I don't understand why people are so adamant about their negative associations with transgendered people. I can see how, if you've lived an isolated life, especially in certain parts of the country, the concept can at first seem unfamiliar and strange, but why continue to harbor anger toward people just because you might've been taught to disapprove?
In October 2010, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released the results of a study which found that 41% of transgender people in the U.S. have made a suicide attempt, 19% say that they have been refused medical services due to being transgender, and 2% report they have been assaulted in a doctor's office.
Obviously, these statistics show that becoming transgender is not an easy decision and there are many risks involved, especially because society typically dictates what a man and a woman should act and look like. The process is expensive, uncomfortable, and stressful. It wouldn't make sense for a person who is completely comfortable with the gender they were born with to undergo such a change, and yet people still continue to claim that such a change is morally wrong.
It just doesn't seem like all that disapproval can be good for someone. They should let go of the anger and just let everyone be happy with who they are or who they want to be.
I completely agree, I dont really understand why people get so angry either! I understand being confused if something is unfamiliar to you, but to evolve from that to anger seems so unnecessary to me. I've thought about this a lot and the most I can come up with is that its not just about something being unfamiliar, its about something that makes them feel uncomfortable. People get angry because not only do they not understand it, it makes them uncomfortable because it is not what they are use to. So since they don't understand it they want to get rid of it.
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