Watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni 私が私であるために (drama)

This is a TV short-story that aired in Japan quite some time ago, back in 2006. I think I watched it in Japan while on a short vacation. It is about people with gender identity disorder (GID), or what is usually known as transsexuality. It is the story about a person's struggle to fit into society, to be accepted by those around her. While in the story, she (the leading actress is a transsexual in real life) was able to be accepted by her family, not many transsexuals can be said to be so lucky in real life.

We are all human beings, just because one's gender doesn't fit his or her physical sex doesn't make one less human. The person still has a heart, still breathes air, still has parents, has likes and dislikes, and loves. So why do we discriminate against these people just because they are not as common as the rest? After all, we are all different in our small little ways. There are people who are left-handed, people who are colour-blind, people who are flat-footed, yet they don't face the same discrimination compared to those suffering from GID. Will we be able to become more accepting as a society? Or will we continue to discriminate against those who are different?

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