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You call me
A fighter
But I know
I'm not.
For a real fighter
Is Christine Jorgensen.
Who
Pioneered a revolution
In the understanding
Of how gender is viewed.
Also
How post-op transwomen are
Treated medically
In our HRT programme.
By being herself
In championing
Trans rights
As her life work.
You must realize
The 1950s and 1960s
Being an open LGBT+ person
Was to blacklist yourself.
Given
The misguided association
With communism
And the "Red" scare
Throughout
The west.
A fact
Ms Jorgensen discovered
To her horror.
When
Her wedding licence request
Was rejected
(in 1959).
As her birth certificate
Listed her
As male.
A fight
Grateful
I don't have
To face.
To face.
For I can have
My gender change
On my birth certificate
Without undergoing
The surgeon's scalpel.
And yet
So much
Hate and ignorance
From her time
Remains.
To be fought
By mine
And future generations
To make Ms Jorgensen's dream
A reality.
Therisa © 2016
Author's note: For more information, about Ms Jorgensen's life, please click on the following linking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
In Canada, the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, are the only two provinces, which allows a transperson, to change their gender, on their birth certificate. without having to undergo, any type of surgery that may be viewed, as a form of SRS.
