To what purpose?

Daniel sends us a link to the revelation that the Australians have decided to add a third category of gender to their passports, according to the Huffington Post;

Transgender people and those of ambiguous sex will now be able to list their gender on passports with an ‘X’ if their choice is supported by a doctor’s statement.

Previously, gender was a choice of only male or female, and people were not allowed to change their gender on their passport without having had a sex-change operation.

Senator Louise Pratt, whose partner was born female and is now identified as a man, said the reform was a major improvement for travelers who face questioning and detention at airports because their appearance does not match their gender status.

So let me get this straight…people without sex change operations are still travelling around the bodies that they were naturally assigned, the ones they’re trapped inside, which still have the genitals of their reviled bodies and the only thing that the “indeterminate” check on their passport refers to is the clothing they drape on their incarnate prison? So actually, the “indeterminate” check box just makes them feel better, right? Because they’re still in a male or female body – the whole point of putting gender on a passport.

They should also have an “indeterminate” box for hair color, because I’m not particularly fond of admitting in public that my hair has gone from blond to gray recently. Besides, if I dye my hair, won’t I have trouble going through airport security? The same with weight…I don’t like publicizing my weight either. And if gender can be “indiscriminate” why should all of the other things that the government uses to identify me when I travel be important?

In fact, we should all be required to wear full-face burkhas, since one of the most important aspects of proving who we are can be “indiscriminate” now.

Category: Dumbass Bullshit