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In reply to the discussion: I am not transphobic, I hate name changes [View all]steve2470
(37,461 posts)19. I'm not crazy about them either but I'll gladly make the effort for a transgendered person
Last edited Sun Aug 25, 2013, 04:31 AM - Edit history (1)
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This post sounds like some low rent whiny Jerry Seinfeld-esque riff at the expense of trans people.
myrna minx
Aug 2013
#12
What if someone just doesn't like Manning and takes any opportunity to ignore his/her requests
Synthesize
Aug 2013
#25
Also it is not gender confusion. She knows she is a woman in her brain. The body
MillennialDem
Aug 2013
#5
It will be called gender dysphoria in the DSM V and is no longer a disorder, it is
MillennialDem
Aug 2013
#38
I'm not crazy about them either but I'll gladly make the effort for a transgendered person
steve2470
Aug 2013
#19
Have you ever mentioned this at a wedding where names change most of the time?
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#35
So your Mommy named you jollyreaper2112? Or is that a name that you, like, picked?
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#53
You mean like 95% of couples getting married? Many of them do marry a few times....
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#69
You not okay with most women changing their name when they get married?
Stinky The Clown
Aug 2013
#64