I definately think it needs to be read and discussed.
I like it substantially.
Though I do take exception with this paragraph:
For the general public do not even know the difference between the intersex (with *biological* disorders of gender differentiation), the transgender (with minds that are hardwired to the opposite of his/her biological gender), or the transvestite (with normal minds and normal gender biology, but a fetish for the opposite gender's clothing). Each of these is a choice, but the first two is allowed in Islam.Namely that it ignores the possibility that transvestites, or some of them anyway, may have minds hardwired between biological genders or to have no hard-wired gender. Certainly Genderqueer people are likely to fit somewhere into such a situation. Are they 'fetishising'? Also if a brain is hardwired or the body differently differentiated how is it a choice? Other than what to do in response to existing in such a state?
And in this otherwise excellent part that I support substantially:
WE THE GENDERFREE AND OUR SUPPORTERS
HEREBY DECLARE:
That the rights of children with intersex conditions must be fought for, and the choice given for them to make on their own—without any kind of “corrective” surgery before the age of consent.
That the rights of transgenders to change their bodies in accordance to their true mental gender must be fought for as a God-given right.
That bigotry against the genderfree must be fought against in all forums of discussion and spheres of existence.
That the genderfree statuses, whether intersex or transgender, is a symbol of power, not a stigma, and the genderfree must be proud of the innate capabilities of hir/her/his kind.
Genderfreedom Fighters of the World, Unite!
The phrase: "a God-given right" Is invalid as the manifesto needs to apply outside of god/s-based theistic worldviews as well as within them so I suggest "an Inalienable Right" is more appropriate.
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