I don't have a dog in this hunt. I do feel like I'm an intermediary, passing the baton from one group to another.
That said, I do care about human rights and equal rights: immigration, civil rights, poverty issues all matter to me.
As we know, sexual orientation and gender identity are independent of each other. The incidence of
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In states where gay marriage is not permitted, the documents are vital and sometimes still insufficient. You may get your driver's license changed to read "female" with a photo of you presenting as a woman but the state might still not permit you to marry a man because your birth certificate says "M". Others, under the same circumstances, may not permit you to marry a woman.
Gay marriage makes having proper identification less important. If you're permitted to marry the person of your choice, irregardless of who you are (the right point-of-view, in my opinion) then it doesn't matter what it says on the document you show the court when you get your license. Your particular church will have it's own rules; that's your personal decision. It's still easier to change churches than change states (or countries ~ when DOMA was signed into law, gay marriage was not legal in any country on this planet).
So now it's easier for my trans-sisters (and brothers) to follow their hearts. By allowing man-man or woman-woman marriages, states have opened the door to transman-man or transman-woman or transwoman-man or transwoman-woman or transman-transman or.... And changing gender during the course of a marriage won't change the validity of that union.
And if your state recognises your union, the fed will grant you the same rights and benefits it grants to other state-recognised marriages.
It's good for us, whether you're gay or straight (or other ~ I know I'm being simplistic. See the image on the right).
