RE: Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban
March 2, 2013 at 10:47 pm
This story kinda blew up all over my facebook a few days ago. Can't say I'm too surprised; I have a lot of transsexuals in my social contacts. I'm gonna put a link with the story and a video about it that was just so stupid I didn't know whether I wanted to laugh or cry.
http://mm4a.org/ZLQAKJ
Basically, someone was saying, among other things, that little boys walk around the boys room with their pants down. Ok, I used men's rooms for almost 30 years and I have NEVER seen that done by anyone. I might have done something like that a few times because the toilet paper was out of reach, but I only did it at home and only over short distances with the door locked. That person is nucking futs.
Ok, yeah, the story is kinda personal for me. Why wouldn't it be? I wish I could have transitioned when I was 6.
But, really, what is the problem with her using the women's room? I mean, I'm willing to bet had nobody brought this up, she would have been able to live her life like a normal, average little girl. Now she got thrown into the middle of a media shitstorm, effectively outing her to the entire school. She may have had lots of friends before, but there's a good chance that a lot of her friends' parents won't let them play with her anymore (or they're going to tell their kids how evil and sinful she is). This may have done some serious damage to her childhood.
And, no, I don't think she's confused. My standing rule is, if someone personally identifies as a girl, I treat them like a girl. I know some people think she's bit young, but at what age do we decide she's not too young to determine her gender? At 10? Or 12? Or 16 or 18? The longer you wait, the more difficult transition is, especially after puberty sets in and you start having to deal with hormones you don't want. If she's allowed to transition now, she may be able to avoid growing facial hair (saving her time, money and pain from electrolysis), more masculine build (making clothes shopping more difficult) and a deepening voice. I don't want to be the one who tells a young lady that she has to undergo boy-puberty before I'll consider her a girl; do you?
http://mm4a.org/ZLQAKJ
Basically, someone was saying, among other things, that little boys walk around the boys room with their pants down. Ok, I used men's rooms for almost 30 years and I have NEVER seen that done by anyone. I might have done something like that a few times because the toilet paper was out of reach, but I only did it at home and only over short distances with the door locked. That person is nucking futs.
Ok, yeah, the story is kinda personal for me. Why wouldn't it be? I wish I could have transitioned when I was 6.
But, really, what is the problem with her using the women's room? I mean, I'm willing to bet had nobody brought this up, she would have been able to live her life like a normal, average little girl. Now she got thrown into the middle of a media shitstorm, effectively outing her to the entire school. She may have had lots of friends before, but there's a good chance that a lot of her friends' parents won't let them play with her anymore (or they're going to tell their kids how evil and sinful she is). This may have done some serious damage to her childhood.
And, no, I don't think she's confused. My standing rule is, if someone personally identifies as a girl, I treat them like a girl. I know some people think she's bit young, but at what age do we decide she's not too young to determine her gender? At 10? Or 12? Or 16 or 18? The longer you wait, the more difficult transition is, especially after puberty sets in and you start having to deal with hormones you don't want. If she's allowed to transition now, she may be able to avoid growing facial hair (saving her time, money and pain from electrolysis), more masculine build (making clothes shopping more difficult) and a deepening voice. I don't want to be the one who tells a young lady that she has to undergo boy-puberty before I'll consider her a girl; do you?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
