I’ve already posted a couple of short responses. I kept them short because I wanted to take the necessary time to properly express my more in-depth thoughts before posting them. I will add a P.S. at the end to explain where I’m coming from because I want to keep these comments concise.
I trust Paula to correct anything that I’m now about to write:
It seems to me that Paula, a “Group Leader”, was prompted to start this thread due to this quote of hers:
“I just had a person leave my support group because they felt that as a non-hormone, non-op, non-fulltime, trans person, maybe even as "just a CD", that THEY are part of the reason some of these current tactics are being employed against all trans people.”
That breaks my heart. So here is my suspicion of why that poor soul felt that way: They are a CD. A simple CD….And probably read too many on-line “comments”. While it is informative to read the “news accounts”, the “comments” are mostly vile. And to be honest, even some of the “news” can be discouraging, and not always from the sources that we might initially think.
I read one yesterday from an “LGB” source that said it’s time for the LGB’s to separate themselves from the T’s!!!! And this was not the first time I’ve seen/read/heard this opinion….But I’ll let that go for another thread because I don’t want to sidetrack this one.
But I have also read a couple of comments on this, most Safest of Sites, that said, and I’ll paraphrase: Everything was going fine for us plain old CD’s until someone pushed the boundaries too far and prompted all of these new laws and made it uncomfortable for the rest of us “proper” CD’s.
In other words, all of these laws can be blamed on the initial victim, which is akin to saying:
“It’s not my fault I raped that girl. Did you see how short her skirt was?”
In my very, very, humble opinion, the “CD-only” member of Paula’s Group who dropped out did so because her “skirt was too short” and others were paying the price for it…How skewed is that?!?!?!?!????
I hope HE comes back to the Support Group.
I hope I’m expressing myself properly…XOXOX to ALL!!!!!
Jaye
P.S….I am just a CD, with a fair amount of “Gender-Fluid” tendencies, and live in NC. My wife is a therapist with several LGBTQ clients…A lot has been going on lately…Eventually I truly do believe that the end results will be positive…But along the way, it hurts, it just hurts….
P.P.S....As a helpful hint to several of the responders here....Please scroll down and check out the "Media Forum", where "legal" issues are being dealt with in depth. You won't be sorry, I promise!
