Scotsgal
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11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Transgender Fountain 1... · 1 reply · 0 points
And as for the criticisms of the parents making this such a public case. Yes, they are taking a risk in that they are exposing their whole family to possible rebuke and judgment and harassment from the country. HOWEVER, I applaud them for it. They are taking the rights and well being of their child seriously. They are standing up for something that is terribly important to one who is dear to them despite the risks rather than cowing to the pressure of the status quo. How many on this forum could say they have done the same?
Also, I think that it is incredibly valuable for other parents of transgender children to be able to see that they are not alone in dealing with this and trying to protect and help their children. It is very valuable to the community at large as well, because every time a family does this, it raises the profile of this issue, and with enough people and enough time, will result in improved lives for transgendered people.
Look at it from another way, what if the parents of gay children did not stand up for them? Or only did so after they had attempted/committed suicide? What about if the parents of black children had not stood up for civil rights? What about anyone not standing up for children of ANY minority? If the people close to others who are in a small minority group do not stand up, change will never happen.
What we as a society should be doing is helping them to shoulder that risk by also supporting them, and in doing so by reducing the risk, rather than by standing back, pretending we are not actually involved or complicit in this, and more or less taking bets as to whether or not they have just thrown themselves to the wolves.
11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Transgender Fountain 1... · 0 replies · -4 points
Don't do a disservice to children by assuming they share your feelings of discomfort, or by assuming they are incapable of handing such a situation well.
The children who interact with this child probably see, at some level and without being able to articulate it, that this child is a girl, are not remotely concerned with genitalia in the way adults seem to be, and unless it is highlighted to them that this is an unusual situation, most of them will probably simply accept it without thought. If this is the case, then it would be very detrimental for all involved to require this child to use the boys' restroom, or to prevent her from using the girls' bathroom, as it will FORCE the kids to try and pin down what it is that is different about this one child...it will force them to be discriminating when they had not been required to do so before.
It may also be the case that if the children see this child as a girl, that forcing her to use anything other than the girls' bathroom could lead to both girls and boys chastising her for a breach of gender roles (i..e girls shouldn't use the boys' restroom).
11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Transgender Fountain 1... · 0 replies · -3 points
You can only ever truly understand what it's like to be whatever you are, and unless someone is forcing you to be otherwise, it will be very natural to be whatever you are. 'Getting it' should not be a precondition for you accepting something or supporting people who are different than you, especially when it costs you nothing to do so.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Letters to the Editor ... · 1 reply · +5 points
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder High students ... · 0 replies · +1 points
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13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Pregnant Fort Lupton w... · 0 replies · +1 points
The research happens elsewhere (which is what I'm guessing you're referring to with the "we'd all be dead a lot quicker" remark.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Letters to the Editor ... · 2 replies · +3 points
Why, you all must have been eye witnesses or something! Even more impressively, it seems some of you were not only eye witnesses, but also may be expert psychologists who also knew the entire history of this family. What convenient luck for the courts!
Maybe you all should step forwards and ask a court to consider the evidence you have backing up your convictions. That would certainly make life simpler for everyone involved. It's a wonder the courts didn't consult you all the first time around, especially since it's so obvious to you all that you have 100% of the information necessary to make a legal verdict, and that this verdict is so very clear cut.
After all, it's not like petty things like due process, and insignificant details like evidence really matter... and it's not as if people are ever wrongly convicted and wrongly imprisoned...Not, at least, when there are so many armchair experts around to pass judgment!
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13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Pregnant Fort Lupton w... · 2 replies · +4 points
Yes, one should always pay attention, but that in no way removes the blame or responsibility from Safeway. Their staff seriously dropped the ball, may have killed someone (wait and see if the pregnancy continues), have traumatized the mother and father and possibly some of their family, and probably have broken some state and federal laws to boot.
You talk about personal responsibility - that's what Safeway and their employees need to do right now as they are to blame. Their ONE job is to get the correct medicine, in the correct dose to the correct person. There is no excuse for not doing it.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Sloppy processing, sic... · 0 replies · +1 points