The Rainbow Connection [LGBTS Club]

Oh my God. Most of the article was just blah blah conservative nonsense-- UNTIL she actually went there and called homosexuality unsafe and unnatural. The most disturbing part of it is that she slammed anti-bullying campaigns as harmful and unlikely to stop bullying... and then proceeded to talk about a "well-travelled road out of homosexuality" and linked to a thinly veiled gay conversion website!

There are people - not many mind you, but still some - who will read that article and believe her. The worst part is, I think she's all too comfortable to wear the blood that she'll have on her hands due to the things she thinks it's okay to say.

Free speech is a good thing, right?

I know this isn't related to the current topic but I need opinions.

In Zelda: Ocaria of Time, Zelda disguises herself as a man named Sheik. But it isn't just a normal disguise, she used magic to physicaly change her body to a man's. Would this technically make Zelda a transsexual?

I'd rather change myself into a woman and back to escape a kidnapper.

...who wouldn't?

Shining Raichu said:

So those without the ability to pay for a high enough level of private health insurance just have to deal with it? Being born into a body that wasn't meant for you would be something that is mentally and emotionally draining to live with every day. Just because it doesn't directly affect a person's physical health doesn't make it any less important or necessary to correct.

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I see your point, but it's really not the job of the taxpayers to pay to correct birth defects that are not life-threatening.

I don't personally think that would make her a transsexual lol. If she was using magic to change between forms, that's a whole lot different simply because of the ease of reversal. I think in every single work of fiction that has involved magic, there has been at least one instance where it has been used to change a character between genders. I've seen it in Charmed, Buffy, Harry Potter and Bewitched just to name a few. I wouldn't think that that makes any of those characters transsexual either.

What about Ramna 1 1/2? Transsexual?

Yeah, at the beginning of Book/Movie 7 when everybody turned into Harrys to fool Voldemort lol. Hermione and Fleur were among those who changed into Harry, so they were switching gender.

Speaking of transsexuals, do you find this video offensive to them?

Hmm. So if Sheik is physically a man and mentally a woman, would falling in love with him be gay straight or perfectly bi?

FreakyLocz14 said:

Speaking of transsexuals, do you find this video offensive to them?

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Since I don't really understand Chinese I can't really comment fully (although I did see the word for "suspect" in there - 嫌犯). I'm going to assume that the people reporting this and/or the person who gave us the English title of "cross-dressing student caught in girls dorm" could not necessarily understand the differences between cross-dressing, transvestism, being transgender, and so on and that they might mistake one for the other. If this were a case of a trans woman being called a cross-dresser I'd be quite bothered, but really, I can't say for sure.

The only thing that does bother me is the weird animated "re-enactment" as if this video was meant to teach people about cross-dressing (or, again, whatever it is they think they're talking about) and it seems rather insensitive and sensationalized.

U_Flame said:

Hmm. So if Sheik is physically a man and mentally a woman, would falling in love with him be gay straight or perfectly bi?

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Another example of why terms like 'gay' and 'straight' and 'bi' don't really apply when you have anyone who isn't "traditionally" gendered.

Ineffable~ said:

That depends on the gender of the person who's falling in love with Sheik. xD

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I'm a male and I'm falling in love with Sheik. For many reasons that include his body and mind. Especially his flexibility and mysteriousness. But I guess it's hard to put a sexual label on transgender love.

I think that Shiek is, as stupid as it sounds, in a similar position as Mulan. In order for Zelda/Mulan to survive, they both had to mask themselves as men and fight. A chinese woman or a Hyrulian woman are expected to be submissive to men, and not engage in physical combat. It was not so much Shiek/Zelda desired to be a man for sexual or gender identity purposes; however, Shiek/Zelda desired to be given the same treatment/opportunity from society as men did. Wow, moments like these just make me feel like a nerd.

First, state sexual orientation. Where have you met other people for potential dates/relationships? What was your experience with differing locations?

-ty- said:

I think that Shiek is, as stupid as it sounds, in a similar position as Mulan. In order for Zelda/Mulan to survive, they both had to mask themselves as men and fight. A chinese woman or a Hyrulian woman are expected to be submissive to men, and not engage in physical combat. It was not so much Shiek/Zelda desired to be a man for sexual or gender identity purposes; however, Shiek/Zelda desired to be given the same treatment/opportunity from society as men did. Wow, moments like these just make me feel like a nerd.

First, state sexual orientation. Where have you met other people for potential dates/relationships? What was your experience with differing locations?

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Close. Zelda disguised herself to hide from Ganondorf. Being a man makes it less likely to be discovered. Though Sheik fights ninja-like, Zelda can hold her own in battle with her magic.

I wish I could answer the topic question, but I haven't dated yet. Or even had my first kiss. T_T I wouldn't want to date anyone in my area anyways, they're too ghetto.

I can't really answer that question either, because I honestly don't know. I'm gay, so I can answer the first part, but beyond that it's a bit out of my scope. I've never really dated for something beyond sex. That shouldn't be taken as me being a 'player' or a 'skank' because my encounters have been sort of few and far between (I don't get out much lol) but rather I've never actually looked for dates or a relationship, because I feel like it's forced.

If a relationship is going to form with me, it has to happen organically. We'd probably be friends first and then have it lead to something more. Honestly I can't think of anything more torturous than going out looking for a date lol.

The sexual encounters I've had have sort of in one way or another found me, so I can't even really name a place I've gone and met them lol

Shining Raichu said:

Honestly I can't think of anything more torturous than going out looking for a date lol.

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100% agree with you on this. I can't imagine actually going out somewhere with the intention of looking for someone to date. That seems so impersonal. I'm a much bigger fan of getting to know someone before dating. Everyone I've ever dated has been someone I knew for at least a little while before and got along with as a friend.