I can't feel sorry for her. I'm too busy feeling sorry for her daughter.

she didn't deserve leelah.

Rage stroke? Feel that.

Well, I'm guessing that the employees weren't given a choice as to whether they wanted to work those days or not and they aren't being given sufficient extra pay (if any at all) to work those hours. I wouldn't have a problem with it if there were enough employees willing to work those hours for the extra money and…

Because some parents rather pretend that their child who "makes life decisions"* that they disagree with doesn't exist, instead of trying to show compassion and come to terms with it. *(I am fully aware that sexuality is not a choice, but these kind of parents obviously do.)

That's pretty much how I feel too. Nothing surprises me or shocks me anymore, to each there own. I have a soft spot for fetish guys. The majority I have met have been very nice people. I wish I could latch onto one thing that makes me as happy as some of these people doing their thing.

As someone who returned to college this fall for child development, finding this out appalled me. It sickens me the same way that any time i hear from classmates the idea that being any form of LGBTQIA is a "choice" (And yes, i'm the "bitch" in class who speaks the hell up & calls out opinions like that;-)). Or that…

Reminds me of the poem by Philip Larkin "This Be the Verse"

No, I was referring to my own son.

I was going to mention the truck driver and PTSD. Another victim of these parents' willful idiocy.

I'm never going to transition successfully, even when I move out. I'm never going to be happy with the way I look or sound. I'm never going to have enough friends to satisfy me. I'm never going to have enough love to satisfy me. I'm never going to find a man who loves me. I'm never going to be happy. Either I live the…

No. That's not Christian doctrine. That's the teachings of whatever offshoot of Christianity her parents subscribe to. Christianity, like almost all major religions, has its ultra-orthodox, ultra-liberal and all manner of in between adherants. There are plenty of Christians that would have welcomed this child…

I know, right. It's such a sad situation all around. That poor girl, living her whole life feeling lost and confused. And ending it in such a violent way at the hands of that poor man. Even if it wasn't his fault, that's gotta be a big cross to bear.

Jeffrey Dahmer's mother loved him and supported him, and he was a serial killer that ate his victims and was building an altar out of their skulls.

They didn't "lose" their kid. She did not die of cancer or get snatched up by a child molester. They drove her to suicide.

As a mother, this breaks my heart. I cannot ever imagine turning my back on my child.

I suffer from chronic depression (which is sucky beyond the telling of it, but also doesn't hold a candle to CANCER), and my animals (two bouncy young dogs, one very grumpy old man kitty) are my lifeline—they're quite literally the only thing that gets me out of bed some days. It makes me ill to think about losing one…

I love how willing they all are to make fun of themselves. And know I can't wait for Mr. Selfridge to return stateside either!

It's too bad we can't men out on wearing women's bodies so they can experience street harassment. Even the most liberal non-sexist men I've known never seem to take my experiences with it seriously.