An article in today's local paper caught my eye and has upset me and caused a big fight with my daughter! Michael Shannon(who ever that is?) was a guest columnist! He wrote about (Edit The) decision to get trans service people out of the military! Basicly he said we are all mentally ill and can't be trusted with all that fire power. Siting 2016 Johns Hopkins study " The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed property of human beings that is independent of biological sex-that a person might be a 'man trapped in a woman's body" or a 'woman trapped in a man's body"-is not supported by scientific evidence." He further states that "A person's sex is coded into every individual cell in the body at the chromosomal level. Believing otherwise doesn't even qualify as superstitious. It is just nuts! He then quotes John Hopkins again saying, "Members of the transgender population are also at higher risk of a variety of mental health problems compared to members of the non-transgender population. Especially alarmingly,the rate of lifetime suicide attempts across all ages of transgender individuals is estimated at 41% compared to under 5% in the overall U.S. population." He goes on about wasting tax dollars for transition but doesn't mention the cost of Viagra, etc!
I was totally pissed at this! My daughter took the neutral stance and said no one would listen to anything I had to say on the matter they are stuck in their opinions and won't change! I told her I did not want to hear any more about it! She then stomped off saying I accused her of supporting their opinion! Now she is not talking to me!
Just had to vent all of this! Sorry!
Thanks?
Hugs Lana Mae
