As this is a debate what i say may offend I would like to ay it is not my intention to do so, and that I am jst a very opinionated person, please don't take anything I say personally.
I have strong feelings that Transgenders are exactly who they say they are. We are all just people, Gender, skin color, and ethnicity are just these things that make of unique and different, not separate from each other. My opinions are just simple, all human beings have the same rights. This isn't even close to being the reality, but it is how I, personally treat people. If someone comes to me and says I feel like a man, I feel like a woman, than so be it. all I care about is the fact that they are Human.
I would feel completely comfortable with a transgender whom considered themselves to be female to pee in the same stall as me, obviously not at the same time @__@ but that goes without saying. I think it's kinda of...riddiculous the big deal people turn this topic into when in casual conversation both parties can learn a lot. Those who feel they are men should use the men's room, and those who feel they are a woman should use the woman's room. and everyone should just suck it up and pee or poop because really...who really cares. other countries have entire communities using the same holes in the ground as everyone else. Further separating Transgenders will only promote the idea that they should get "Special Treatment" when really they are just like everyone else. Still bleeding red, still having a beating heart, and still have smiles, and life experiences that are as valid as every person alive. As long as someone doesn't 'expect' special treatment for being transgender then it's all good.For the people who "pretend", well, whats to say they aren't confused and just trying to discover who they are. Sometimes what we are to be needs to be found within us first by trying on those shoes. what some may perceive as 'pretend' others look beyond that and see that self discovery is a hard road for anyone to walk. Of course All human beings have basic rights from birth, will everyone get them? Will everyone be treated equally? No...Not today anyway. But as for me, Fijo, I could care less about what anyone's gender is as long as they treat me with respect than they shall inevitable have mine in return.
LGBT rights as a whole? If people opened up their hearts and minds there would be no need for it, everyone would just get along and accept one another, but I feel it is good but it leaves a bitter-sweetness within me that it has to come to this. Honestly as a non gay, non-transgender, non-other-kin, straight female, how I feel about this doesn't matter...what matters to me is how the community of Lesbians, gays, bi's and transgenders feel about it because it effects them. Their lives. Theirs aspirations. Their hopes and feelings. I hope that it does more good than harm and really wish to hear how a transgender feels about LGBT rights.
I have met plenty of people who do not feel the same way I do, who do not promote the right of freedom of choice, and entertain the idea that transgenders are not even people, this veiw of theirs make me sad. Afraid of what they can't understand and refusing to see transgenders as normal human beings is flat out wrong. I am all about the rights and equality for transgenders and will support their rights to choose for themselves who THEY want to be. I stopped seeing people as men or women a long time ago, and It has lead me to some of the most amazing people I have ever met.
<333 love is the answer.
