-------- Original message --------
   From: juan <juan.g71@gmail.com>
   Date: 1/18/18 6:27 PM (GMT-08:00)
   To: cp <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>
   Subject: Re: Chelsea Manning For US

   On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:50:46 -0500
   John Newman <jnn@synfin.org> wrote:
   >
   > I don’t think it’s really just a matter of chopping it off,
   >> but that's what it is.

   Actually it isn't that at all. It's a complex surgical procedure where
   they, for want of a more technical description, "turn it inside out and
   tuck it in".

   Rr

   Ps. I knew a guy in boulder Co in the 1970s that did the chopjob on
   himself. But he was a rather disturbed person who couldn't possibly
   pass the standard psych evaluation.
   > that was
   > me just sort of bullshitting ;)
   rather, I think you are bullshitting now, trying to play it
   down =)
   Anyway, out of curiosity, I took a
   > look and Argentina is actually quite a bit farther along this line
   > than the old Americunts... the following cut and pasted from
   > wikipedia  -
   >
   >
   > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Argentina
   >
   > “Transgender rights in Argentina are among the most advanced in the
   > world.
   sounds exactly like what the typical local 'progressive'
   asshole would write : "most advanced in the world"  haha
   > The country "has one of the world's most comprehensive
   > transgender rights laws":[1] its Gender Law, passed in 2012, made
   > Argentina the "only country that allows people to change their gender
   > identities without facing barriers such as hormone therapy, surgery
   > or psychiatric diagnosis that labels them as having an
   > abnormality".[2][3] In 2015, the World Health Organization cited
   > Argentina as an exemplary country for providing transgender
   > rights.[3] Upon legalising same-sex marriage on July 15, 2010,
   > Argentina became the first country in Latin America, the second in
   > the Americas, and the tenth in the world to do so.”
   >
   > <snip some stuff>
   >
   > “Gender identity law
   >
   > The Ley de Género (Gender Law),[7] grants adults sex reassignment
   > surgery and hormone therapy as a part of their public or private
   > health care plans. The law also allows for changes to gender, image,
   > or birth name on civil registries without the approval of a doctor or
   > a judge.”
   sounds like bullshit. Changing your birth name was always a
   bureaucratic mess and I actually doubt people ever tried it.
   So I highly doubt you can now change your name or 'image'(what
   the fuck is that even supposed to mean) easily.
   I can tell you however that last time I tried to buy a kilo of
   caustic soda, the motherfucking scum at the shop didn't sell it
   to me because I don't have a credit card. They want  ID AND
   you can't pay in cash. Courtesy of the DEA and the local DEA
   lapdogs.