My reply to the Human Life Review.

[Ahriman]

For those who are not aware, this is a right-wing, pro-life web site.

Here's a recent anti-transgender article:

Identity Alphabet Soup

As a transgender female, I replied to the article, a reply that they did not publish:

I am a transgender female. What is it that you people want from Us? As far as my inner state, who cares?! The clothes that I wear, which, on occasion, is a tee, full skirt and sandals? Who cares?! That my finger nails are long and round? Who cares?! That my hair goes down to my mid-back? Who cares?! That other people sometimes (mis)recognize me, a biological male, as being a woman? Who cares?! That I have shave my legs and arms? Who cares?! That I sometimes wear makeup? Who cares?! That I cry and sob over the death and loss of my pets as they grow old and die? Who cares?! That I love dogs but cats even more? Who cares?! And, even worse, that I use My Fitness Pal to watch my weight? Who cares?!

I am happy with Me, and so, who cares???

You played yourself with that comment, thinking they had deleted it.......but anyway, here's what I think of your situation. You're entitled to feel how you feel about these things, in fact, more than entitled.......you are actually right to feel how you feel. But perhaps, your emotions are making you see things in a distorted way. In terms of principles, you don't have much to stand on, as your approach is not principled, but rather, very personal, making it hard to justify what you believe, in an objective sense. Of course, objectivity is only half of the reality equation, the other half being subjectivity, a realm I believe you are already very much exploring, but that you should grow to attain a deeper understanding of. Your shallow emotional responses will only take you so far. You say, "I am happy with Me", and there's nothing wrong with being happy with yourself at all, but you shouldn't expect others to be happy with you, just because you are happy with you. Being your own cheerleader is a bit of an intellectual dead end.......it's immature at best, and deluding at worst. If other people sometimes mistake you for being a woman, isn't that a good thing? Isn't that what you're going for? Maybe it is, and I'm just misinterpreting that sentence.

I am also an ex-Catholic, but I am not an atheist. More like, just a believer without a religion. What turned you away from Catholicism, and made you embrace atheism?