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My mother is aware that I named the fetus, and she doesn't mind. My father sexually abused me as a child and I don't speak to him anymore, so we haven't discussed the issue. . . . why is it not my place? This actually hurts my feelings a lot. I hadn't anticipated being criticized over how...

You have no right to say that. None. You do not own the internet. You do not own the internet, you do not own "religious sites," and you don't even own this religious forum. Furthermore, your incredibly offensive, mean-spirited, and cruel remarks are not excused by the terrible offense of...

I'm so sorry you have to put up with this. I offer you e-hugs, although I know it won't fix things. :hug:

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To be absolutely honest, what I'm worried about is the impact that this thread will have on any emotionally vulnerable trans people who may be reading it. As you said, people kill themselves because of stuff like this.

What you are doing right now is really, really mean and I ask that you please stop. I don't know your intentions and cannot judge them, but what you are doing is incredibly cruel. You don't have to be in favor of transgenderism (or anything that goes along with it) to treat other people with...

My father sexually abused me as a child. I will not pretend that this doesn't influence my view of the divine. Christians often assure me that God will not hurt me, loves me, wants the best for me, and will protect me, but God handed me over at birth to a child abuser. How am I supposed to...

Edit: Never mind, I ought not to have posted this. I'm not up to dealing with possible negative responses.

Many years ago (decades) ago my mother got pregnant with a fetus that died in-utero. The fetus died too early to know if the fetus was a boy or a girl. A while ago I gave the fetus a gender neutral name that I liked (because my parents didn't give the fetus a name and I wanted to). The fetus's...

As I said before, I've provided you with many examples of where chromosomes, sex organs, and hormones don't lead to an easy identification of "man" or "woman" even by your own definition. If I thought that listing more would make a difference, I'd do so. You refuse to deal with this. But...

None of this deals with any of the biology I brought up; it completely ignores the fact that, as I previously said, chromosomes and hormones alone cannot be used to decide manhood or womanhood even by the definition of anti-transgender advocates. I have provided all kinds of examples where even...

I feel weird saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway. To be honest, it was originally my intention to not post in this thread. I'm not very interested in transgenderism, and this lack of interest generally leads me to the conclusion that I don't have much to add to the discussion. I...

I wrote a whole post about how this isn't necessarily the case, and you stated your refusal to read it. "Mutated DNA?" The DNA of intersex people is no more or less mutated than the DNA of anyone else. And no, from a technical standpoint, they are not a third gender: from a technical...

Well, I suppose one way to sidestep any scientific issues about your position on sex is to refuse to read the science behind sex, although if you read my post, you might be able to see that it isn't about word trickery or mental gymnastics but instead about biology. Also, I don't know about...

Not all females are born with a uterus, and being male is certainly not defined by the lack of a uterus. But I'm assuming you know this, so I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say.

One of the things that boggled me when I started taking higher level biology classes is how much the genetically male vs female issue is oversimplified in lower level biology courses. I mean, when I was young, I thought that XX = female and XY = male was a pretty universal thing throughout the...

Even if we assume that this is the case ("extremely rare" isn't exactly specific, so I don't know what you mean), my answer is simple: So what? If an XX person can be male and an XY person can be female even in extremely rare circumstances, then the whole argument that trans gender people...

Actually, this is emphatically not true. We have Androgen insensitivity disorder: (as FireDragon76 said) where an XY individual can end up with a female phenotype (physical appearance). Swyer syndrome: Like Androgen insensitivity disorder in that an individual with an XY genotype ends up with...

I agree that there are many things about our society that make creating a healthy family very difficult. I haven't done any in-depth research on causes of depression other than abuse and biological determination, so I can't say. If God's intention for marriage was for Godly men to have...

Unhappy with "this?" Unhappy with what? If the pope was talking about couples and thus was not talking about my situation, then I cannot use my experience to agree or disagree with the Pope because my experience is as a single woman. I am on antidepressants, almost certainly as a result of...