[lostalex]

Well obviously it's not the same thing, because there isn't the same level of oppression and bigotry against disabled people as there is against trans people.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well obviously it's not the same thing, because there isn't the same level of oppression and bigotry against disabled people as there is against trans people.

I just don't see the connection Alex What kind of a change are you comparing between the two?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I just don't see the connection Alex What kind of a change are you comparing between the two?

The connection is being born in a body that doesn't fit your soul and ambitions. Overcoming physical limitations. But if surgery or technology can assist that person in overcoming those challenges, i don't see how that is a bad thing in any way.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by lostalex

The connection is being born in a body that doesn't fit your soul and ambitions. Overcoming physical limitations.

Tell me what a disabled person does that is the same as having a sex change, that's what I was asking.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Tell me what a disabled person does that is the same as having a sex change, that's what I was asking.

disabled people have amputations in order to be better fitted with a prosthetic that would serve them better. Having part of their body chopped off, in order to assist in having a more complete body.


Also disabled people with diseases like schizophrenia, they take chemicals and medication to help them live a better life. You don't see how it's the same thing?

You don't see how medicine and technology improves people's lives despite disorders or disfigurements they are born with?

The idea that you should just accept how you were born, and not seek any help from modern science is crazy to me.

If there is medicine and technology to ease a problem you were born with, why wouldn't you use it? or why would you deny it to your child?

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by lostalex

disabled people have amputations in order to be better fitted with a prosthetic that would serve them better. Having part of their body chopped off, in order to assist in having a more complete body.


Also disabled people with diseases like schizophrenia, they take chemicals and medication to help them live a better life. You don't see how it's the same thing?

You don't see how medicine and technology improves people's lives despite disorders or disfigurements they are born with?

The idea that you should just accept how you were born, and not seek any help from modern science is crazy to me.

I don't know, maybe I don't know enough about it but even after having a sex change they're still not going to be a woman and may end up feeling even more out of place.

I'm really not saying this to be harsh, it's just my thoughts on it. Must be a terrible thing to go through.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

even after having a sex change they're still not going to be a woman

Yes, they are. If someone takes female hormones and looks and feels female, and they are recognised legally as female then they are female.