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DwnWthVwls · 06-14-2014, 04:41 PM

I'm a little late to respond but I feel compelled to do so since I offer a unique perspective compared to other forum members.

@Sansa/Junkyard - I have not personally witnessed what others are claiming you do on the forums. What I am getting from the responses here is that you start gender arguments at inappropriate times just for the sake of defending what you believe strongly in. If I am wrong please correct me.

I'm new here and I don't know you that well nor will I pretend I do. I am a 28 yr old straight male, actively involved in a fetish community and have a great deal of experience interacting with just about every gender identity (accepted and controversial). I have been to conventions, go to munches on occasion, am a member of Fetlife.com, and listen to many speeches.

Attacking people for being naive is not the way to get people to understand. Blaming people for not Googling something they didn't even know existed does not help them understand/accept.

If you really believe in what you are fighting for you need to be educating people in a non-assholish manner. If they treat you like **** or continue to judge and be insensitive towards the topic than by all means do whatever you normally do (I personally just stop debating and move along quietly). Acting like the religious zealots of gender identity does nothing but hurt the cause.

Guitar made some very good points, has a great attitude, and seems to be very considerate of others (based solely on the discussion in this thread). Getting people like him on your side is the first step to a broader societal acceptance of taboo gender identities.

If you don't care about the cause and just want to go around bashing others for not thinking like you or being naive than I know there is nothing I can say that will change your mind.