Do you have them with you?
A: As in now?
Q: Yes
A: Um, no...
Barado.
But now I sort of wish I could have said..
Q: What proof do you have that you are indeed a female?
A: Well sir, for one, I have a uterus. And I also have 2 ovaries. And I have loads and loads of estrogen hormones running through my body. So unless you, being a male I suppose, have those too, I believe I can say that I am indeed a female, sir.
<Clap, clap, clap. Judge stands while clapping tremendously. All else stand except for the humiliated (enemy) lawyer.>
Anyway, even if that was not the scene back then, I still have the last laugh now.
(For those who didn't know yet, i was wrongly labeled "male" in my birth certificate. Thanks to whoever that was who did the records.)
Yesterday, I went to Manila City Hall to claim THE court order: that my birth certificate be corrected from male to female. It felt weird being questioned about my femininity, specially during the court trial...
Q: What proof do you have that you are indeed a female?
A: (dumbfounded at first..) Well, all my medical records since my birth can proove that I AM a female! (with a "duh?!" facial expression)
Q: Do you have them with you?
A: As in now?
Q: Yes
A: Um, no...
Barado.
But now I sort of wish I could have said..
Q: What proof do you have that you are indeed a female?
A: Well sir, for one, I have a uterus. And I also have 2 ovaries. And I have loads and loads of estrogen hormones running through my body. So unless you, being a male I suppose, have those too, I believe I can say that I am indeed a female, sir.
<Clap, clap, clap. Judge stands while clapping tremendously. All else stand except for the humiliated (enemy) lawyer.>
Anyway, even if that was not the scene back then, I still have the last laugh now.