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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

Maraya1969

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7. I should not have labeled it as a "defect" and I am sorry. I realize

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 12:22 PM

Oct 2024

that people are born all sorts of ways and no one can say what is the proper way or not.

I am bisexual. I never asked for it and it was hard accepting it but I think that is just me now. If it was supposed to be different it would be.

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I would like someone to explain to me why it is such a big deal to tell [View all] Maraya1969 Oct 2024 OP

Do you mean TommyT139 Oct 2024 #1

IDK. I guess the person who is trans because they do not have Maraya1969 Oct 2024 #4

It's complicated TommyT139 Oct 2024 #16

First, it's not a "defect", it just is what it is. People are people and no one fits exactly into simplistic boxes. unblock Oct 2024 #2

Agreed jfz9580m Oct 2024 #5

I should not have labeled it as a "defect" and I am sorry. I realize Maraya1969 Oct 2024 #7

In one year: "Beaten, Stabbed And Shot: 320 Trans People Killed In 2023 - New Monitoring Report" Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #3

The active demonization by the right jfz9580m Oct 2024 #9

It is TommyT139 Oct 2024 #18

72% rise? jfz9580m Oct 2024 #19

I understand that and I believe it. Maybe it is the people who have Maraya1969 Oct 2024 #10

Think again. People wondering, considering, transitioning, and transitioned are attacked Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #21

With one party actively using people like me as a scapegoat to win votes AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2024 #6

I heard once that God gives us friends to make up for our families. Maraya1969 Oct 2024 #11

"God" can't be proven and is best not invoked when religious preferences are not explicitly in common Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #22

God bless your heart. TommyT139 Oct 2024 #26

doG (or Ceiling Cat) bless yours. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #28

Some are biologically "intersex" IbogaProject Oct 2024 #8

i saw a great video by a biologist, maybe it was a tiktok, not sure unblock Oct 2024 #13

I have never understood homo/transphobia jfz9580m Oct 2024 #12

It's not religion TommyT139 Oct 2024 #14

Interesting jfz9580m Oct 2024 #15

You're welcome TommyT139 Oct 2024 #17

Understood jfz9580m Oct 2024 #20

The Episcopalians are actually participating in the Phoenix Pride Parade and Festival this weekend NT AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2024 #24

Thanks for the info jfz9580m Oct 2024 #25

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎉 TommyT139 Oct 2024 #27

Not religion. Big Religion exploits it. Kids pick it up from parents & social influences ("media") . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #23