I was born in America, a chance occurrence selected by nature. I was quickly diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, giving me impairments and poor tolerance to stress. From the age of 8 or so I became aware of a great visceral need for sex reassignment surgery. In my early 20s, I learned the United States was one of the few developed countries that did not typically cover sex reassignment surgery (SRS) and brooded over that fact. I hated having such a great visceral need, having no coverage, and because of my impairments being unable to do anything about it myself. This brooding led to a suicide attempt and a great period of mental instability. Once I had stabilized and found out I could possibly get covered, my mood improved greatly, but the long-drawn out uncertainty of the process took its toll and the process continues, and I fear I haven't anymore the resiliance to see the process through without falling again into turmoil. It depends on the maintenance of my job, but the uncertainty of this process and the emotional toil it has wrought in me has begun to threaten my job, and even with the offer of legal assistance by TLDEF, I may not last through the process, because it depends on keeping my permanent full-time position (which is being threatened by my dwindling remaining FMLA hours, which as of yesterday only 88 remained), and waste all that legal assistance by TLDEF, which would include the hiring of a law firm pro bono on the condition that if we win my name, face, and story would go out in a press release. I am wondering if I should just tell TLDEF to quit, because I know they would just waste their resources on me, the money they would spend to retain the law firm, and the time taken by their summer student interns. Perhaps, though, in my emails to the staff attorney, the staff attorney is already getting some hint that I would be a waste of time and resources.
It is obvious that this is a setup by nature. Nature instilled in me this great need, but has organized events around me and given me just enough impairment that the fulfillment of this great need could never be fulfilled. Therefore, I say, f**k NATURE! Because of that, I seek to support policies and actions that I know would harm the environment, that would move us toward a toxic, uninhabitable planet.
I know that anthropogenic global warming is pretty well established, but with that knowledge I will take steps to make it grow, worsen, and cause jeopardy in nature. I cheer the massive chemical spills that have recently struck West Virginia! Perhaps I will work for an oil fracking company and do just enough of my own damage, little and subtle (so as not to cross the line into illegality), that I can make the process even worse for nature!
Maybe, just maybe, if I can make nature scream in pain, I can get him to finally concede SRS to me!
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"You have a responsibility to consider all sides of a problem and a responsibility to make a judgment and a responsibility to care for all involved." --Ian Danskin