Araujo case brings sexual disclosure up for discussion
The grisly death of transgender teenager Gwen Araujo in Newark, California, shortly after her biological sex was discovered shows the danger that transgender women and men face. But when and how someone like Araujo should disclose biological sex to a partner is a thorny issue, therapists and counselors say. Most transgender people, especially those who know their sexual identities at an early age, believe there is nothing to disclose. But straight and gay men, therapists generalize, view partners as genitals first, internal sense of gender second. SF Gate
To illustrate, Dylan Vale writes, "One day, I flirted with someone I assumed to be a gay man, got his number and later went over to his place. He opened the door, and we kissed. A couple of minutes later, I came out to him as transgender. I did it casually. I do not make a big deal out of it, because to me it is not a big deal. It was a big deal to him. ... If we, as humans, decide that proper dating etiquette requires us all to disclose the exact shape and size of our genitalia before we get someone's number, then, sure, maybe I will go along with that." SF Gate
Araujo case brings sexual disclosure up for discussion
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