tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post769461798780120935..comments2024-03-13T02:43:09.247-05:00Comments on TransGriot: The Korean Transgender CommunityMonica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-7192168487743460612009-03-24T17:56:00.000-05:002009-03-24T17:56:00.000-05:00Hello there... great blog.As a transwoman who rece...Hello there... great blog.<BR/><BR/>As a transwoman who recently spent three months in Seoul, I need to add some disclaimers to this post, even though it's absolutely dead on.<BR/><BR/>First, legal gender change still requires one to be post-op, never married, etc.<BR/><BR/>Second, the Human Rights Commission may be a governmental body, but its decisions are nonbinding.<BR/><BR/>Third, the newest South Korean government which took power in early 2008, that of the Grand National Party (I simply call it the Republican Party, as one of its previous iterations was called Republican, and it takes orders from the US Republicans), is blatantly on the side of the Christian extremists, who learned their ideology from the US Religious Right and turned it even more toxic by adding Confucianism. As long as the Republicans are in charge - and they cannot be voted out until 2012 - no further progress can be expected. The Republicans also encourage the rampant Christian extremism in the Korean-American community, which also happens to be far more Republican than the general South Korean population.<BR/><BR/>However, it is true that South Korea did make a huge progress on the trans front (and for LGBs too). I did see a lot of hope, and that's a good thing. I even made sure to buy a Hyundai as my newest car - replacing a BMW, the ultimate homo/transphobic driving machine.<BR/><BR/>RachRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074605424037318737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-7741578844561935842009-03-09T10:58:00.000-05:002009-03-09T10:58:00.000-05:00I think it's great that they have been given the r...I think it's great that they have been given the rights every eles has.<BR/>They are humanbegins to and deserve them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-89692706773864653692009-03-09T10:57:00.000-05:002009-03-09T10:57:00.000-05:00I'm very happy they are getting the rights that ev...I'm very happy they are getting the rights that every one eles takes granted.They deserve them they are people to. The USA needs to do some catching up with human rights they preach so much about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com