You have so hit the nail on the head.

Why is that not a thing?! Sometimes I have overshare regret or clap back regret and it’s just there forever.

I am 60 years old. In case it helps, I’m going to tell you what I know.

I appreciate your vulnerability in writing all this.

I can definitely tell you the moment I decided my husband was going to be my husband, but I can also give a list of things that could end our relationship. Relationships are hard and require a LOT of work and those issues are the things we keep working at and working through.

It’s psych, not psyche. For the second time. And most of the depression and suicide risk comes from excluding them, pushing them to the margins of society. Rates of each decrease when trans people are allowed to live openly and are included as equals in mainstream society.

We are responding to the bigotry of low expectations inherent in your doubt. You still believe that identifying as trans somehow renders one mentally unfit for duty, and that psych evals present a more formidable obstacle for trans recruits than for cis recruits.

You understand that trans servicemembers are already on active duty, right? They have already passed all of the medical examinations and the psych (not psyche — for something that concerns you so greatly, you really should learn how to spell it). They have met and continue to meet all of the training and PT…

No one who can’t pass the med and psyche eval is being accepted.

They CAN pass the med and psych eval; the whole point. I have had trans Soldiers in my units before (just as there were gay and lesbian soldiers pre-DADT) and they were fine Soldiers who did good work. The DoD conducted a year-long study and found that there would be no negative impact to the force by allowing them to…

Well the Navy considered it elective surgery but I’m forever grateful that I was able to get it. I’m not trans so I’m never going to tell them what is necessary in their lives. Because I’m not an ass hole. And the military does do elective cosmetic surgeries; how else are they supposed to keep their skills up to…

Except that medical professionals agree that’s it’s a medical necessity. The prejudice is you thinking that your opinion must be what’s actually true.

As someone in the military: part of the deal is that our medically necessary (determined by a doctor, not a random person on the internet) medical procedures are provided for us. You can’t just say “some Soldiers should get the medical care their doctor says they need and some shouldn’t because I don’t think it’s a…

You’re pushing yourself over the edge with your chosen reactions to other people’s behavior.

“I’m sorry for forcing you to validate my existence! NOW VALIDATE MY EXISTENCE, WOMAN, IT’S UR JOB!”

She doesn’t owe you no fucking explanation.

You could just leave her the hell alone and quit acting like a nut job. That’s always an option!

Do you want to know what’s creepy? I woke up to see that he had taken the time to go back and star like 300 of my past comments. I just want it to stop, I don’t want to have to change my name on here but I may not have a choice.

I’m an Apple iPhone user. While I don’t disagree that Apple’s explanation makes sense from a technical perspective, my problem isn’t so much with the practice as it is with the fact they hid it from end users.