Thread:SophitzFoster/@comment-72.205.23.158-20190812165546/@comment-38091275-20190819181439

Charlotte O CATS KOTLC wrote: 72.205.23.158 wrote: Charlotte O CATS KOTLC wrote: 72.205.23.158 wrote:

MagicDaydreamer wrote: Our minds do. Our thoughts, identities, etc. (let's not turn this into a full-blown debate, if we do it should be in a different message, not this thread) But our thoughts change. Our opinions change.

NinjaTeddyBear yep gender is fluid

so is sexuality

those mean that there is a chance (pretty slim) that your gender and/or sexuality will change at some point in your life A lot of things change. Wouldn't you rather have your life focused on something that doesn't?

NinjaTeddyBear your life wouldn't exactly be focused on it. Also, gender dysphoria can take a huuuge toll on people's sanity. If someone isn't the right gender, it's easy to fall into depression. More than half of oppressed, closeted, or abused transgender teens commit suicide. I'd rather spend my whole life focused on making sure that these humans don't die even if it would be focusing on something that would possibly change in the future.

The average life expectancy for a transgender person is 30 years. That's fifty years less than a cisgender person in the USA is expected to live. Over 50% of trans kids under 20 attempt suicide. And guess what? Humans. Are. Dying. Because of other humans, because they aren't allowed to be who they are without being hurt or oppressed. I'm not going to say "I know what it feels like" just because of my gender, because I haven't been through what most genderqueer or trans kids through (what they don't deserve to go through). But I am going to say that feeling unsafe and knowing that people you care about would never accept you for who we are is the worst thing in the world.