I don't have an opinion because it is what it is. Gender identity is a spectrum so it's hard to make a specific list of what people are or are not. In my opinion, people who insult the LGBTQ community ignore that there's a spectrum and that everyone's reasons are different based on their own experiences in life.
I think I speak for everyone when I say that the LGBTQ movement has been a total God sent miracle, making life for everyone so much better than anyone could have imagined. From plain old homosexuals poking each other in the ass to teaching our elementary school children how to give blow jobs - it's just been great. Confusing young people regarding their normal sexual insecurities is so much easier now that none of them even know all the different choices, let alone what to do about it. We really never had enough problems to consider before LBGTQ. Now, we can stew over boys showering with our daughters in school - but it's OK cuz the Nanny State says it is. And eon's of of understanding what marriage really is - is now delightfully confused with what God specifically said it is not.
Here is my 2 cents. I’m seriously cool with gay and bi sexual people. Have at it. Love is love. But as I live by my own code, do as you want as long as it doesn’t infringe on MY rights. Gay or hetero don’t need to force their agenda on the other. Trans......... that is something entirely different and for another discussion. I am however 100% against trans men competing again women in sports. Period. How can you sleep at night knowing you are a dude who beat a woman in powerlifting, wrestling, running, etc. This is just not fair to legit female athletes.
@SatanBurger head injuries happen, but actually fracturing a skull with a blow from a hand isn't something that happens often. Broken jaws, broken noses, but the cranium is a pretty tough bone. For the first trans MMA fighter to be the one who starts fracturing women's skulls in bouts, that has to say something in spite of the fact that they haven't done a study on trans women beating up biological women. You can wait on scientific evidence and in the meantime women's sports will be tainted and women hurt by those biological males who enter women's sports. If there isn't a reason to separate men and women, why are there even women's sports? Just a side note, men's powerlifting record is just shy of 2,400 pounds, the women's powerlifting record is just a bit over 600 pounds. It is more than just a bit of hormonal difference.
@Roadsterrider Powerlifters often take steroids, that is a moot point. There's a large difference when a transgendered female takes testosterone reducing hormones than regular males who are not trans. Besides that, studies find it changes the testosterone levels to barely distinguishable and loses endurance capabilities of athletic performances. Hemoglobin levels are statistically the same for cis-gendered females as it was for trans gendered women who have undergone two years of hormone therapy.
The following study cites their shortcomings but is a good example of this fact (click on the PDF file.)
There's lots of evidence albeit loose at this point that does prove trans gendered women do lose what makes them biologically male after two years of transition.
[quote]If there isn't a reason to separate men and women, why are there even women's sports?[/quote]
Not all men are trans would be my guess, I think that it would be an obvious point to state that some men are going to be trans gendered females but not all men are trans gendered. So it still makes sense that we have women and men's sports.
@SatanBurger Well, from what I am seeing, biological males who are transgender seem to be dominating the women's events that they are competing in. I don't think this issue has been around for long enough to have true documentation and studies with definitive results so I will continue to base my opinion on what reality I see.
Absolutely, I don't know if it is a good thing or bad thing though. I have an old school opinion on sexuality, I don't care what anyone elses preferences are, just don't try to include me in them. I think the gay community as it was known when I was growing up, have done a disservice to themselves by fragmenting the group. Diversity in some things is good but no matter how you cut it, diversity is a watering down of a subject. Say 10% of the population is part of that group, 30+ million strong, that is huge but when it fragments into 10 different groups, that block is broken up and they don't work together as a unit anymore, they are weaker because of it. In this political climate, the fallout for me is that politicians try to create law for each of these specific groups and change what children are taught or what bathroom to use. Things that infringe on others rights.
@SteelHands What I have read estimates the LGBTQ crowd at somewhere between 3 and 10% of the total population of the US. That leaves the number somewhere between 3 and 30 million approximately, when we have a popular vote being decided by 2 or 3 million votes, even at only 3 million LGBTQ voters, they could have an impact. I think it is probably much lower than 30 million but I will stick with that as an upper extreme.
The issue really is that there isn’t a “community” per se, and no official list of sexualities/genders....individuals keep coming up with their own gender/sexuality definitions, and adding them to the list. A lot of others don’t want to appear to be excluding those, so don’t cut the list off and say “This is a list of all sexualities” or “This is a list of all genders”. The list keeps growing accordingly.
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To be honest... it really doesn’t affect me much. Every now and then, someone has their email signature with pronouns but that is the extent of the issue.
At your age... maybe it’s an issue. Colleges tend to cater to trendy issues.
Real life and the real world isn’t like that. We tend to stick to the 80/20 rule. Build everything to the 80% norm. Accept the rest as needed.
To be honest I don't think its the LGBTQ community who have chosen the labels,Its more the politically correct society we find ourselves living in,Society has to fit things in little boxes,RACE,COLOUR,CREED,SKINNY,FAT,OBESE,CRACKHEAD,JUNKIE, etc etc without that the self righteous self centered single minded people of this world cant function,its that old cliché of if it don't fit make it fit,Sad to think there are still small minded people living on this planet,such a waste of oxygen.
@LUVELACE If we are all beaten into small groups we are easier to control. Politicians try to segregate us based on age, sex, sexual preference, color, religion, ethnicity, disability, etc., the current government except for a few really lends relevance those with anarchistic ideas.
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I don't have an opinion. It really ain't any of my business what their sexuality or gender is. Really don't understand why it bothers so many people, deadass.
@SteelHands I know that LGBTQ have a more difficult time in USA than we do. Also I never understood why the T is linked to the LGB bit. It seems totally different. Plus what is Q?
T is linked in because trans people are subjected to the same injustices as lesbians, gays and bi etc and so were included in the communities at the time. The Q can just be queer or questioning @LilirWyddfa
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As long as I'm not compelled to call them a female when they are not.
I think there are some issues to reckon with, like trans athletes competing in gender-separated sports and children transitioning too early. But I don't think the actual labels are a problem and I don't care at all what people label themselves or how many "options" there are. That's up to them.
That they're all forced into a monolithic political phantom by the media and politicians isn't all their fault.
I suspect that 98% of gays and trans people wanna puke every time they hear that they're not just gay or not just trans. They are a el-beegee-cue shara mu shara mu can you do the fandango.
