I am not going make a definitive statement pro or con on this issue without further information and I honestly don't care enough about the topic to research it. However, I only remember hearing comments like this on the board by Katie. Is one of you an alt of the other?
Can't Afford Sexual Reassignment?
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I am not going make a definitive statement pro or con on this issue without further information and I honestly don't care enough about the topic to research it. However, I only remember hearing comments like this on the board by Katie. Is one of you an alt of the other?
No, I'm a straight, cisgendered male. I've been around this board for some 15 years (minus an occasional hiatus), and never used a handle besides One Brow. You might be surprised to find out that a board mostly populated by white, cisgendered, straight men, most of whom seem to have conservative political leanings, is not the most welcoming place for a transgendered person to visit/post.
There was a small population of posters on the board that were always supportive of transgendered persons. Too small.
Funny, your article says the military isn't going to do anything about it and Manning will not be receiving hormone therapy, much less sexual reassignment surgery.
I know facts aren't your thing, but you could at least scare up a more misleading article when you want to do stuff like this.
♪alt13
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Just heard there is a campaign to get Bradley Manning the Nobel Peace Prize.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/30/bradley-manning-nobel-peace-prize-candidate
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/30/bradley-manning-nobel-peace-prize-candidate
All this government secrecy doesn't seem like a way for the government to protect it's citizens from harm, but to protect itself from the scrutiny of it's citizens.
Manning is a hero.
I'm not qualified to speak to the transgender issues.
Manning is a hero.
I'm not qualified to speak to the transgender issues.
If he was really serious about it, he should have done it before he decided to get thrown in prison. Now he needs to wait 35 years and then go ahead and get it done. If he wants his family or friends or donations to pay for it, then hell yes, let him do it tomorrow. This should not be paid by the tax payer, imo.
Maybe I'm ignorant of the facts, and I fully support LGBT causes, but this doesn't seem right.
Maybe I'm ignorant of the facts, and I fully support LGBT causes, but this doesn't seem right.
The Black Swordsman
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If I had a child that wanted to have a sex change I would try my best to encourage them to just be gay instead.
So you're saying you don't understand the issue at all? It isn't that Manning wants the ****, it's that he identifies as a woman. Just being with a man in a relationship doesn't change that. He doesn't want to be a gay man, he feels like a female trapped in a man's body.
(did I say that right? I tried.)
All that said, it isn't anyone else's responsibility to pay for his gender issues.
The Black Swordsman
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I agree with you, I just said that as a general statement and a side note.
But you understand that if you did have a transgender child you would be completely invalidating their situation by "trying your best" to convince them to just live as a gay man/woman instead of becoming the person they are?
I admit, **** is super confusing to me because I don't have to deal with it, but homosexualtiy and transgender are not the same. You can't swap one for the other.