OMG. I’m old. To me there are just men and women. They can identify as gay, trans, queer, a shopping cart, whatever. I really don’t give two shits, since it doesn’t affect me and I don’t hold any of these choices against anyone. I apologize if that makes me, uncaring, trans-phobic or in some way a horrible person. Clearly I’m ignorant of all of the nuances, for which I apologize again, but it’s not like I’m looking to date anyone, hire anyone or in any way have any affect on the rights of anyone. I am in full support of gay marriage, drag shows and anything else anyone would like to do in a so-called free country as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.
My only point was that teachers are responsible for a lot of things and liable for a lot as well. I can’t believe anyone would want to do that job anymore.
If I have, with this post, again offended anyone or once again gotten something wrong, please accept my heart felt, blanket apology. It was not my intention.
No but it has a bearing on it. If a trans woman is a woman that was born in a male body, and said trans woman finds herself falling for another woman (trans or otherwise), then surely she is a lesbian, as opposed to if she identified with her body which would make for a heterosexual relationship.
Or maybe we just throw out the whole idea of orientation altogether, (a) because stuff like the above is just too confusing, especially when extrapolated from this simple case into more complex identities and attractions, and (b) nobody cares anyway now that all orientations are considered equal.
Yup, my TEACHERS were mostly responsible for my sexual orientation as I grew up.
“transgender” ≠ “sexual orientation”
OMG. I’m old. To me there are just men and women. They can identify as gay, trans, queer, a shopping cart, whatever. I really don’t give two shits, since it doesn’t affect me and I don’t hold any of these choices against anyone. I apologize if that makes me, uncaring, trans-phobic or in some way a horrible person. Clearly I’m ignorant of all of the nuances, for which I apologize again, but it’s not like I’m looking to date anyone, hire anyone or in any way have any affect on the rights of anyone. I am in full support of gay marriage, drag shows and anything else anyone would like to do in a so-called free country as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.
My only point was that teachers are responsible for a lot of things and liable for a lot as well. I can’t believe anyone would want to do that job anymore.
If I have, with this post, again offended anyone or once again gotten something wrong, please accept my heart felt, blanket apology. It was not my intention.
No but it has a bearing on it. If a trans woman is a woman that was born in a male body, and said trans woman finds herself falling for another woman (trans or otherwise), then surely she is a lesbian, as opposed to if she identified with her body which would make for a heterosexual relationship.
Or maybe we just throw out the whole idea of orientation altogether, (a) because stuff like the above is just too confusing, especially when extrapolated from this simple case into more complex identities and attractions, and (b) nobody cares anyway now that all orientations are considered equal.