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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ This! [/quote]
I think you mean you'd have to stop watching tv and surfing the net all day, if you wanted to avoid it.   Oh, the hardship.  [/quote]

Oh, but there's more. As another example, I would also have to take my kids out of FCPS, where -- in the dark of the night -- the school board or whoever runs the show there -- is trying to institute single sex bathrooms in case one questioning, possibly transgendered 8 year old (who also happens to have a couple of publicity/ litigation happy parents) decides to make a scene about feeling "uncomfortable."  (Reference: DCUM, of course!)

No, my friend, this issue has seeped far beyond TV and surfing the net. It's In.Your.Face and the Jenner interview is just one more piece of it.[/quote]

I'm so sorry that these people seeking happiness in their lives, and moving to the point where they don't feel the need to kill themselves, is in your face. What a drag for you. You must be suffering so badly. [/quote]

NP. Shut up. I can't stand the idea that this one group of suffering individuals is so much more oppressed then other suffering groups. There is some really horrible stuff happening, especially to young people. Let's not act like there is some special fragility to the gay, trans crowd. Sympathy for all, I say.[/quote]

Of course sympathy for anyone suffering. But the fact is that the suicide rate among trans young people is incredibly high. So yes, there is actually evidence of fragility that is actually acted upon in the trans community. That's just a fact. I don't understand why that produces such anger in you to the point that you tell another person to shut up. But the fact that you're nasty isn't surprising. [/quote]

You ever think these suicides are connected to internal turmoil and not what we do or don't do for these groups? And the suicide rate is high across the board for teens, not just the transgendered ones. Or do you care about those who are desperate for reasons other than sexual/gender orientation? Stop being counterproductive. The conversation should be about supporting all young people in pain, not just the trendy ones.[/quote]

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