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The cognitive dissonance from being a transitioning person and a Republican politician at the same time must be agonizing.
Crossdressing isn't transexuality by itself.
I wish more people understood this. Seems like so many are simply incapable of accepting any nuance anymore. Everything is binary. This or That. With me or against me.
You mean I could wear clothing ostensibly for women and I wouldn't need to immediately identify as a woman and become gay? Well fuck. Wasted my whole life on all this man stuff.
Yes. I was born a male but am medically transitioning to be more fem but I identify as non-binary.
True, but the article did indicate that they were posting as a trans woman. Maybe she’s trans, maybe he’s a cis crossdresser, either way what did they expect.
The person in question self described as transgender. It wasn't a guess.
Also religious in the deep south AND a pastor. He must've been seeing Green-Goblin hallucinations but with Kenneth Copeland instead of Willem Dafoe.
Stop it. That’s terrifying.
The only good thing about Kenneth Copeland is the he looks like he’s got two feet and three hands in the grave already.
If you read the original article (the one that prompted his suicide), the guy explicitly said that he didn't feel female. He was just a crossdresser.
The problem with people is that some are idiots. Regardless of what group you’re in you’ve got some really stupid assholes. Or as their fellow republicans will see them: useful idiots
Phew. I was hoping he was a GOP member. Glad this story had a happy ending.