Transsexuality is a relatively modern concept, stemming from
the famous biologist Miss Gender, who accidentally misspelled trains due to her
rampant dyslexia. Things have been snowballing ever since, and we’ve seen a dangerous
rise in people being comfortable in their own skin, having the right kind of
support, and having to face a far more diverse and tolerant society. So
naturally, the people are outraged.
For those who are unaware, a transgender person is someone
who suffers from a very recognised mental illness (as real as a physical
illness, but that’s a topic for another day) known as ‘gender dysphoria.’ This is
exactly what it sounds like, if your bits don’t mean you’re a Bob, but you feel
like you are one, you are well within your rights to request a name change to
Robert (or David, Stephen, Michael, and King Polymorpheus the 2nd)
and people should, with extra emphasis on the should, refer to you by that name,
as well as your preferred pronouns, be it he/she/they or whatever else.
While most were shocked to find out that the T in LGBT didn’t
stand for ‘that’s all folks’, after a brief adjustment and a little reflection
on our own personal values, most of us these days are happy to accept people
for who they truly believe they are. Notice I say most. Perhaps I should make
my stance on this very clear, if it isn’t already. I think it’s great, it’s
pantaloon pot luck, stick your hand down someone’s pants (with permission) and
see what you get, every day is Christmas when the sexual organs of your partner
is a surprise.
Everybody’s scared of something, I’m scared of wasps, my
brother is scared of being alone, and my girlfriend is scared of committing to
anyone except the guy who lives across the street, it’s only natural to be
afraid. However, some people are absolutely terrified of people who feel they
were born in the wrong body, as if it might be contagious or something. I would
say get vaccinated but there is quite a large overlap between those who are
against transgenderism and those who are anti-vaccine, it’s almost like there’s
a correlation between irrational beliefs and low intelligence or something.
This is commonly known now as transphobia, and it can come
in many different forms, some more damaging than others. A refusal to use a
person’s preferred pronouns is one chosen way for the ignorant to get
themselves hated by their sensible friends and family, and let me make one
thing clear. It is my personal belief that you get one mistake. You get your
one, if someone corrects you and you keep going, and then shrug and get confused
when they get ticked off with you, I’m going to expect you to justify this decision
with medical records showing that you have serious brain damage. If you go pet
a dog and it bites you, don’t then furiously rub its tummy while screaming “WHAT’S
WRONG, I DON’T UNDERSTAND” then get upset when your MAGA hat falls off and
people actually start looking at you with respect.
Another form fakeaphobia can take is the use of ‘dead names’,
or probing for information about someone’s history as the gender they
abandoned. The term ‘dead name’ refers to the name a person used when they were
the wrong gender, and a vast majority of transsexuals want absolutely no
association with it. Insisting on referring to someone by their dead name is
like asking you what your dead wife’s perfume smelled like. Then they go out
and buy you a bottle of that perfume and start spraying it on you while acting
displeased that you’ve decided to get back on the dating scene.
Respect the past and leave it where it belongs, and respect
the choices that people make with their lives. We all change drastically from
day to day, just some change more than others. Some change their favourite
food, their favourite colour, or what they want between their legs and that is
okay. Your dad probably wasn’t a dad when he was your age, and my dad wasn’t a
woman when she was my age, and hopefully nobodies dad is a dad to an intolerant
child who can’t respect people’s rights to do what they want with their bodies.
NOTE: This post is trans approved!
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