(January 3, 2022 at 9:45 am)Jehanne Wrote:Verbal abuse is predictable, physical abuse is illegal, but there are other unexpected forms. For instance, when my son came out, some parents removed his friends and forbade any further contact for fear of catching "da ghey".(January 3, 2022 at 12:07 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Well, when my son came out as trans, I wasn't bothered by it. In fact my daughter put it succinctly: she said "I don't see what's the big deal, it's the same fucking person". Quite. What did shock me was the level of hostility that emerged after my son came out publically. From people one would never have expected to be that way.
So my question would be what unexpected sources of hostility have you encountered?
Verbal and (on one occasion) physical abuse; discrimination in employment; sarcastic comments from women; laughter (mainly women, but some men); strangers talking to me excessively (kind of like what some people do with the Amish), which can feel awkward, even hostile, at times.
Discrimination in employment is a lawsuit most places.
Laughter/mockery/sarcasm from women. That one is odd. I will not put all women in that bucket, but it is weird. Maybe they are somehow threatened by transgenderism in some way? I have no idea.
As to your last, do you mean people who wont shut up? I have had some loons wanting to know how I was proposing to "fix" my child
