[quote][u][i][b]1)[/b][/i][/u] Or mayhap we're learning more about gender and people are getting upset it's more complicated than they thought? [u][i][b]2)[/b][/i][/u] My girlfriend is trans--her brain's gender does not match her physical sex, and she suffers from gender dysphoria (which, by the way, is indeed a mental illness). [u][i][b]3)[/b][/i][/u] She's seeking therapy and transitioning--treating her mental illness and becoming the woman she is mentally. She's happier than she's ever been. And yet I get people saying that she's faking it for attention, or should just accept her body and not mutiliate it. [u][i][b]4)[/b][/i][/u] Also, lifesitenews is notoriously biased and not a source one should look to for scientific fact-instead, I would look at peer-reviewed scientific journals, most which which, surprise, support the idea that gender and sex are different! I am open to debate on this topic with anyone; my opinions are based on [u][i][b]5)[/b][/i][/u] scientific fact and a bit of [u][i][b]6)[/b][/i][/u] empathy for my fellow human, and [u][i][b]7)[/b][/i][/u] I am entirely willing to educate and be educated.[/quote]
1) no not really, unless you keep redacting definitions i.e. saying racism is prejudice + power rather than just prejudice. 

2) are you trying to bait me into saying something obnoxious like ">her"? Not cool man. But I do agree on that it is a disorder, which I thought was the preferred term because illness has a """"negative connotation.""""

3) It is mutilation and the majority of people going through these things are in a phase, no matter how much their blue and purple haired pals tell them it isn't. Also, it's funny how fat acceptance gets a 49π degree rotation when it comes to transsexuality/gender/racialism/whatever

4) It doesn't agree with me so it's wrong :,(((((((

5) yeah I'm sure lol

6) First off the word you're looking for is sympathy, don't even pretend to empathize with your """fellow human being""" because your experiences are too different. Secondly, the implication that others aren't empathetic/sympathetic because they do not share the same opinions is just stupid. 

7) Considering that you only have 2 posts in 0 days and you rushed in to this thread to """intervene""" I think this more or less translates to "Agree with me or you are [buzzword]"