I'm a gay male. And I love being a male. I've never had a desire to be female. However, as an active participant in my local gay community, I have numerous friends who are MTF or FTM. For those who don't know, those are terms for people transitioning between genders. Their reasons vary but all in all, they feel they were born the wrong gender.
Unfortunately, there are people on the internet who just want to "spread their wings" and get attention for themselves by saying they want to be called female or male now. They'll invent some trivial alternate persona and DEMAND to be called by their new gender's pronouns and their new name.
More often than not, they don't have real gender issues. They've just been on a forum for too long and have noticed people are growing tired of their know-it-all attitude and general idiocy. So, deciding to shake things up a bit, they think it'll be cool to be a male/female now!
"WOW I AM SO PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD-THINKING! LOOK AT ME CHALLENGING GENDER ROLES! I AM SO HIP AND COOL AND SUPPORTIVE AND AWESOME!"
No. No you're not. You're close minded and trivializing the transition people are going through. You're providing ammunition to opponents of this harmless transition. Stop being an attention grabber.
And if you really do think you're born the wrong gender, stop parading it around a Pokemon forum. I understand you may not have much of a life off of PC. To some, PC is your life. But honestly, this isn't the place to start off your new life as a male/female. Do it somewhere it matters.
You know who you are.
Unfortunately, there are people on the internet who just want to "spread their wings" and get attention for themselves by saying they want to be called female or male now. They'll invent some trivial alternate persona and DEMAND to be called by their new gender's pronouns and their new name.
More often than not, they don't have real gender issues. They've just been on a forum for too long and have noticed people are growing tired of their know-it-all attitude and general idiocy. So, deciding to shake things up a bit, they think it'll be cool to be a male/female now!
"WOW I AM SO PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD-THINKING! LOOK AT ME CHALLENGING GENDER ROLES! I AM SO HIP AND COOL AND SUPPORTIVE AND AWESOME!"
No. No you're not. You're close minded and trivializing the transition people are going through. You're providing ammunition to opponents of this harmless transition. Stop being an attention grabber.
And if you really do think you're born the wrong gender, stop parading it around a Pokemon forum. I understand you may not have much of a life off of PC. To some, PC is your life. But honestly, this isn't the place to start off your new life as a male/female. Do it somewhere it matters.
You know who you are.