Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
I realise people have strong opinions, but it still boggles me how spiteful some of these posts are.

Even if you disagree with the idea of it yourself, you can still respect that the other person truly thinks of themself as the gender they claim to be, and address them in the way they ask to be addressed.

I also find it very hard to believe that people would "choose" to identify in a way that opens them up to such abuse, if they didn't really believe it to be true.

There's a lot more I could write. Anecdotes. People I know. A history of how I've felt about the issue.

But the core is: I know some of these people, and they're just people. They're not something 'other' that's less deserving of respect.

I don't know what to say, but I don't want to say nothing.

It makes me feel awful to see people talk like they do in this thread.
Thank you for this, it’s honestly helped a lot. I realise I came off as *way* too defensive and pretty haughty, and that’s obviously a poor choice to make when talking about pretty divisive issues like this. But honestly, I’m just a pretty damn insecure and very depressed person and that probably shows. I know there will still be those who doubt me and claim I’m “trolling” or “baiting” but I just made the naive decision to bring up a discussion on this, not in the best way I know, so I take responsability for that at least.

It’s just reassuring to see at least one understanding comment. I’m only human and this thread has really took a toll on my health, so that’s why I’ve gone silent. Thank you for your compassion, it’s really, really helped remind me there’s still good in people, even if it easier to first see me as the aggressor, when really I’m just crying out.