@calcifer well, i have yet to see any data supporting or opposing the idea that trans-ness or queer-ness is or is not a personal decision.
if it is a personal decision, then it could be a political statement.
i think the general orthodoxy is that it's not a decision, that it's innate, but there are other personal decisions surrounding it (actions, mostly) that are choices.
i mean, all of the closeted gay priests are choosing *not* to make the political statement of coming out...