[WantAPair]

Bryony,
I'm trying to understand what your point is in all this back and forth. Is there some kind of underlying issue related to your transgenderism that you are trying to justify? Is it the same kind of self-righteousness that I get from religious conservatives? Is it a profound sense of guilt for having married your wife not knowing the full extent of your transgenderism? Is it an deep down sense of shame and disgust directed at transgender people?

You were an active poster on BN when I joined. Then, you disappeared without a word for many months. Various possible reasons come to mind, but in the end it was simply a big mystery to me. Would you care to offer an explanation? I think it would be more valuable to the readers here than repeating over and over the same sense of indignation you feel for those of us who don't share your particular views on the nature of transgenderism and how it relates to moral values.

Clara

Hey, Clara! :-)

Not to complain, or anything, but, I kind of study and play with words and I was just thinking, should it actually be called, "Transgenderism"? I'd think that pretty much ANY ism is actually a type of religious belief, Hinduism, Taoism, Atheism, etc.. and, can you really call yourself and "Transgenderist"? I think it should just be called, "being transgendered". You WERE one gender and you transferred (so to speak) to the other. Adding the "ism" also makes it kinda sound like a medical condition, one that needs to be treated, as does a sickness or disease. I guess, in a way, you WOULD be at dis-ease over your present state. But, then, we also have dwarfism. I guess if you ARE a dwarf, you BELIEVE you're a dwarf, but, still, it also sounds like a kind of religion. However, if you were to say, "I'm a dwarf.", it's pretty much the same as saying, "I'm a Jew." or, "I'm a Hindu".
Tricky things, words!! Aren't they? I could probably go on for a while with this! Lol. NO, I'm NOT taking drugs!!!! I guess that'd be called, "drugism" and I'd need to be taken care of by a druggist!!
Oh, boy, here we go!!!
Take care!! ;-)