I can see a time when cis women are going to be intimidated into not dealing with their issues if it doesn't include trans women. This isn't right or fair. Whatever one says, the biology isn't the same (I think I can generalise) and there will always be a vast amount of things that cis women have to talk about that…

The play does not state "women must have vaginas." It is not a transphobic play. It is not transphobic for a cis woman to talk about her vagina. Everything doesn't have to be everything for everyone.

You said this perfectly. I am a woman's pelvic floor therapist and a lot of what I advocate is connecting to your womb and following your cycle. I recently had a trans woman accuse me of being anti-trans because of my very pro vagina, pro woman talks. It seemed like no matter how I explained that my focus is on the…

Reminds me of the people at my Catholic college who want us to not display a nativity. Some people just can't get beyond this odd conception that "being inclusive" means removing everything rather than welcome all to add their own culture/viewpoint/traditions.

I do not consider the Vagina Monologues to be trans-phobic in the least.* It includes monologues about vagina pet names, menstruation, sex, rape, war, love and self-love, even about men who love vaginas. At the time they were written, it was not mainstream at all to talk about your vagina or your experiences with your…

Reaching back to my dim brief memories of college before I dropped out, there is nothing transphobic in the monologues. One of them does get criticized sporadically because it's spoken by a woman recounting the first positive sexual experience of her life in circumstances that are technically statutory rape (an older…

Is the Vagina Monologues blatantly transphobic? It's been a hell of a long time since I saw it, so I'm blanking on what that might be. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

I don't see anything wrong with talking about vaginas. Some people have 'em and should be able to discuss 'em. That said, I'm not familiar with the vagina monologues. Is there something racist or transphobic in there. Sounds like they aren't allowed to alter the play at all.

If you think Ukraine took a step towards democracy you are a naive fool.

Having spent most of my life near MacDill, I was always under the impression that most of the interstate highway system near it was designed with its replacement in mind.

I will start by saying I made a new account to post with because I do not want to post on my real account and out myself.

Why does "beautiful" have to be part of it?

They thought they were loving "him". There was no "her" in their minds, which is the tragic part. If they had tried to listen instead of trying to change her, maybe she would still be alive.

THIS.

Plus the pressure on parents who ARE raising their child with love and compassion. I have a son and from the beginning of talks about friends in school, it was always "when you find a girlfriend or boyfriend"..people around me were just furious, like I had given him my enthusiastic consent to do drugs. "You shouldn't…

They probably thought they were loving her. What they needed to do was listen.

If you are reading this, parents, please don't tell this to your kids. Even if you are Christian or are against transgender people don't ever say that to someone, especially your kid. That won't do anything but make them hate them self. That's exactly what it did to me.

Just love your kids.