[DrPhil]

We now need you to proofread and edit your posts. GCers will become snarky if you don't proofread and edit. Collage students are held to higher standards.

Also, some people may get snarky if you bombard us with a bunch of threads and posts about this topic in one week. People will want you to eventually breathe easy and either find something else to post about or become a silent observer for a minute.

I support transgender rights. What that entails depends on the context and details. As with every group dynamic and every minority group, you can challenge prejudice and believe in equal access to opportunities without considering every form of exclusion to be "discrimination." My sorority has hundreds of thousands of members. This includes lesbians, bisexuals, and perhaps some transgendered women. We don't check to see whether someone is biologically or by birth female. What we are concerned with as a collective is whether someone is a woman who is committed to sisterhood and public service. However, if a transgendered woman became a member and then felt the need to boast and shout it from the rooftop for whatever reason, that would annoy some of the members, perhaps including the chapter that may have known she was transgendered. It might be considered a potential slippery slope that could blur the lines of membership demographics. Quite frankly my experiences are that many transgendered people are fulfilling their gender aspirations but don't look like the gender they aspire--even post-operation. Of course there are transgendered people who have not identified themselves as transgendered. As for the people who have, it is often not difficult to identify the gender transition. That matters in environments where people are willing to accept some gender nonconformity (I challenge gender norms) and aspects of androgyny but they quickly draw the line when they want a sense of normality.