Today I learned that many people posting here are transphobic.

[bobclark86]

131. Well, untill...

their surgery and name change, it seems to me we are still talking about Bradley Manning. Post-op and post-court, then she will be Chelsea. For their sake ("their" now being an acceptable singular pronoun, my elementary school teacher be damned) I hope it isn't too long. I cannot imagine how horrible that must be to feel such a way about one's self (I can make a barely-educated guess, and then multiply that a couple dozen times to get closer). FI wish him a speedy, successful and comfortable transition.

That doesn't make one transphobic (I don't think... I'm not transgendered, so I don't know what is offensive or not... unlike knowing how every nickname used for minorities in my area MUST be incredibly offensive, judging by the characters using them). I think it's an interesting process and would like to learn more about it. Definitely not for me, but it's NOT "for me," so it doesn't matter what the hell I think as long as I treat people by how they act and what they say, rather than what they look like or whether their appearance conforms to their genetics.

You are certainly right, people screaming about using it as a cover, saying things like "Oh, well he is one messed up dude" and crap like that is hurtful. It sounds like most people in my (red) area talking about, well, anything but being a white cracker-ass "manly-man" who gets their kids killed by leaving loaded guns around the house.