I Am Back With A Question

[Guest Sakura_Stingray]

Hello all.. It has been a long time since i have been on here. I felt depressed and did not feel like coming on for awhile.. But here is a question..

With the new "Obama health plan" that is going on.. Does anyone know what it would mean for health plans currently in action? and wether or not it will help transgender or not.. Its something i was thinking about but have only heard the media's version, which i dont like the media.

Any takers on this?

[Sally]

Hi there,

Good to see you again.

Sadly there will be some sort of extrememly watered down compromise, leaving a great deal of health care to the giant insurance agencies!

As to what it will mean to us - not too much probably.

We don't wield political clout like the insurance lobbies.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Christy.dancer]

My Dad was in court all day today (he's a lawyer) and so he had me record Obama's speech (NPR carried it live) cuz he's involved in a lot of that stuff. Short answer -- they're still working on the details. Right now, they're focused on really "BIG" issues -- if it doesn't involve $10 Billion or more, it's not on their radar screen.

[Guest yvonne]

I'm afraid that Obama's health plan and transgender issues are totally separate items. He had the chance to "do the right thing" with gays in the military and he didn't. Neither did Colin Powell when he had the chance.

I'm critical of both of them for that. If a person can do the job and is willing to commit to a career of satisfactory service, why should they be cheated out of their pension and benefits on a technicality?

The day will come when we're all accepted in society, but it'll be a long, slow journey to get there.

In the mean time, each of us must first accept who we are and love ourselves for who we are. Our journeys are our own to travel and we can all do it if we believe and persevere.

True happiness is NOT reaching the end destination, it's learning to enjoy the trip as we progress.

You can't love others until you first love yourself.

Hang in there, girlfriend. You have friends right here.

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

That is truly the day we all await, the day when society sees that sex!=gender and accepts you for who you present your gender to be (sorry im an exprogrammer and != is not equal to). It will get here one day (MLK's famous 'I have seen the promised land' quote came to mind for some reason there might be room to paraphrase his I have a dream as well but I dont know it well enough to do so) but in the mean time we have to be true to ourselves and continue on our journies to happiness and fulfillment.