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by SOLAR_FIELDS 2977 days ago
I liked this hilarious little bit at the end of that post:

Disclaimer I must say (for anyone who tries to report me) that I didn’t legally change my sex solely for cheaper auto-insurance, though, that was and is a big factor for me and other people who suffer from gender-dysphoria.
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_wbux 2977 days ago
> that was and is a big factor for me and other people who suffer from gender-dysphoria.

Yeah... never once heard anyone say that "car insurance" was why they got their gender changed on government paperwork. The whole things looks very suspect and found this thread on r/asktransgender talking about this which rather than trying to summarize I'll let you enjoy and read for yourself https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/8g0ai9/chea...

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SOLAR_FIELDS 2977 days ago
I interpreted it as being a joke, which while may be construed as poor taste, was probably made in jest.

One commenter on the original thread pointed out the other difficulties the OP will eventually run into regarding booking flights, etc. so I presume that since the OP is not actually dysmorphic or having gender dysphoria that they will eventually discover that what they will encounter from doing this was not worth the $1000 a year saved.

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