Transgenderism

[Coru]

I am all for any trans person doing whatever they wish to make them feel themselves and free and not to feel trapped in a body that they feel is not truly theirs. I have a trans friend, and he is one of the nicest people I know. I do admit, he is a little quiet, haha, but he is friendly, funny and just a great person. Should I look down on him because he has the biological body of a girl? No! He feels that he is a boy, so in my mind, he is and I can never see he as anything else, just like people could never see a cis male as a female. It is the same concept.

What I am not for is transphobia and, I will dub it 'Cisphobia' to prove a point, discrimination, no matter who you are is wrong. saying that Trans people are mentally ill is horrible, no one should be forced to think that they are mad for feeling like their true self doesn't match with how their body works and develops, but at the same time, the anti-LGBT discrimination can't be fought by discrimination against those considered the norm either. Yes, they aren't a minority, but all it will do is anger everyone. I am mainly talking about a minority of tumblr users, which I have seen more than enough of. They use 'cis' as an insult. I think this is a shame as it brings a bad stigma to the trans community, making people think that they insult anyone that isn't part of the LGBT community, which simply isn't true. Discrimination can't be fought with more discrimination!

At the end of the day, this all boils down to acceptance. Trans people are just like us, who cares if they are biologically a different gender to who they identify as? If you can't agree, then don't try to tell them how to live their life. All LGBT are just like any other person. They have a life, a family, feelings and are great people. This is speaking from knowing quite a few people in LGBT. I just hope one day that people wont be confined by labels. Where Gays, Heteros, Transgenders, Bisexuals can all live together in acceptance and don't have to tell anyone that they are gay or trans, because none of it matters. All that matters is who you are, and not who you are attracted to, or what you identify as.