To be fair trans people have been around forever and it is nothing new. Trump can’t all of a sudden ignore these people now like they were never there, which is what I think is the unfair part. […]

Yes. I wholeheartedly agree BD.

…and I expressed that same sentiment in my 3rd response.

So then….”The Discrimination Administration” seems a very fitting name for the Trump administration. Except for mostly Old, rich, white men, who hasn’t Trump and his administration sought to disenfranchise and subjugate? Now those fools actually think they can erase people from existence….smh!?!

As I’ve already admitted, I don’t *get* the “transgender” psyche. But that doesn’t mean transgenders don’t exist and therefore can simply be “erased” from the real world. Only simpletons and/or haters think like that.

As a gay, Black, female, there are plenty of “straight” people who don’t *get* how I can be attracted to, and romantically involved with, someone of the same sex – and honestly, I wish I knew where it (this feeling) came from because I certainly NEVER asked for it or desired to be this way- but that doesn’t mean I don’t exist.

So as I’ve said this is a tough one for me. Regular readers may recall, I’ve never supported “Gay marriage.” It’s NOT for me. I support Marriage Equality -the right of 2 consenting adults to marry. That’s it.

Also, I’ve never supported that “bathroom assignment” foolishness -No I don’t want transgender men coming into women’s restrooms, especially as it puts women and young girls at high risk for being assaulted (perhaps even killed) by sexual predators.

And what the heck are “single-sex” programs? Seriously, is that related to single-sex schools/education?

See. This whole issue is a very complicated issue with many complicated questions. And anyone who thinks the solutions to such complicated questions are “Easy” (d*mn the Unintended consequences of those “Easy” answers) is, IMO, comparable to being “blind in one and can’t see out the other.”

And that’s exactly what WE have in America today. The Blind leading the blind.

Truth I agree I don’t really understand it either. But just because I don’t understand it doesn’t make it wrong. Not saying you think it is but only saying how I feel about it. To be fair trans people have been around forever and it is nothing new. Trump can’t all of a sudden ignore these people now like they were never there, which is what I think is the unfair part.

“Why Transgender People Experience More Mental Health Issues”

Excerpts:
Individuals who identify as transgender tend to experience higher rates of mental health issues than the general population. While approximately 6.7 percent of the general United States population suffers from depression and 18 percent grapple with some iteration of an anxiety disorder, nearly half of all individuals who identify as transgender experience these issues. What’s more, over 41 percent of trans men and women are estimated to have attempted suicide — a rate that’s nearly nine times as high as the rate of cisgender Americans.

What underlies this astonishingly elevated rate of mental health issues? According to a study published in the July 2016 edition of The Lancet offers significant evidence that the “distress and impairment, considered essential characteristics of mental disorders” among transgender individuals primarily arises in response to the discrimination, stigma, lack of acceptance, and abuse they face on an unfortunately regular basis. […] – Katherine Schreiber, writer at Psychology Today, Dec. 6. 2016

I’ve done a lot of reading over the past 7 or 8 yrs on the topic of psychosocial wellness of Transgenders (in general) but frankly the more I’ve read the more my discomfort with it has increased. So in an attempt to be as fair-mined as I possibly can on this story I’ll start with this.

Based on a lot of credible research conducted mostly between 2005 – 2015 by multiple universities and health organizations, the results seem pretty clear. Anxiety, major depression, suicidal tendencies and suicidal rates among persons within the “transgender” population are significantly higher than the general population. And as one writer out it:

“It has nearly everything to do with the way they are treated.” – Katherine Schreiber, writer at Psychology Today, 2016