Covergirl

[InbetweenDreams]

DNA does have a role to play in the sex of a person, regardless of what they want to be known as gender-wise. Its a small percentage of cells that determine the sex of someone and the cells aren't manipulated when a someone wants to change their gender and go through reassignment surgery, they get hormone treatment instead.

The normal view out there by many people is that sex and gender are intertwined as one, and while many transgender people do get abused for who they are it is wrong to assume that everyone who has a view against it actually thinks like those who openly say/post negative comments. Its a shame that trans people get so much abuse but its not fear, its misunderstanding that causes people to react the way they do.

Many people just believe that you cannot claim to be the opposite gender to what sex you were born as, it doesn't make them all haters but it often gets them opinions like them being transphobic, bigoted etc. I'll probably get a little bit of hate on my own view (and usually stay out of threads like these because of that) but it is pretty much what I've written in the previous sentence, but I've still treated trans people with the same respect as others in the open world as my view isn't relevant to them. You can disagree and still be civil with people.

That's my point. I also feel that it means not going to facebook to trash trans people. I'm fairly certain people who choose to be trans are not doing it to get attention. I mean only the people that have a problem with someone being gay, trans, etc are making a big deal about it. The rest of the people go about their day not giving a shit. The more I see this stuff and the remarks people make the more I realize this sort of stuff breeds a much deeper hate... Then you have things like Matthew Sheppard happen

http://www.matthewsplace.com/matthews-story/

we should learn to live with disability, it's not easy but self-pity is not an option ..

I mean I think we can say the same about being gay, trans, etc. People should learn to live with it so they understand it, but doesn't work like that.

While I agree that self-pity gets no one anywhere. I'd say I would be a big wreck of a person if I lost my sight, or became paralyzed. At least for a while anyway. It is hard to come to terms with that sort of stuff.