or tramp stamps in the 90s

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

_________________
Elections have consequences.

I have zero doubt that is true. As I said, we're beginning to see it already.

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

So the name change isn't the issue either. What is the issue with what Wade is letting his child do? As of now, it's all simply allowing his kid to behave in a way different that some people wouldn't expect. We have established that being a boy or a girl has nothing to do with any sort of behavior. Wade and his kid acknowledge what the genetics say about the kid.

_________________
You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I know we live in an era where the kids are seen as the nobility, but truthfully there is a good reason people have refused to indulge teenager's every whim for the entire preceding span of human history.

Let's get something straight. I don't give a shit about Wade's kid. Just don't ask me to pretend he's a girl.

As far as names are concerned, I wouldn't let my ten year old change the name I gave him. That's just me though. Do what you want. dolphin explained a little about names above. They aren't some trivial and arbitrary thing. The vast majority of us don't choose our own. And don't get me started on nicknames. They're almost always bestowed by someone else. You may like them or not, but you probably can't shake a good one. I've had various nicknames, Googie, Diesel, Beto, Orvy. I didn't choose any of them and some I liked more than others. But demanding your own name is sort of like wearing a wig. People are still going to see you as that dumb fucking bald guy. Now you're just wearing a hair hat. And you can demand to be called Frank, but a lot of guys are still gonna say Flapjacks.

Finally, if your kid comes to you and says he/she is the opposite sex, are you just going to say okay and purchase a new wardrobe and some puberty blockers?

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Those are not Gabrielle Union's kids.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Sentence one: I don't give a shit.

Very next sentence: I give a shit.

_________________

Yeah she can’t even have kids apparently.

_________________

Of course not.

_________________

I don't think Wade was asking you specifically. Do you have an issue with Wade accepting that his kid is a girl?

So the name change has nothing to do with gender, and it is instead a moral issue about the sanctity of a birth name?

This question confuses me. Earlier, you argued that types of clothing worn had nothing to do with gender. So, why would it be an issue to have to purchase a new wardrobe? You believe, unlike my Conservative views, that wearing a dress is something that boys and girls can do interchangeably.

My stance on any sort of medical invention is that it should be done only once the person is an adult and can make their own decision. I wouldn't let my 13 year old get a tattoo either. Once they are old enough to make the decision as an adult then that is their choice.

_________________
You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Why?

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

makes Lebron look even weaker

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Is that how you read that? Really?

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I don't think I answered that one.

I think it's probably the end of women's sports if they can't come up with a good way to enforce it based on testing.

_________________
You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

This is one of many issues with the whole topic with which I struggle.

If a person is going to prove to be trans in adulthood, it probably is better to have changed even before puberty.

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

When it comes to competitive athletics, the chromosomes take precedence.

_________________

As long as he makes no demands on me, no. I'm sure Dwyane Wade is wrong about a lot of things.



You know I put no stock in any religious aspect. But I am of the belief that parents are in charge of their children and not vice versa. Wade can allow his kid to do whatever he wants. And I can judge his actions as I choose. I'm not going to lose any sleep if the kid wants to shoot heroin and Wade lets him either.



Don't let it confuse you. Just answer it if you want to or don't. What will you do if your child insists he/she is the gender that you- as someone who isn't scientifically illiterate- knows he/she is not?

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Why?

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I was joking

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

are there example stories of kids who trans'd but their later in life.... oh nevermind i actually am the gender my chromosomes said i was?

It would depend largely on the age but in general I would simply say it's a complex issue that may seem different to you as you get older.

_________________
You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I imagine a kid is more likely to reconsider than an adult. At 37 I'm grateful for all of the things I wanted to do to my body that I was told no about as a kid.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

More and more of them all the time.

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

How narrow minded!

_________________
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Scientific fact says that his son is not a girl.

_________________

She a man?

_________________
Elections have consequences.

If you are going to identify as a woman it is better for you physically not to have developed as a man, including musculature, facial features, body and facial hair growth.

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

What am I, the trans answer man?

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.