re: A transgender 9-year-old tells her story

Wait this kid is actually allowed to play on the girls sports team? This is insane my god where does it end?

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I think you'll find that a ton of people who are very uncomfortable/in opposition to transgender people and transgender rights are also staunch advocates of more traditional gender roles and gender conformity. That certainly appears to be the case on tigerdroppings.

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Perhaps, but the exact opposite is true of the pro-transgender crowd. They're in total opposition to traditional gender roles, yet transgendered folks tend to almost universally stick to those roles - sometimes to a comical sense.

They'll get breast enhancements and wear dresses and play with Barbies - all things that would be considered sexist and stereotypical if they were born a woman.

I've never seen a story about a transgender "woman" who was into guy things.

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Will be on suicide watch in 10 yrs unfortunately

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While he and the parents blame everyone else.

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you sure are all about harming children, aren't you?

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If I was for harming children then I'd insist on telling a child that his or her gender expression is wrong just because it doesn't match their genitals.

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it's okay to like activities that the opposite sex typically enjoys, you don't have to call yourself "trans" to do that shite.

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What you posted makes WAY too much sense to be acceptable in today's culture, sir

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If I was for harming children then I'd insist on telling a child that his or her gender expression is wrong just because it doesn't match their genitals.

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No, that's called being a parent and telling your child how the real world works, not some fantasy fricking lala land.

If your child told you they felt like they were a fish would you let them go breath water? I mean, the simple fact that they were born with lungs instead of gills shouldn't stop them, right?

Or maybe they feel like a car. Should you let them drink gasoline? The fact that they have biological parts shouldn't stop their expression of wanting to have an internal combustion engine, right?

You are a sick, child endangering frick. I hope you have no dealings with children. And if you do I hope you are beaten about the face and neck with a heavy object by some decent citizen.

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Perhaps, but the exact opposite is true of the pro-transgender crowd. They're in total opposition to traditional gender roles, yet transgendered folks tend to almost universally stick to those roles - sometimes to a comical sense.

They'll get breast enhancements and wear dresses and play with Barbies - all things that would be considered sexist and stereotypical if they were born a woman.

I've never seen a story about a transgender "woman" who was into guy things.

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There's a lot of variety, in my observations. There are transgender people who are gender non-conforming in the sense that they are transgender, but they are gender conforming in the sense that they express their self-identified gender in very typical ways (like a trans man getting mastectomies, growing a beard, getting muscular, wearing men's clothes, etc). Not all trans people express their genders in typical ways, though. And there are gender non-conforming people who don't really pick one or the other.

I see it more living in a city like NYC than most people who post here do. The effect it has in public life is pretty much zero. I've only seen it become an issue when a prejudiced (for instance, transphobic) person makes it an issue.

I'm not sure why you would see a story about a trans woman who's into guy things... that kind of story isn't really noteworthy unless there's something else associated with the person that makes it interesting. I know a trans woman who is really into video games--does that count? I still think of playing video games as being a predominantly male activity.

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oh yes you have....except they aren't called "transgender"...they are simply tomboys.

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Are you sure you understand what he meant? He's talking about biological males who identify as female. Not biological females who are into guy things.

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Are you sure you understand what he meant? He's talking about biological males who identify as female. Not biological females who are into guy things.

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Pretty sure he got the point. The original poster's point is that people often elect to "identify" as the opposite sex after "being into guy/girl things." Hence, few of us have ever seen a transgendered female who still engages in mostly "guy" behaviors.