Whoa...okay, perhaps I should clear the air here.
First off,
@uncfootball- did not offend me nor did he do anything wrong. He made an erroneous assumption about me being 'a guy who likes other guys who crossdress.' I sought to clarify that.
I'm a trans woman. Big whoop. I wasn't comfortable at first admitting that on here to this crowd, half of which probably considers me a deviant/freak of some kind. So I used other people I knew as a front to defend my position. You might forgive me for being a bit reluctant. I've reached the point where I've stopped caring. I'm publicly out. It doesn't matter who knows in real life or online.
FTR, I don't want to dwell on the topic of being transgender all the time on here. I don't go around with a signpost declaring my gender to people for attention or out of a misplaced sense of self righteousness. I'm a regular person with a regular life. I just happen to be a bit different from how most people are born. That's okay. I don't want special treatment or a congratulations for it. But if I see complete and utter lies and viciousness against people like myself on here like
@randman1 posts on a near daily basis, I have the right to defend what I am against those who cruelly regard me as subhuman or a 'groomer.'
@gunslingerdick I have no control over your thoughts and feelings. I cannot make you call me any pronoun or regard me as anything you don't want to. I'm not under the illusion I have that power nor do I wish to have that power. What I will say, is that under the law and legally, I am 'she/her' and I have an F marker next to my documents. That's what matters to me. We'll both live our lives accordingly.
Lastly, I'd like to thank
@pooponduke @dadika13 @strummingram @bluetoe and others for being cool about this and defending me when necessary. It means a lot. Bluetoe himself had a great quote.
"To me, it's just interesting to be able to have a better understanding of someone's viewpoint. I'm sure a number of people here said 'ahh, now I get it'. That isn't a bad thing."
Couldn't have said it better. All I want is show I'm not a threat or a bogeyman you see in right wing news. To dispel the idea trans people are mentally ill predators. I'm also not some insane, narcissistic, Marxist nutjob who gets offended at every little slip of the pronoun or wants to radically reshape society. In the words of Gwen Stefani- "I'm just a girl." Lol.
Now let's get back to mindlessly picking at each other in a never ending cycle of political bullshit.