] Virginia Harmon of Chevy Chase, Md., was born with ] Klinefelter Syndrome, where instead of the X and Y ] chromosome of males, people have an extra X chromosome. ] She was raised as a boy, but at age 14 began developing ] breasts and "began negotiating with my parents" ] to transition to a girl. At 25, she had female ] sex-assignment surgery. ] But law in Texas, where she was born, doesn't allow ] her to change her birth certificate, which still states ] that she is male-so she couldn't marry a man ] there. This is part of an article on intersex babies which has nothing to do with this issue. This section happened to jump out at me. Here is a non gay person whose life is adversely affected by gay marriage bans. We need to remember no issue is black and white. No matter which side of this issue you are on, you need to be aware of innocent bystanders. Gay Marriage ban hurts non gays |