tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post1771487830631044649..comments2024-03-28T08:03:32.297-07:00Comments on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: 'Anti-LGBTQ group rages against clinic treating transgender children' & other Thur midday news briefsBlackTsunamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349560427762283170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-14888578544226081462018-03-01T09:52:35.814-08:002018-03-01T09:52:35.814-08:00Anti-LGBT folks suddenly declare that transgender ...Anti-LGBT folks suddenly declare that transgender children are "our" children. I keep asking, "Who are they and why do they care? (Forgive me if I've already shared this)...<br /><br />"Because “they” are still trying to define “us,” tell us who they think we are, tell us that we are objectively disordered or immoral or sinful or worse. Who are “they” and who do they think they are?<br /><br />Unfortunately “they” are not only the ignorant and bigoted, but often otherwise intelligent and sometimes even well-meaning individuals. Why do “they” think they know more about our sexuality, or us, than we do?<br /><br />More to the point, why do they care?<br /><br />Certainly “they” outnumber “us” and we’ve always been an easy target. Does their inability to save our souls or change us, or to limit our freedom somehow make them inadequate or fearful? What is in it for “them” that they so persist?<br /><br />It amazes and frustrates me that our stories—the actual lived experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender individuals—are so summarily ignored, discounted, and dismissed. It baffles me that many vocal and influential individuals persist in holding to and disseminating absurd, erroneous, and irrelevant opinions about us. This is unacceptable and can no longer be tolerated. <br /><br />“They” can only make their own positions tenable by repeating questionable scriptures, fabricated “studies,” pseudo-science, and outright lies—and repeating them over and over as they wholly disregard us and our voices."<br /><br /> ---from the Afterword, Did You Ever See A Horse Go By? - A Coming Out Memoir<br />Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.com