If they are considering mutilating their body, denying the facts that even their chromosomes scream out, that person is no longer sentient and in touch with reality.
Sorry man we're just going to have to agree to disagree. While I would never even remotely consider doing that I would not condemn someone for making that choice. I'll let you into my world a little bit. My son asks me a lot about his big decisions and my response is always 'you're a grown man. Do what you think is best for YOU' 'If you feel that way then go for it'. Thus far it has had nothing to do with his sexuality and I used to joke that if he came to me and said 'dad I'm a homosexual' I'd shoot him and swear he was defective. But I've grown up. It is NOT my place to shove my beliefs down anybody elses throats. It is MY job to live my life in accordance with my moral code. Shunning people for beliefs that are different from yours simply alienates them and causes groups to polarize against each other instead of trying to find a way to peacefully coexist.
Now I can't play this game anymore and that sucks. But we're all brought together playing a video game that interests us. This game is about 'killing' the other guy. But, to me at least, and more importantly it brings people from all over the world with different perspectives together and, for the most part, we get along.
To be frank I'd rather have a gay or transgender friend I can trust than a heterosexual one I can't. I take people for who they are and how they act not for their sexual preferences. The funny thing is we've taken this from a post or two about a young man that has had two transgender partners to divvying up the lines between 'gay' or 'straight'.
I could give a R#% F#%@ less if Serenity is gay or straight. It's not my business. The way I see a man is how he acts in society. Is he respectful? Does he pay his bills on time? Is he kind to the weak and needy? Does he act with honor and kindness?
I'll tell you this and I'll stand by it. I've seen this young man step on his crank more than once and accept what was thrown at him. Anybody on any social media site is going to step on their crank occasionally. I haven't seen many that could take the bashing that he has done, learned from it, and moved on with lessons learned.
So I could give a d#%N less what he does or does not do in his personal life and I can assure you I'd invite him to stop by and crash at my place for a weekend or so a heck of a lot faster than I would some pious, judgmental, jerk, who thinks his or her vision of 'morality' is superior.
I'm not God. It's not my job to 'judge' anybody and, in 51 years of my life on this earth, I've never so much as received an application for the position from God. So I'm figuring he's got that covered.
Subsequently I fall back on 'do unto others as you would have done unto you'. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life and some of them are heinous. Yet my TRUE friends both straight, gay, religious, and atheists, have been there for me when I ran face first into a wall.
My rant will not change your mind and I accept that but I hope we can depart this conversation with mutual respect.
