Hi Foxy,

Only ever met a couple of "Trannies" in my lifetime, never done me harm, so I have no desire to interfere in their lifestyle. Why is it these crusty old conservative farts want to tell others how they will live their lives. Considering the state of patheticness these old fellas end up in, why would anyone base their life on their demands.

Live and let live, I say.

In one of many such incidents, two school girls were raped in their school bathroom by a biological male claiming to be transgender. The transgender girl/boy wore the female school uniform and school policy allowed him/her to use the girl's bathroom. When he complained, the father of one of the girls was arrested.

This all happened in the US where they are much further down this path than we are. But we are catching up.

As to the female victims? Just tell the girls to "live and let live".

Hi Paul,

I also don't know any transgender people personally.
It wasn't something I was even aware of growing up in
a strictly Catholic home. It was much later that I
got to know a family whose son had been born with
two sets of genitalia and the parents had to make the
choice for him as to which he was going to keep.

He was a very handsome boy, well known in the community
for his sport. His parents ended up moving inter-state
where I heard he eventually got married, had kids,
and I don't know where he is today. We lost touch.
I remember when I was growing up I used to pray for
God to give him "A good body," just like the rest of us.
I wasn't aware of my bias.

Anyway, it's only recently that I have discovered that gender
diverse and transgender people around the world are subject
to levels of violence and discrimination. That they are caught
in a spiral of exclusion and marginalization. That they are
often bullied at school, rejected by their family,
pushed out into the street and denied access to employment,
and so on.

And if they happen to be people of colour, or belong to ethnic
minorities or are migrants, or are living with HIV, or are
sex workers - they are particularly at risk of violence,
killings, beatings, mutilation, rape, murder, and other
abuses.

Today the vast majority of transgender people don't have access
to gender recognition by the state. This scenario creates a
legal vacuum and a climate that fosters stigma and prejudice
against them.

Legal gender recognition is still a distant dream for many.

http://pulloslawyers.com.au/transgender-rights-in-australia-differ-from-other-countries/

mhaze,

Do you blame entire group of people for the behaviour
of a few within that group? For example - do you blame
religious groups for the behaviour of fundamentalists
and extremists within their groups? Are all clergy
sexual abusers? Are all gays sexual perverts? And the
lists go on.

Calm down Foxy...you're becoming hysterical (in both senses of the word) again.

No I don't say all transpeople are the same. Did I say anything to suggest that to a calm reader? But equally there are clearly some problems and they have to be addressed. Just saying that most trans are OK therefore we should ignore the problems isn't a solution.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/ex-prisoner-shaking-fear-sharing-29075541

http://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/01/29/trans-prisoner-who-stalked-13-year-old-girl-transferred-to-womens-prison-n1666030

I don't know what's wrong with these female prisoners. Don't they know that some transwomen are good and therefore they should ignore the threats? Live and let live.

We should also consider the detransitioning issue..."The participants' decision to detransition was most often tied to the realization that their gender dysphoria was related to other issues"
http://segm.org/first_large_study_of_detransitioners

Detransitioning becomes somewhat problematic after your tits have been cut-off.

"What does it mean to be transgender?"

Probably best to and ask transgenders, how should any non-transgender person comprehend what goes on in these peoples minds?

If you want my opinion, on face value probably a further exaggeration of a mental illness.

Instead of a boy saying "I want to be a girl" or a girl saying "I want to be a boy".
It's a boy saying "I am a girl" or a girl saying "I am a boy" and the rest of you are wrong for arguing otherwise.

None of us got to choose the sex we were assigned in the womb, only a few can't cope with this reality and are encouraged by others of the same belief.