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RE: The right to mis-define oneself
June 16, 2015 at 11:43 pm
(June 16, 2015 at 11:21 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Yeah, that was me.  This tendency to demand that all cases fit into a single word is the real root of these evils.  In the case of the OP girl, it's more mysterious than in the case of transgender people, though.  I just can't see a problem with a woman saying, "My parents are white, but my husband and kids are black, and I hope you  will accept me as a person who identifies with black culture."  Why did she have to pretend?

I totally agree... that's what Caitlyn Jenner did by going from being a famous male athlete to being a woman on the cover of Vanity Fair. "I was born a man, but I identify as a woman and I hope you will accept me as one," seems to be the message she was trying to convey, don't you think?
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The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 12, 2015 at 11:16 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by VeggieDog - June 12, 2015 at 11:30 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 12:05 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Lemonvariable72 - June 13, 2015 at 12:47 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 13, 2015 at 1:58 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 4:08 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 5:21 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 5:34 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Pyrrho - June 13, 2015 at 12:27 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 10:40 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Anomalocaris - June 13, 2015 at 4:13 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 4:33 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 5:22 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 5:38 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 5:24 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 5:36 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by robvalue - June 13, 2015 at 5:42 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 9:05 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Ravenshire - June 13, 2015 at 10:11 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 11:48 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Pyrrho - June 14, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 14, 2015 at 6:18 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:22 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 15, 2015 at 4:03 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by robvalue - June 13, 2015 at 5:27 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by comet - June 13, 2015 at 7:34 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Dystopia - June 13, 2015 at 7:36 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 8:57 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Iroscato - June 13, 2015 at 9:08 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 11:08 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 13, 2015 at 12:24 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 8:21 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Cato - June 13, 2015 at 8:45 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 11:47 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 12:02 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 3:29 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 4:23 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 4:53 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Cato - June 14, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 5:53 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:03 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 6:10 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:20 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 7:43 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 8:17 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 15, 2015 at 1:26 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 15, 2015 at 9:29 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 15, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 15, 2015 at 4:05 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 17, 2015 at 1:03 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 14, 2015 at 6:36 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Nope - June 13, 2015 at 10:41 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 13, 2015 at 11:51 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 10:55 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 3:34 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 4:29 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 4:37 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 14, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 11:20 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 14, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 15, 2015 at 12:54 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 15, 2015 at 4:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 5:07 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 7:00 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 7:02 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 1:03 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Nope - June 13, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 10:45 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:09 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 3:25 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 4:20 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Dystopia - June 16, 2015 at 6:54 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 16, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Dystopia - June 16, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 16, 2015 at 2:16 pm
The right to mis-define oneself - by KUSA - June 13, 2015 at 10:26 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 10:50 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 13, 2015 at 11:42 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 13, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:23 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 12:52 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 1:36 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 1:41 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 4:19 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by rexbeccarox - June 14, 2015 at 6:10 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:52 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 6:17 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 14, 2015 at 11:45 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 3:19 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 11:45 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Bad Wolf - June 14, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 2:24 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Bad Wolf - June 14, 2015 at 2:47 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 2:56 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Bad Wolf - June 14, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 14, 2015 at 3:19 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:10 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Cato - June 14, 2015 at 5:56 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 7:20 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 7:47 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 7:46 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 8:05 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 15, 2015 at 4:07 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 15, 2015 at 6:39 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 14, 2015 at 8:20 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 8:32 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 8:39 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 10:04 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 10:33 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by rexbeccarox - June 14, 2015 at 10:13 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 10:47 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 10:53 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 10:58 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 15, 2015 at 1:33 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 14, 2015 at 11:08 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 11:43 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 15, 2015 at 12:30 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 15, 2015 at 12:48 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 15, 2015 at 12:49 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 15, 2015 at 1:43 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by robvalue - June 15, 2015 at 9:54 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 15, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by SteelCurtain - June 15, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 15, 2015 at 4:25 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 15, 2015 at 4:28 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 15, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 16, 2015 at 2:26 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Dystopia - June 16, 2015 at 6:55 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by robvalue - June 16, 2015 at 7:00 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 16, 2015 at 2:03 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 16, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 16, 2015 at 2:51 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 16, 2015 at 2:28 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 16, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 16, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 16, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 16, 2015 at 11:04 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 17, 2015 at 1:57 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 16, 2015 at 11:21 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by rexbeccarox - June 16, 2015 at 11:43 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 17, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 16, 2015 at 11:25 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by rexbeccarox - June 17, 2015 at 12:59 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 17, 2015 at 8:37 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 17, 2015 at 8:40 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 17, 2015 at 10:46 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by I_am_not_mafia - June 17, 2015 at 2:03 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by robvalue - June 17, 2015 at 8:50 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 19, 2015 at 10:12 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 19, 2015 at 10:26 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 19, 2015 at 7:36 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 19, 2015 at 8:09 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by henryp - June 19, 2015 at 8:05 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 19, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Regina - June 19, 2015 at 10:32 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 19, 2015 at 10:37 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 19, 2015 at 11:01 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 19, 2015 at 11:10 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 20, 2015 at 6:07 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Longhorn - June 20, 2015 at 6:09 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 20, 2015 at 6:13 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 20, 2015 at 12:29 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 20, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 20, 2015 at 9:41 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 21, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 21, 2015 at 11:21 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 21, 2015 at 11:27 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 5:34 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 5:43 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 5:38 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 5:45 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 21, 2015 at 8:16 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 21, 2015 at 11:40 pm
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 22, 2015 at 12:21 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by The Grand Nudger - June 22, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by paulpablo - June 22, 2015 at 2:39 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by Thumpalumpacus - June 22, 2015 at 1:58 am
RE: The right to mis-define oneself - by bennyboy - June 22, 2015 at 8:56 am

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