Being trans in Colombia - from the Guardian

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Don't think I'll be moving to Colombia anytime soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/08/t...

Some of the comments were interesting, some the usual trollfest.

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During TDOR

Transgender Da of remembrance (Nov.11)held at the local LGBT church most of the people remember are in Columbia,followed by those killed in the USA, This has not been a good year. A lot of my friends have moved North to the Pacific coast,where it is safer and the government discrimination is less.

Never Easy to Transsition

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No matter how much money one has, how many give their support, IE Jenner, it is never easy. Even those who trans in stealth still have a hard go of it. The names of all those who went before are etched in gold in the scrolls of Heaven as they endured their own Hell here on earth.
I've forgotten so many names (hundreds) who took that journey and never looked back or regretted their decision no matter how much they suffered afterwards. Sadly the ones who take their own life are less known because theirs was such a short period. The family usually buries them without ever acknowledging why they could no longer cope with life.
Maybe in time we will stop demanding those "abominations" quit rocking the status quo of boy is boy, girl is girl and there is absolutely nothing can be done about it. "God" made men and women and stop mucking up the absolute fact nothing can be changed.
Or maybe not. There will always be those who have such a shallow hold on what is between their own legs anyone who brings doubt to their mind is a freak and sin against God, man, and nature. Those people will always be willing to help out God clear up the problems.
Personally, I've met my Creator and He-She has no problem with who or what I am. Have FAITH little ones. You are exactly what you were supposed to be. What you do with that life and shell you were given is up to you. The obstacles aren't there to defeat you but to strengthen you if you can make it past them.

And NEXT time I meet Him in person I'll exclaim. "Whew, that was a hell of a ride. Now let me talk to those angels on the assembly line. They may have thought it was funny but I fail to see the humor in it. Heads are going to roll."

Have fun with this life as it is too short to take seriously.
always,
Barb

Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl