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He is NOT COMFORTABLE! You must have not read most of the thread. He is often suicidal.
And I am NOT passing judgement! I am writing my opinion privately and anonymously! I would never say anything like this to any transgender person!
I have tried and tried and tried to explain that transgenderism might not even be a psychological reality.
As for my gender identity -- I wondered about it a lot as a teenager. I wondered what it really meant to be female. I didn't want the traditional female role. I have actually wondered about gender identity my whole life.
I eventually realized it isn't real, not the way we are brought up to think it is. Being female is just a part of how I look, and how I act to the social world.
Now that, since I am retired, I spend all my time singing I wound up being very glad I am female. Of course men can sing well also, but I think it's just better if you have higher pitch.
I also feel that women have prettier clothes, and better hairstyle options.
But if I were a man I would NOT have surgery and hormones to get those little advantages!
I get that he's having psychological problems... but let's face it, you don't have to be a transgender teenager for that to be the case. Lots of people have mental health issues. If they're more prevalent among the teenage LGBT community, don't you think it might possibly be because of the intense pressures to conform?