"Originally Posted by Rianna Humble
And therein lies the problem. People are using transgender as an adjective to describe the person, whereas it is the activity which crosses society's artificially defined barriers. The definition you quote is from an organization whose primary purpose is the promotion of transgender health. As such it is politically motivated, and its cause is enhanced if the "transgender" population appears as large as possible. I am not attacking their intentions, as they are noble, but that is the reality. Their definition contradicts the generally accepted definitions of gender, as applied to the sexual connotation, and sexual identity, which I quoted in my last post. The definition of gender does not change by adding the prefix "trans" to it.
Veronica
When I was a boy, way back in the 1940's, the word "sissy" was one of the worst pejoratives you could call another guy. It was worse than many of the more acceptable (in those days) ethnic nicknames in widespread use. Call someone a sissy and you would get your ass kicked but good. I know that some of the younger people in this community like to use that term to describe themselves or their activities, but when someone clearly avoids its use in their writings, it should be avoided in the replies. And I don't need to go to Canada for any opinions, I am in Canada and proud of it.
Veronica
