Please note -- This thread is not meant to bash trans people, quite the opposite, so please do not turn this into a diatribe against trans people or gender non-binary people.
Why is that people today cannot leave people alone to be who they want to be? Racism, sexism, class warfare, homophobia, and transphobia. People only seem capable of hating anything they don't understand. Why is this? Why can't people leave well enough alone and let people be who they need to be? If somebody is gay, bisexual, asexual or straight, how does that impact your life directly? It doesn't, it is only of import to the individual in their quest to be their true self. The same is true of trans and non-binary people, they are seeking to be their authentic selves, and yet a great deal of what they receive in return is hatred and backlash from people who hate them simply for being trans or non-binary, and from people to whom their lives will not be impacted by someone's decision to transition or to come out as non-binary. I don't understand this point at all. It was the same with gay people for a long time, as well. Hated simply for being gay, and many still are, and yet the ones who hate them are probably the farthest thing from someone a gay or lesbian person would chose to be with. So...why the hate? Why hate someone for being themselves when it does not impact you in any way. If a man finds true love, but it happens to be with another man, why should that matter to anyone but them? They are happy, they are in love, let them be. Same with lesbians, if they've found someone who makes them truly happy, but that person tends to be a woman, what difference does it make to anyone but them? None at all, so why hate them for it? It's the same with trans people, their brain aligns with a gender that their body doesn't match, so they're taking steps to remedy that and look and feel as they need to in order to be their authentic selves. So why do people hate them for this? Trans people aren't out there looking to take advantage of people and use them for perverse sexual fantasies as the media keeps wanting to portray, they're just average people looking to be themselves. The level of hatred they suffer as a result of trying to be themselves is astonishing, the thought that any trans person would want to assault another person when they're so busy being assaulted verbally and physically themselves...it's just insanity to me.
I have friends who are trans, good friends, and they're trying their best to live their lives as normally as possible, just as the gender that matches their brain, and yet the abuse they get on a near daily basis, whether through social media or in person, or even from their own family members is just disgusting. Why is it so hard to accept someone as being the person they want to be in order to be their authentic self? It has quite literally no baring on your life what someone is or is not, and yet people actively seek to mock, intimidate, besmirch and belittle trans people for being themselves. It's a shame. I make no secrets about the fact that, based on my upbringing with my mother, I've suffered through gender dysphoric issues, so much so I've contemplated actually transitioning, but I'm self aware enough to know I would both never pass as female, and likely would not resolve my own issues with myself if I did transition, so it is a pointless endeavour for me. I'm content enough being male, even if I hate myself and fellow members of my gender 90% of the time. But this is me, there are many who do need to transition to feel whole, to feel complete, and I believe they should be free to do so without having their very lives endangered just for doing so. Trans people, trans women in particular, are getting murdered at an astonishingly terrifying rate, and the reasons why seem to be completely devoid of any basis in fact or reality. Prejudices against trans women as playing dress up and wanting to assault women without fear of persecution, and so on, just ridiculously unfounded and unwarranted "fears" that have prompted some to not even be able to use the a bathroom of their choosing, or even use the bathroom at all outside of their houses. It's ludicrous!
Why is this? Why are trans people such easy targets, why can't people leave well enough alone and let people be with and do the things they need to do in order to be themselves. A process that does not directly involve anyone but the person and their potential partner(s)? Why does it happen, over and over?
(trying to stir up some "adult chat" level content, so let's hear your thoughts. Whether you're pro-trans or anti-trans, please respond appropriately, and let's please keep this civil, not a big debate or flame fest, just simple talk. Let's see how this goes!)
Edit -- Just want to clarify, if you are anti-trans and you want to express the viewpoint here, you are welcome to do so, but please do so in a manner that isn't bashing trans people. The idea here is to have a reasoned discussion, so please, civil discourse only.
Why is that people today cannot leave people alone to be who they want to be? Racism, sexism, class warfare, homophobia, and transphobia. People only seem capable of hating anything they don't understand. Why is this? Why can't people leave well enough alone and let people be who they need to be? If somebody is gay, bisexual, asexual or straight, how does that impact your life directly? It doesn't, it is only of import to the individual in their quest to be their true self. The same is true of trans and non-binary people, they are seeking to be their authentic selves, and yet a great deal of what they receive in return is hatred and backlash from people who hate them simply for being trans or non-binary, and from people to whom their lives will not be impacted by someone's decision to transition or to come out as non-binary. I don't understand this point at all. It was the same with gay people for a long time, as well. Hated simply for being gay, and many still are, and yet the ones who hate them are probably the farthest thing from someone a gay or lesbian person would chose to be with. So...why the hate? Why hate someone for being themselves when it does not impact you in any way. If a man finds true love, but it happens to be with another man, why should that matter to anyone but them? They are happy, they are in love, let them be. Same with lesbians, if they've found someone who makes them truly happy, but that person tends to be a woman, what difference does it make to anyone but them? None at all, so why hate them for it? It's the same with trans people, their brain aligns with a gender that their body doesn't match, so they're taking steps to remedy that and look and feel as they need to in order to be their authentic selves. So why do people hate them for this? Trans people aren't out there looking to take advantage of people and use them for perverse sexual fantasies as the media keeps wanting to portray, they're just average people looking to be themselves. The level of hatred they suffer as a result of trying to be themselves is astonishing, the thought that any trans person would want to assault another person when they're so busy being assaulted verbally and physically themselves...it's just insanity to me.
I have friends who are trans, good friends, and they're trying their best to live their lives as normally as possible, just as the gender that matches their brain, and yet the abuse they get on a near daily basis, whether through social media or in person, or even from their own family members is just disgusting. Why is it so hard to accept someone as being the person they want to be in order to be their authentic self? It has quite literally no baring on your life what someone is or is not, and yet people actively seek to mock, intimidate, besmirch and belittle trans people for being themselves. It's a shame. I make no secrets about the fact that, based on my upbringing with my mother, I've suffered through gender dysphoric issues, so much so I've contemplated actually transitioning, but I'm self aware enough to know I would both never pass as female, and likely would not resolve my own issues with myself if I did transition, so it is a pointless endeavour for me. I'm content enough being male, even if I hate myself and fellow members of my gender 90% of the time. But this is me, there are many who do need to transition to feel whole, to feel complete, and I believe they should be free to do so without having their very lives endangered just for doing so. Trans people, trans women in particular, are getting murdered at an astonishingly terrifying rate, and the reasons why seem to be completely devoid of any basis in fact or reality. Prejudices against trans women as playing dress up and wanting to assault women without fear of persecution, and so on, just ridiculously unfounded and unwarranted "fears" that have prompted some to not even be able to use the a bathroom of their choosing, or even use the bathroom at all outside of their houses. It's ludicrous!
Why is this? Why are trans people such easy targets, why can't people leave well enough alone and let people be with and do the things they need to do in order to be themselves. A process that does not directly involve anyone but the person and their potential partner(s)? Why does it happen, over and over?
(trying to stir up some "adult chat" level content, so let's hear your thoughts. Whether you're pro-trans or anti-trans, please respond appropriately, and let's please keep this civil, not a big debate or flame fest, just simple talk. Let's see how this goes!)
Edit -- Just want to clarify, if you are anti-trans and you want to express the viewpoint here, you are welcome to do so, but please do so in a manner that isn't bashing trans people. The idea here is to have a reasoned discussion, so please, civil discourse only.
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