Thank you. I basically feel like my heart’s in the right place but I can always do better.

Thanks!

Yeah, discomfort might have been the wrong word. I just find myself conscious of them being trans (or genderfluid, or ambiguous) and find myself behaving in a way that makes me feel like I’m reminding myself to treat them normally. But thank you for your response!

Right. At the time I was using the wrong pronouns. I wanted the story to tell it as it was (that my heart was in the right place, but that I still had more to learn). Of course, considering I STILL used the wrong pronouns in describing Brandon Teena I understand the confusion.

I used the wrong pronouns with Brandon Teena, but not with Chris. But I see how I wasn’t clear because that definitely muddied the waters. Chris was also a trans man (he was born a woman, but was transitioning at the time of the story I was telling), I think for simplicity sake he was identifying as a woman…

Just a couple of examples of what I’m talking about:

Damn it, I’m an idiot. No, I used the correct pronouns there. That was a brainfart here. I know you identify people by the gender they identify as. I was accused of trying to “play oppression olympics”.

Continuing in the vein of “doing something that made a Republican beloved, only better” that Trump did by being a bullying dick to Christie Trump is going to make Ted Cruz watch as Trump belittles the GOP for being a bunch of insiders.

I differentiate drag queens (and kings) from trans people (one of my sister’s best friends was a gay man who enjoyed dressing in drag and when I was in middle school she explained the difference between drag and being trans to me).

I think that’s true. When I was in high school you could take gym in summer school and get a free period during the next school year. In the Summer of 2001 there was a trans boy (it feels weird to call someone who is fifteen a man) in the class. We were friendly (as friendly as I was with anyone there, we all went to…

Thanks! I almost royally screwed up a date a few years ago because I told her I was transphobic. She was quiet for a bit and finally said, “y’know what, I’m sorry. I can’t date someone who doesn’t believe in equality for trans people.” I was baffled, I said, “oh, I believe in equality! I think trans people deserve…

Is there a way to bring the kinds of jobs that coal plants created back to coal country?

So this is as good a place as any to ask this: I want to be a good ally. I fully believe in trans rights and equality. However, there is something about trans people that makes me feel uncomfortable. I am 1000% aware this is my issue and not a problem with them. Any suggestions on what to do to remedy this?

You need a bigger plane.

“As beautiful as it looks, it’s 30 years old, can you believe it?” Trump beamed. “What can look so beautiful at 30? An aeroplane.”

Hope you like to have sex and travel, because you can fuck off!

Gubba nub nub doo rah kah

Man, I want that douche bag to have to fly coach and have it video taped.

Of course he turned it down. Harward was in the Navy, they can spot a sinking ship a hundred miles away.

I thought he was Ray Wise at first.