Goose wrote:

tennyson wrote:

Goose wrote:

I'm sure that the pizza place in Indiana would've been fine with a transgender marriage.
Is that you point, common ?

Transgender has nothing specifically to do with marriage or sexual preference. Those are separate issues. 

 

Thank you. I am well aware of that.
Is the girl in the pizza shop aware of this as well?

I don't know. Has anyone asked her ?  

If you are asking me to guess, which you are, I would expect that people that have a problem with gays will have a problem with transgender people as well even though they two are different topics.

Is your point that people have biases of all sorts ?  No news there. 



 

Just Fred wrote:

Mr. Jenner came out as transgendered….  NOT gay!

My reaction came from this statement from Common.  I was wondering how people who object to homosexuality deal with this.  I guess only Common and liked-minded individuals can answer that.

Why is it important ? 

Was it important that you did not differentiate between being transgender and gay ? 



 

Was it important that you did not differentiate between being transgender and gay ? 

I guess I had trouble understanding that, too, but it was important to Common at the time.  I don't know if someone wasn't gay intially, that they would undergo the transgender surgery, but I know it's more complicated than that.  A gay man is attracted to men, but a transgendered individual identifies internally with the opposite sex.  I guess that is the distinction, so maybe a transgendered person isn't really gay, but wired differently than either gay or straight individuals.

I know several gay couples (even attended a gay wedding), but I don't know any transgendered individuals ................ at least I don't think I do.  Who can say?

Anyway, when I think of Bruce Jenner, I recall his tremendous performance at the '76 Olympics and being crowned the greatest athlete in the world.
 

Last edited by Just Fred (4/28/2015 7:46 am)

Anyway, when I think of Bruce Jenner, I recall his tremendous performance at the '76 Olympics and being crowned the greatest athlete in the world.

Me too. I was 5 at the time and I distinctly remember having two sports idols at that age. Bobby Clarke and Brice Jenner. Jenner was everywhere on Wheaties boxes, and McDonald's ads and all over tv. 

Guess it goes to show that we all have these long strange journeys through life and you just never know where you might end up.

I agree that it is a topic that deserves more than discussion at the fun level.
And being transgender is different from sexual preference. Obviously.
However, in the context of the struggle for rights, they are related.

Remember, the term LGBT community is a self description adopted in the struggle for protection from hate crimes, denial of service, etc.
I hope that this clarifies my harmless little quip about getting pizza at a transgender wedding.
It sailed over poor commonsense's head, but I'm sure that the rest of you grasp it.

Last edited by Goose (4/28/2015 8:31 am)