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But does she have a girl

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:15:34 +0000

In reply to How can it be problematic? I

But does she have a girl penis or a boy's penis? File under "questions your parents never had to ask."

How can it be problematic? I

ocean-kat — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:12:54 +0000

How can it be problematic? I've been informed here quite strenuously that gender is what ever a person says they are. As Lila said, "I am a girl." Several people here have explained to me that the fact that she has a penis is irrelevant.

Funny thing, I can support free speech without having to believe in the speech. As goes the old cliche, "I disagree with everything you say but I will defend your right to say it."

I can support freedom of religion without having to believe in the fantasies of the religious. No one seems to challenge that.

But for some reason I can't support the rights of transgendered unless I believe that they are women or men simply because they say they are.

The plight of LBGT is horrible and they certainly deserve to have their civil rights protected. But imo men do not become women and women do not become men just because they say they are. If Lila is a girl because she says she is then she has the right to use the girl's locker room. The other girls will just have to get accustomed to seeing her penis.

This is a far more

barefooted — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:24:49 +0000

In reply to 150 High Schoolers Walk Out Over Trans Classmate Using the Girls' Locker Room

This is a far more complicated question than the use of restrooms. A school gym locker room is an open area with little privacy, and (at least for girls, but I imagine for some boys) can be difficult and embarrassing. I assume the young woman still maintains male genitalia - which makes this particular issue problematic.