Wow a good amount of this thread is incredibly erroneous.
Oh I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you were the person who defined genders. Not to mention that, oh there's an entire gender spectrum. You know
genderqueer, etc. Although I would suppose you're right. They were born either male or female, and that's how they currently feel. They don't feel comfortable in their body though. You can make the argument that they were born the male gender but being in the female body, yes.
That makes absolutely no sense. There will always be discrimination wherever you go if you're a member of the LGBTQ. Even in an liberal country (I live in Canada, for example.) it's still a huge hassle just to be what is supposedly different. I can't possibly see anybody choosing to act that way. a) It's an entire waste of time. b) You're just going to get discriminated against anyways so just continue acting yourself and being straight.
There is absolutely nothing to abuse about being a homosexual. If you're seriously putting through the effort to lie about your sexual preference (especially when it puts you in a worse position) then I have no idea what to say. I can imagine people being incredibly confused and switching back and forth. I don't judge that way, because I don't have any idea what they are going through. There's no more freedom in being gay than if there were being straight.
Thank you. This is something that a lot of people don't actually know. They need to have a psychological assessment before undergoing the surgery.
Transgendered people deserve the exact same treatment and rights that the rest of the population does. If they need another law to be put in place so that they can be
equal then so be it. The general education about transgendered people needs to be increased too. The good lot of people (minus -ty- I'm guessing) haven't been completely informed on the subject. Which isn't necessarily bad, because there's always room to learn.
I completely agree with this person. A lot of people say no without even reading the facts about the disorder, and the surgery. They base their opinions on movies and people they have seen dancing onstage in a club.
Honestly, if you want to argue for -or- against something do the research first or your argument will just fall through.
Also, I agree with the whole bit about there being nothing to abuse about being homosexual. They have no more rights than a hetrosexual person
And finally, the part about the gender spectrum. Don't think in such black and white terms when it comes to the mind. Physically, you're one or the other (except for the rare case of hermaphrodites). Mentally, there's an entire spectrum that most people choose to ignore entirely or just have never been told about.

Iunno who made that image, but I feel it's highly appropriate.