Posted on 11/11/2009 8:21:03 AM PST by Feline_AIDS
On June 15, Richard Ramsey checked into Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol Township for major surgery. When he left three days later, Ramsey was no longer Richard, but Renee. Her first words to her doctor when she awakened after the operation were, "Now I'm the lady I always knew I was."
Ramsey, a tall, lean woman, neatly turned out in black tailored pants and a lavender turtleneck sweater that used to be her wife's, is likely the oldest person in the United States to have surgery to change genders, experts say. She is 77.
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"I would have liked to be a lady a long time ago," says Ramsey, a U.S. Navy veteran of 20 years who also says he served in special operations in the Army.
"Now, the hardest thing I have to do is learn to be a lady," said Ramsey, who grew up in northern New Jersey and still lives there. "Little girls learn it from the time they're 5 or 6 or even younger. I'm just starting out. I have to learn and unlearn. When I get angry at someone, I have to practice acting like a lady instead of sounding off like I used to do.
"But now I feel calm, happy, and relaxed. And do you know what makes me feel the best? When I get on a train and the conductor says, 'May I have your ticket, ma'am?' I feel like a million dollars."
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Yes ... now I remember.
It USED to be considered a “mental disorder”.
God I hope he/she had insurance. If not than I hope he/she has to pay out of pocket. This is precisly why I like the idea of forcing people to pay for insurance!!!!! Why should we pay for this or even a heart attack while we are at it. The conservatives on here are not very conservative when they don’t mind paying for someone else’s surgery. It stuns me!!!!!
Yes. Hey, I bet there is some lesbian out there looking for one. We need a matching service! I'm sure obama's new computerized record system will make that a lot easier.
I can see the courier running up to the hospital with his little Oscar Meyer container.
Richard Ramsey checked into ***(Lower Bucks)*** Hospital in Bristol Township,that can’t be the real name can it?.
I feel pretty...oh so pretty...(barf).
“God I hope he/she had insurance. If not than I hope he/she has to pay out of pocket. This is precisly why I like the idea of forcing people to pay for insurance!!!!! Why should we pay for this or even a heart attack while we are at it. The conservatives on here are not very conservative when they don’t mind paying for someone else’s surgery. It stuns me!!!!!”
Either way - Veteran Benefits or insurance,
YOU PAID FOR IT.
If it was Verteran Beneifts TAXPAYERS PAID FOR IT!
If it was an INSURANCE COMPANY - the risk is POOLED and whoever was in that pooled risk -
The POOL, individuals PAID FOR IT.
No matter how you cut it, INDIVIDUALS without this perversion PAID FOR IT.
I can’t argue with that. You are right.
A mutilated male will never be a she or a her.
I'm sure he has been mimicking the behavior of a "little-girl" for a long time. Now he is physically mutilated and still mimicking the behavior of a little girl. Sad.
Naw... just a mutilated male.
During the Ft Worth city council meeting last night in which they approved amending the ‘non-discrimination’ ordinance to protect ‘transgenders’ there were some rather ugly looking woMEM like this guy sitting close by. Their clownish-looking clothes and makeup were a freakish sight to see. It seems that they always have to overdo it, trying to compensate to be something they innately know they are not.
As the mother of a son who served in the Navy from 1985-89, I can assure you that not ALL “swabbies” wish they were born girls...your comment is uncalled for!
ping gag ping
Yes, Ma’am, and as a Marine I can verify your report that many Naval personnel very sincerely wished they were men.
“Where are the Psychiatrists when you need them(sic) or did they condone this? It’s truly NUTS out there.”
Last I saw they were standing on a desk, blasting away with both hands...
Extremely disturbing.
Hey uuuummmm, you do know that Marines are Navy, don’t you.
After 82nd Airborne, I always thought the Marine clown suit looked kinda gay. I could picture some guy dancing around yelling, “More colors! More strips! More shiny stuff!”
Kettle calling the pot black, if you ask me.
Carry on my brother.
What in the holy HELL is that???
I’m with you.Lopping your penis off doesn’t make you a woman,just a really weird man who needs his head examined!
One more thing: I’d like to watch a man put on a pair of pantyhose.It’s a very delicate procedure as we ladies know.
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