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Idaho family buries transgender woman as a man
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:16 pm
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ennifer Gable, an Idaho transgender woman who died of a brain aneurysm in October, was presented at an open casket and buried as a man by her family.
Gone was Gable’s long, wavy brown hair and smokey eye shadow shown in several Facebook photos.
In her place, friends found Geoffrey Charles Gable wearing a striped suit at Magic Valley Funeral Home, her hair cut short, according to photos obtained by the Daily News, and an obituary that skipped a decade of her life transitioning to Jennifer.
“They tried to make her look like a boy,” Stacy Hudson told the Daily News.
Her friends, appalled by the funeral’s display, are standing up for Jennifer’s life - not Geoffrey’s.
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Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:18 pm to arseinclarse
not legit
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:19 pm to arseinclarse
Well, at least it's dead.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:19 pm to arseinclarse
Wow. Her family sucks.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:22 pm to arseinclarse
No problem with this.
His parents and family can have a funeral and remember him as they see fit. The funeral is for the family anyway, not the deceased.
Her friends can have a memorial and remember her as they see fit, with as many glamour shots, facebook pictures, and memories of girls nights out as they want.
You're honoring their memory, and we don't all remember people the same.
His parents and family can have a funeral and remember him as they see fit. The funeral is for the family anyway, not the deceased.
Her friends can have a memorial and remember her as they see fit, with as many glamour shots, facebook pictures, and memories of girls nights out as they want.
You're honoring their memory, and we don't all remember people the same.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:23 pm to arseinclarse
I'd hope they'd follow the wishes of the deceased......but I've learned not to judge people who are mourning the loss of a child.
Funerals are for the living to morn the loss of a loved one, and her family is likely paying for the service and organizing it in a way to remember their son. I am sure Jennifer doesn't care at this point, but I could see how her friends would be upset visiting the funeral of a very different person.
Her family apparently remembers her as a boy, and they are the ones likely paying for the service.
Funerals are for the living to morn the loss of a loved one, and her family is likely paying for the service and organizing it in a way to remember their son. I am sure Jennifer doesn't care at this point, but I could see how her friends would be upset visiting the funeral of a very different person.
Her family apparently remembers her as a boy, and they are the ones likely paying for the service.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:27 pm to arseinclarse
Sounds like his parents didn't really care about him and it was a parting shot at him.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:28 pm to arseinclarse
Christians 
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:29 pm to MSMHater
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You're honoring their memory, and we don't all remember people the same.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:30 pm to arseinclarse
What's the point of the funeral? Why mourn the loss of someone you don't even respect?
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:34 pm to efrad
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What's the point of the funeral? Why mourn the loss of someone you don't even respect?
Perhaps the family, who is likely paying for the service, simply remembers their son as a boy and want to reflect on the good times they had together.
Unless the deceased wanted to be buried a certain way, it's really not anyone's place to judge.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:36 pm to member12
They didn't love their kid for who they really were. Terrible parents. Spitting on his identity.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:40 pm to arseinclarse
I support it. I'm sick of all this stupid shite. His mother gave birth to a boy and she knew him that way. People can do what they want with their lives. I don't have to applaud them for it.
Born that way is a crock of shite. This is a choice, more often than not, though it's one I think a person should be able to make. Still, I don't think we can dictate what parents are and are not allowed to do when burying their children.
Born that way is a crock of shite. This is a choice, more often than not, though it's one I think a person should be able to make. Still, I don't think we can dictate what parents are and are not allowed to do when burying their children.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:42 pm to dagrippa
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Sounds like his parents didn't really care about him and it was a parting shot at him.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:43 pm to Blue Velvet
Guesswork on your part.
Maybe there are more facts I didn't see, but let's say you grew up with a son who later transitioned. Died not long thereafter.
You raised a son. He was biologically and anatomically male. While I don't think I'd handle it the same way, they may not have known the "woman," they knew the boy they raised. It does seem callous, but perhaps it would have felt like they were burying a stranger otherwise?
Maybe there are more facts I didn't see, but let's say you grew up with a son who later transitioned. Died not long thereafter.
You raised a son. He was biologically and anatomically male. While I don't think I'd handle it the same way, they may not have known the "woman," they knew the boy they raised. It does seem callous, but perhaps it would have felt like they were burying a stranger otherwise?
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:44 pm to MSMHater
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You're honoring their memory, and we don't all remember people the same.
its not honoring a persons memory to completely deny who they were in life.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:44 pm to dagrippa
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Sounds like his parents didn't really care about him and it was a parting shot at him.
This. She had been living as a woman for 10 years.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:45 pm to Pettifogger
I would agree. Although in retrospect, a closed casket would have been a preferable choice.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 3:46 pm to Blue Velvet
I like to think of myself as a pretty open minded individual, transgenderism is just something I can't wrap my mind around. Close the casket and let people remember him whichever way they choose.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 3:48 pm
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