In a Thousand Years
In a thousand years, mankind will look back at our time and condition with absolute horror at the cruelty and utter inhumanity perpetrated against an innocent group of people. Contemporary society's treatment of the transgendered will be considered barbaric, akin to slavery, genocide, incarceration of the mentally ill, or the public humiliation of the handicapped.
"What were they thinking?", they will say. "They already had medical evidence". "It is only a normal human variation like intelligence, musical talent, or athletic ability". "They understood biology and statistics back then, didn't they?". "How could innocent children be treated so cruelly, driven to construct false identities just to survive". "This was brainwashing and torture of the highest order".
It will be inconceivable to future generation that a wholly sane person in good health would consider suicide over simply living life as they were meant to. "What kind of society could allow such insanity to continue", they will ponder. "How many had to die", they will ask, "before this madness ended".
What will be our legacy to the future? The questions of how long and how many are yet unanswered. The answers lie in each and everyone of us. What are they to be?
KM - February, 1999
