*hugs* I know... hell, it drives me crazy and I don't have to deal with it directly.
Also, this is a stupid thing, I realize, but I just can't take someone seriously when they use the word "fealing" and other such horrible English. I know I should be paying attention to the content and not the words, but it's as if I were listening to them talk and they were mispronoucing every second word.
Sometimes I think that gay men (in general, obviously, not all of em) are even less accepting than straight people. Bleh. Are you actually friends with this person, cause they kinda said that they don't actually like some ftm but "can stand" them. How rude is that??
There's something I'm not getting about your argument, though. You said that gender is a social construct, which I agree with, but then you say that men and women have completely different thought processes that are inherent.... I don't really get how those two views work together. What is the difference between the 'female' thought process and the 'male' thought process? Do you think that these are biological and not cultural? How come?
Also, his argument doesn't make any sense... he says he doesn't believe there are many differences between males and females (though he doesn't say what they are), but also that he doesn't "except" transmen as men. If there aren't so many differences between them, why wouldn't he accept transmen as men? Oh right, it's "just a fealing".
Yeah, this is pretty blatant intolerance - or willful ignorance. A girlfriend of mine once told me that despite hating bisexuals (not homosexuals or heterosexuals), that it didn't apply to me because it didn't "feel" that way. Go figure.
i have to beleive that god gave you this struggle because She knew you could handle it. you have a fight in you that is remarkeable, and i wish that everyday of your life wouldn't always be a fight, but your a stronger person for it, and those who knoe you are better for it :)
The gay community in general isn't any more accepting than the rest of society, it just feels like it should be more accepting so it feels like more of a let down when it isn't. As a bisexual I've faced a bit of that not being accepted where I feel I should be accepted crap, but from what I've heard talking to trans people it is not to the same degree or as often, in general. I've actually heard a gay guy ranting about "stupid straight girls" like it was okay because we were all queer. The sheer idiocy of that astounded me. This guy was so smugly sure he was incredibly smart, too. People can be idiots. Don't let it get you down.
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Also, this is a stupid thing, I realize, but I just can't take someone seriously when they use the word "fealing" and other such horrible English. I know I should be paying attention to the content and not the words, but it's as if I were listening to them talk and they were mispronoucing every second word.
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There's something I'm not getting about your argument, though. You said that gender is a social construct, which I agree with, but then you say that men and women have completely different thought processes that are inherent.... I don't really get how those two views work together. What is the difference between the 'female' thought process and the 'male' thought process? Do you think that these are biological and not cultural? How come?
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*hugs* I'm sorry you have to put up with people who aren't even willing to listen to what you have to say!
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AHHHHH!
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I think there are closed-mind people, even in the queer community.. it sucks but it's how it is..
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