Autumns topic of the week

[~Autumn Walker~]

OK, going to start doing an OOC topic of the week for us all to express views and stuff..be warned..may get heated lol

Topic of the week: What are your views on homosexuality and trans-gender?

[Matthew Jefferson]

I say hell yeah to homosexuality but maybe that’s only because I'm gay. *Shrugs* And trans-gender...well I don't really hate people who are a trans-gender but I wouldn't do it.

[~Autumn Walker~]

Well, I suppose i should start then. I am what could be titled pansexual, in the fact what i find sexually attractive about a person is not denoted down to gender. I have had relationships with both men and women, and yes, we all perve at attractive people, but for me, it does come down to who the person is. I see nothing wrong in homosexuality, as long as two people care about each other i do not see why or how it can offend. Transgender is a topic many people find disturbing, but once again i do not understand why. The person, chemically and mentally was born into the wrong gendered body, scientifically proven, through many tests, that this is true. That is why there is such a long transition period for those wishing to have transgender surgery. Now, my views and acceptance of different sexual preference could be down to the fact i was not raised into a religion, and now, after much searching view myself as a Druid. I think many, who have issues, come from heavily religious backgrounds, who take scripture as law. Is my opinion.

[Esme M. Lolland]

Whoever is proud enough to say that they are homosexual or trans-gender are pretty cool. Some of my closest friend are openly one or the other. And as my theology teacher had taught me a few years back, each and every one of us is somewhere on the homosexuality spectrum, we're not all completely straight or all completely homosexual. I feel it's those who look down on others because of their preferences who are the stupid ones. We've all been there at one point in our lives or another, and if you haven't then you haven't lived your life properly.

[Morgan Le Fey]

Dec 14, 2008 0:21:25 GMT -1 ~Autumn Walker~ said:

OK, going to start doing an OOC topic of the week for us all to express views and stuff..be warned..may get heated lol

Topic of the week: What are your views on homosexuality and trans-gender?

My feelings on homosexuality and trans-gender hmmm....*ponders*.

Okay seriously now I'm all for homosexuality, I think if you're attracted to someone of the same sex then more power to you. I love gay guys, because the ones I know, are more honest and more caring than any of my other friends male or female. I'm not saying that to 'sterotype' that's just what's true for my friends. I just realized though I've never had a friend that was a lesbian, I have a few friends that are bi but never lesbian, strange...anyway. As for Transgender (which I loved the movie Trans-america but that might be because i love the actress who played the main character) I'm not really that opinionated. I do think that the mind sometimes develops differently than the body and that's where it comes from. I actually have an acquaintance that is trans-gendered (born female but is now a guy) and he's great now that he gets to be the 'real' him. As a female he wasn't happy, very depressed and it just isn't right for someone to be that way. And now i think I'm rambling so ending this now.

[Matthew Jefferson]

I have a loooong list of attractive guys. Well, I mean I guess you could call me bi. I'm attracted to girls as well but not as much as guys. Though I've dated a few girls *Shrugs* I've never really had a religion either. I mean my parents were LDS(Mormon) but they never really shoved a religion on us. So I dunno what I am either. But I say go ahead with whatever you want. Its your life so you can live it how you wanna.

[~Xandrael~]

It's a pretty broad topic. There are exceptions and personal circumstances and so many other things of the like.

It's difficult, because homosexuality is the realm of personal decisions and evaluation, but it can involve many others. As with transgender, in can affect not only the person themselves, but the people around them.

Is it the psychologist's responsibility to make sure that a person who wants to undergo a gender transformation is -sane- enough for it?

[~Autumn Walker~]

Dec 14, 2008 0:41:31 GMT -1 ~Xandrael~ said:

It's a pretty broad topic. There are exceptions and personal circumstances and so many other things of the like.

It's difficult, because homosexuality is the realm of personal decisions and evaluation, but it can involve many others. As with transgender, in can affect not only the person themselves, but the people around them.

End of the day, i know far too many people living unhappy lives because of their fear of upsetting others. A true friend, a rue family member would not allow a person to lie to themselves or hide who they were. For me, when i came out, and brought home my first girlfriend, my mother thought it was a phase, my girlfriend, was kicked out of her home. I as a parent, if my daughter chose to be gay, or decided she was transgendered, i would not allow her to deny who she was out of fear of upsetting others.

Is it the psychologist's responsibility to make sure that a person who wants to undergo a gender transformation is -sane- enough for it?

The tests are there to determine if the person is a true transgender in state of mind and can emotionally deal with the transgretion.

[Matthew Jefferson]

I as a parent, if my daughter chose to be gay, or decided she was transgendered, i would not allow her to deny who she was out of fear of upsetting others.

Yeah the sad thing is, is people are pushing it to homosexuals can't have a kid. At least thats how it is in the states. They can't get married, can't have a kid living in the home, can't adopt a kid, nothing.

[~Autumn Walker~]

Dec 14, 2008 0:53:19 GMT -1 Matthew Jefferson said:

I as a parent, if my daughter chose to be gay, or decided she was transgendered, i would not allow her to deny who she was out of fear of upsetting others.

Yeah the sad thing is, is people are pushing it to homosexuals can't have a kid. At least thats how it is in the states. They can't get married, can't have a kid living in the home, can't adopt a kid, nothing.

I see on the news what its like in America, and i do believe it is due to the vast level of strong relgious views. Here in the uk, while we also can not get "married" we can have legal partnerships, but are allowed children and are allowed to adopt.