Quote Originally Posted by frogmiller View Post
The original LGB community took years to establish being accepted in society. When I was at school is was still an offence when gay men could go to prison if they were caught.
Over years the discrimination and the education for the masses has led to gay people being openly accepted as it should be.

The existence of Trans people isn?t up for debate. They exist! We all know they exist they?ve existed for years and they used to be called cross dresses.

The USA have also said that there are only 2 ***. Male and female.
So, if we acknowledge that they exist, and that the existense of T in the LGBT helps to give a formal acknowledgement from the world at large (and we have had several young trans people through our college doors), the validation of their existence and identity from their familiesa and wider communities, is one of the things that they struggle the most with and with an extremely high number of mental health struggles makes them a hugely vulnerable group. With that in mind, I struggle to think why the US would want to do this, when the negatve impact of withdrawing recognition and recognising their identity is a major source of many struggles for them. It may seem like a small thing to the world at large, but it will have a serious impact on many in the trans community. It feels quite unnecessary and cruel.