Quote from: Julia1996 on September 24, 2017, 11:46:29 AM
My ignorant uncle used to tell me I wasn't trans. He told me I was just a very gay boy who didn't have the balls ( I know.haha) to deal with it. He thinks trans people are all gay but don't want to be so they change genders. Looks like my dad got all the brains in that family.
this made me laugh a little too hard. Also... What does your uncle say about the men who liked guys before and after transition, or the girls who liked girls before and after transition? (IE straight to gay. *gasp*) Oh. Oh. Wait... he must think 'those people' don't exist. *snicker* (If thats the case... why do we have to pay bills?)
Quote from: MeTonie on September 24, 2017, 01:03:06 AM
Telling you that "what you feel is wrong" is rude. I would not get into a fight over such things. I would cut them out of my life. If they are on a chat, can you ignore or silence them? The silence function is there on some chats for a reason, to cut bullies out.
You know who you are. Don't let anyone else tell you who you are not.
Tony
Tony's right. As are the other people previously posted. The block/remove functions on chats/social media/etc are there for a reason. To protect you from that kind of crap. Use it. Admittedly it takes a lot for me to block someone, but the surefire way to get on my block list are the following:
-Call me a hypochondriac or a hypocrite
-Insult/harm my family
-Insult/harm my belief systems/faith (this is actually more specific but I won't get into it)
-Insult/harm my friends
-Tell me how to feel/act/etc (again this gets more specific, but basically if its detrimental to my wellbeing and I recognize it, you're blocked)
The thing is, it is so easy these days to cyberbully. People literally sit behind their computers, look at something, and say the first thing that pops into their head, no filter. And then others sit there, and go out of their way to make people feel bad. And still others pretend to be someone they're not. All of these times, people forget that while they are hiding behind their devices, on the other side is a real human being. The internet has become a place to not only connect with others, but also forget how to connect with others. Even those of us who grew up without the internet, or didn't have the internet till later childhood, many have forgotten the things we were raised with to help us connect with people and taught to be decent human beings.
So in other words... don't listen to them. You know who you are. How you feel is not wrong. You're every bit as valid as the next transperson.
And as for speech, hun, everyone talks differently. I'm not sure how on earth lesbians talk, to be honest, whatever that means. But what I do know is there is no such thing as 'talking like a lesbian or a gay or a queer or a trans' or whatever. There is talking like a human being... and our speech is more dependent on our locale than our orientation or gender identity. So screw them. (I could go on a whole long tirade about the sociology behind it, but I won't... LOL)