See, this was a beautiful comment to wake up to. You are clearly coming from a place of caring and a desire to help trans people be understood by a wider audience, and that's to lovely and admirable that I'm gonna hug my computer and hope you get it. You're asking questions in a respectful manner and that is the…

This is my "calming cat" gif.

Inarticulate smile-weeping and hugging. That's what you're getting right now, because it's all my brain can handle.

Cute gif for you!

Thank you for your input! I usually feel like I've got a pretty good handle on what most of the LGBTQ+ community is ok with, but it's nice to hear that I'm not walking off the edge of a cliff or anything.

You're the sweetest. Seriously.

Kinja won't let me put a gif of the flying nun here, so you'll have to imagine it.

I definitely get all your points and agree. I'm going to admit I feel like I'm getting less articulate as the afternoon goes on but I feel like you and me, we're cool, so hopefully you'll see where I'm headed even if I meander a bit.

"Just another day on the internet." :|

Isn't it funny how your brain can think that what you're saying is SO TERRIBLE and then other people are like "What? No, that was ok."

But dailylama replied to my PS to smith60...which is why it's so weird to me. If DL had responded to my comment to them, maybe I could see it.

Thanks. I'm just sort of tired of trying to be polite and maybe a little irreverent and having a whole bunch of folks call me names or say I'm "damaging the cause."

I am actively upset I can't star this comment more than once. YES. This is precisely it.

I wasn't trying to lash out (as I said in several other comments) but seeing words like that hurts. It's an emotional response built up by years of slurs and name calling. And the idea that I (or any other person who has had violence done to them physically or with words because of their identity) have to keep it…

I totally agree with your points BUT I would encourage you to watch Scandal with a bit of a critical eye (you didn't mention your opinions, so this is more of an information thing, certainly not accusing you of anything). The nature of her relationships (especially with Fitz and Cyrus) is very problematic on both…

Internet high five for good conversation. I don't come over to the mainpage often, usually because I'm a scaredy cat. But this was nice! Thank you!

This is now just listed in my gif folder as "Kyosuke Clap"

"Not anyone's job" =/= "no one is going to do it."

I'll admit that the sheer number of times I've had to have this exact conversation in the past...monthish has made me a bit hair trigger. And I could have rephrased that first quote you put up, absolutely. But I did not attack the other commentor in any way, and I tried to keep a level head. If I failed at that,…

A few things: first "transgendered" is not generally accepted to be an ok term. Trans, transgender, trans woman, trans man seem to be the most acceptable. Transgendered turns it into a verb, and that's not appropriate.