Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
Are you sill pretending it’s a “choice”? And even if it were so what? Equality under law, unlike a personal right to firearms, is guaranteed by the constitution.All those who rail against Transsexuality and think that trans people are sub human, mentally ill freaks need to read this. However, I doubt that those who need to hear this the most, the deeply intrenched bigots will not even click the link for fear of being exposed to information that challenges their assumptions that they cling to in order to continue to hate and dehumanize trans people . Lets see who can take the "Trans Challenge" and approach this with some intelligence and sensitivity.
Mother’s Day: My Experience Parenting a Trans Kid
A few excerpts:
I have two teen sons. One is a foodie, and one is a picky eater. One practices free running, while the other has his blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. One aces his math and science classes, and the other is a compelling writer and sculptor.
They’re different in many ways, including this: One is transgender.
Regarding what’s right for my child, I’ve taken the advice of experts like his doctors and done more research than I can quantify. When it comes to whether supporting him is wrong, it’s never wrong for a parent to love their child unconditionally. It’s never wrong to support your child on a journey of self-discovery that harms no one and helps him grow and thrive.
The question that gets me, though, is whether it’s hard to parent a trans child. My sons are people, and while they might try my patience through inherent teenager-ness, it’s not generally any harder to parent one over the other. Usually, having a trans son doesn’t influence our lives at all. I buy the cereal he likes, remind him to work on his college essays, listen to him vent about his classes, and tell him to clean his room (I think there are dirty socks in there that have gained sentience).
" Fear and hate will consume you. Knowledge is power and will set you free and allow you to be a better citizen of the world" PP
Lovely for them, but that is not the real issue that is making this a political firestorm. Most people are too busy with their own lives to obsess about the choices of others. Politically the issue is that people do not want to have people of the opposite sex in intimate places like bathrooms, locker rooms, etc, especially when their children are involved.
Are you sill pretending it’s a “choice”?
Mental illness isn't a choice.