XPost: misc.legal, alt.politics.sex, alt.activism   
   XPost: soc.rights.human, alt.atheism   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   The True Melissa wrote:   
   > Verily, in article <0001HW.2F4C2E8B01D20CD730AB5238F@news.eternal-   
   > september.org>, did dalton@nfld.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >>   
   >> Recently there have been reports of more than one mass   
   >> shooting committed by transgender individuals.   
   >>   
   >> Have in all cases these individuals been not accepted   
   >> by the communities (and probably families) in which   
   >> they live(d)?   
   >   
   > Absolutely not. If you look into these stories, insofar as that's   
   > possible, you'll learn that the shooters were affirmed.   
   >   
   > According to the data I've seen, affirming is one of the worst things a   
   > family can do for a kid. When families don't participate, the kids   
   > usually move through it. When families climb on board, the kids start   
   > spiraling.   
   >   
   > There's a theory that this happens because kids who cosplay the opposite   
   > sex at school but not at home are still anchored to reality. The LARP is   
   > fun, but they know where the door is. When the families join in the   
   > LARP, that anchor is gone, and the kids' mental health craters.   
   >   
   >   
      
   cosplay is a different thing.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)