- nessdawwg
- 6 years ago
- Wedding: August 2015
What harm does it do a religious person to walk down the street beside a transperson they may not even realize is transgender? What harm does it do a religious person to see an Adam’s apple at the sink next to them? What harm is it to a religious person when their kids’ English teacher, Mr. Brown, was formerly Ms. Maroon? Is their very existence intimidating? If so, should that be their problem?
I’m totally fine with people feeling kind of uncomfortable with a type of person they really don’t know and haven’t quite sussed out. It is also totally fine to believe that transgender people (and gay people, and people who shrink wrap CDs for all I care) may end up going to hell or be judged by God. But really, their eternal soul is their own problem (and believe me, a whack of a lot of transgender people worry about going to hell). What I care about is just… Let them be. Don’t stand in their way, please. They would rather not stand in yours. Hopefully your comfort level may improve with time, because if you try to regulate out everyone’s perceived sins you are going to be spending an awful lot of time with your nose in other people’s yards.
I was also shocked by the boldness of those two, saying something like that in front of her mother! What the hell is wrong with them saying something like that to begin with, but also in front of her parent? If it had been my kid saying something of that nature to someone, and I found out…They would be in so much trouble, and I would hope that the mother of the bullied child would tell me, so I could handle it!
All in all, from what I saw I liked all of the angles and viewpoints. I find her parents so honest, they’re doing their best but also have their own fears for her which is understandable. I found Jazz herself is quite mature in how she’s handling her transition, not rushing into anything (as per her visit to the doctor at the end) As far as surgeries. There’s so much more to transitioning I wouldn’t have known (especially for someone so young) and so many more factors to consider than I realized.
I always worry with reality TV (especially with TLC) that reality shows of a sensitive nature will be overdone or overly dramatic and a bit tawdry or trashy, but so far I’m impressed with how TLC is handling this show and sharing Jazz’s life!
I like TV that will enlighten me, and teach me about things I’m not familiar with. I can see Jazz’s story helping people grow and understand something that hasn’t been readily shared before. I took a Human Sexuality course in University but there is only so much you can learn from a book as opposed to the personal experiences of someone in the actual situation. Jazz and this show will shed a much needed light on helping people become more familiar with Transgendered individuals and the struggles they face, as well as their journey to become who they are.
Sorry about grammar/spelling it’s late and I’m on my phone and I don’t feel like editing right now 🙂
I hope you and your SO have a long and awesome marriage in your way, on your terms.
Regarding those two teen boys, they called Jazz a tranny freak. I was shocked by it. It is reality tv, so I hit rewind to hear it again (on my DVR) and I think that was a real moment vs something TLC staged. Sometimes people that are supposedly strangers on reality tv happen to be miraculously wearing a Mic so you can clearly hear them. Those two teens weren’t micced and their faces were blurred, possibly because they didn’t sign a release to appear on the show.
I think Jazz handled it very well. She just let it go. Some Bees on here would be wise to follow her example!
Femanism at its core is not at all about men and women being the same biologically but to have the same social, political, and socioeconomic rights. Unfortunately in our world that usually means wanting these rights that men already have.
I’m sorry it’s very hard to take you seriously because you’d said pages ago that you were done responding to posts from here, yet you still respond back. I made a reply to one of your posts just to get my point out, I didn’t expect you to respond back at all. I don’t understand how you expect to teach us that we should let trans-phobia go when you yourself can’t even let our opinions go.
I’m sorry, but you just seem very wishy-washy and it’s hard to take you seriously. I’m not saying this to be mean, but I’m honestly trying to be truthful here.
This thread is about whether or not we believe Jazz is really a girl, and issues of trans-phobia has spilled in. Maybe it’s off topic, but I do feel this conversation needs to be had.
With me personally though, this will be my last post here as I’ve said all I have to say and I want to keep this thread open for people who have more to say.
You can’t just call something bullying because you think so and it hurts someone’s feelings. You just proved my point what they’ve done isn’t bullying. It may be a harsh opinion but it’s not bullying, people use that word for effect and it really takes away from cases where it really does happen.
Im not going to comment on your opinion of me because frankly I don’t care and I wish people on this board stop attacking those with different views and calling names “wishy washy” …. that’s not an adult way to discuss things and that’s what this topic should be, a discussion.
Lastly, since you obviously read nothing I had to say I’m clarifying that I have nothing negative to say about transgendered individuals – I have yet to even give an opinion on the subject matter so what you are saying to me is irrelevant. my point was to respect where someone else is coming from and move on. Not agree, respect. Maybe that’s a concept that’s hard for some …
I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the fact that, as this thread has progressed, each of you has strived to elevate the tone and tenor of this conversation so that it is more cordial, explanatory, and kind. It truly is refreshing to see that we can have a thread that discusses various thoughts on an important and controversial topic without it going completely off the rails.
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