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Trans Issues  [message #68824] Thu, 01 January 2015 14:33 Go to previous message
timmy

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I have long wondered why people persecute Trans folk. And we have now learned of a teenage girl whose parents tormented her with christianity in order to make her remain a boy, and who killed herself by use of a truck. This is not the first child to die in this manner, nor for this reason, nor will she be the last.

Other people are covering the story of her death, and well enough for us not to do so here. WHat I hope we can explore is our prejudices.

Why is Trans so difficult for some folk? Why do we need to fit people into a genital defined box. What is your reaction to Trans? Do you know someone who is? Does it affect your opinion of them as a human being? Does it affect how you act around them? Are you Trans? What does it mean to you to be Trans?


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