Quote from: Jessica Merriman on July 18, 2015, 04:45:29 AM
Actually yes! *giggles*

True, in mental health if you can't laugh, you cry.

The article gets more and more frustrating as it progresses.

"We all have this duality — it's part of human nature; a male and female energy, something that I believe is very normal, but society doesn't allow that."

I would argue that the #1 most popular mistake within the gender/sexuality discussion is assuming that the way which every individual experiences gender or sexuality is the same as one's own. I think that it may be true that we all posses characteristics or qualities from each side of the binary, but it is simply unsound to conclude that gender identity is the result of such.

Furthermore, by the end of the article it is still difficult for me to understand how settling upon a "gender-variant" identity equates to acceptance of one's born physical body, since Cummings and Lopez seem to be trying to make the argument that gender is dependent on birth-sex.

An ultimately ignorant standpoint.


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If you watch some of Mark's interviews and discussions on youtube. You will see he is a very educated person with regards to transgender information that's out there.

While I definitely do not agree with some of what he preaches or says I do agree with a few major points.

One in particular is let children be children and don't administer puberty blockers on children as there is a huge risk. He also does call out some transgender figures even some popular ones on their exhibitionist and sometimes aggressive behavior and how it causes much of the general public to have a negative impression of the community.

Puberty blockers cause nothing irreversible but can make a world of difference in a young persons transition. If they decide to to transition the blockers are stopped and normal puberty resumes.

Quote from: NCAmazon on August 10, 2015, 08:56:55 PM
If you watch some of Mark's interviews and discussions on youtube. You will see he is a very educated person with regards to transgender information that's out there.

While I definitely do not agree with some of what he preaches or says I do agree with a few major points.

One in particular is let children be children and don't administer puberty blockers on children as there is a huge risk. He also does call out some transgender figures even some popular ones on their exhibitionist and sometimes aggressive behavior and how it causes much of the general public to have a negative impression of the community.

Quote from: NCAmazon on August 10, 2015, 08:56:55 PM
If you watch some of Mark's interviews and discussions on youtube. You will see he is a very educated person with regards to transgender information that's out there.

While I definitely do not agree with some of what he preaches or says I do agree with a few major points.

One in particular is let children be children and don't administer puberty blockers on children as there is a huge risk. He also does call out some transgender figures even some popular ones on their exhibitionist and sometimes aggressive behavior and how it causes much of the general public to have a negative impression of the community.

...so now your son managed to make it to 18 without suicide and can decide for himself, only now he's 6'2" with a big frame and size 14 feet and needs 60k of ffs he can't afford with his burger flipping job that's all teens can get. Well, that or sex work.

Yeah, no. Bother to actually educate yourself on the SOC for youth transitioning and you'll no longer push that anti-trans line. How about let's give these kids the chance to avoid what we went through?

As for people being public that don't necessarily need to, that's pretty obvious. Some folks need to be realistic about both themselves and their communicative skill sets and possibly stick to the written word instead of going on TV and panels.