Do you support Transgender rights?

[Ms. Alexis]

Actually I have to say I don't like the terms used and how they are stereotyped. "Gay Rights" have become a catch all for promoting an agenda and once the media has beaten that to death I imagine "Transgender Rights" will be the next battle cry. The truth is it should simply be Freedom of Sexuality and Freedom of Gender, Period. The media wants to make everything a battle and stir up emotions to sell advertising and make money and when it comes right down to it they don't care about "Rights" aside from the right to make money. If people really want equality and the law to back it up approach it in a common sense way.. Think about it this way - Here in this forum we all have as someone put it "a dog in the fight" to some degree or another but even when I hear the term "Gay Rights" the feelings that come up are largely negative because of the frothing at the mouth in your face stuff the media puts out. So if I were to ask most people if they believe we should all have the right to freedom of sexuality and freedom of gender I would guarantee that the level of support and/or approval I received would be dramatically higher across the board that if I used the term gay rights and transgender rights.

So getting back to the original question - No... I guess I don't support TG rights or the image of the Rocky Horror Picture Show being on every corner that is the Stereotype out there that makes many people just dig their heels in against it. I do support Freedom of Sexuality and Freedom of Gender, and most importantly Tolerance for all views because that is what Freedom is all about and making a CEO step down because he donated money to pro man / woman marriage group is no different than punishing a CEO for donating to a Cause that promotes LGBT marriage, especially when this had to be dug up from several years ago. Freedom is about being allowed to have your own beliefs regardless of their popularity and tolerating others beliefs that are different from our own.