October 13th, 2014 Barry Posted in Economic cartoons, LGBT cartoons | No Comments »

This cartoon features two characters: A woman in a striped skirt and a black sleeveless shirt, and a stereotypical businessman carrying a little briefcase.

Panel 1

WOMAN: I ready to let people know my true self… I’m a woman! Always have been!

MAN: (Handing her a small piece of paper) Okay! Here you are!

Panel 2

WOMAN: What’s this?

MAN: It’s a bill for changing your name and gender on your birth certificate.

WOMAN: That’s not so bad.

Panel 3

The man isn’t shown in this panel, but from his direction, a flood of little bills shoots at the woman. The man’s dialog fills so much space in this panel that it looks like the woman is in danger of being buried under it.

MAN: And a bill for surgery. And a bill for a legal name change. And a bill for hormone treatment. And a bill for a new passport. And an electrolysis bill. And the bill for updating your social security info. And a bill for yet another surgery, which you’ll need to take months off from work to recover from. And bills for a new wardrobe. And voice lessons. And…

WOMAN: Eep!

Panel 4 (last panel)

The woman looks shellshocked as she holds a huge armload of bills. The man holds out yet another slip of paper to her.

WOMAN: I didn’t realize my true self was so deeply in debt…

MAN: Oh, look a note from your boss! It turns out that firing people for being trans is still legal.

Tiny “kicker” panel inset in panel 4

MAN: And did you know about the wage gap?

WOMAN: Please stop talking.