The three greatest threats to the survival of the transsexual in the years to come are hereby listed. Though transsexuals are considered to be Queer, they are considered also to be subhuman even to that. There are essentially, for most Americans, NO protections or civil rights for the transsexual whatsoever. Thus, the transsexual can be denied services, housing, and work, for being transsexual, with no legal recourse, even if such could be afforded. An individual landlord, business owner, or other, may deny the transsexual essentially with total impunity.
Transsexuals currently have fewer civil protections than any division of humanity in America.
All manner of violence, including murder and torture, have long been perpetrated against Queer folk. It is important for the transsexual to remember and understand that they are legally, actually, and definably Queer themselves. Although sexual preference is separate from gender identity, being genderqueer, is still queer. Subtle definitions mean nothing to the violent individual bent on slaughter. Fundamentalist groups, which in America means fanatical Christian groups, have made homosexuality and transsexuality a scapegoat around which fervor and hate may be used to gain power.