RE: Let’s see if we can discuss transgender issues without name calling. I think we can!
There was a teenage girl at my sons school that wanted to be a boy, chopped his/her hair and changed name, most people treated him/her like a boy, but when someone said something they didn't like they where a girl, so very confusing for others when they wanted they would change their gender depending on their mood.
The teenager changed school due to they believed they were getting teased.
Friends didn't think they were, the thing with teenagers is it's tricky for everyone, but you have to take into account there will always be some that will want to try want they want because it's in the media, others it's their life and very real.
Everyone takes things differently we are all unique, others may brush stuff off and not get offended, you could say the same thing to someone else, it may offend them.
Like this post I don't think you have done anything wrong, we are all allowed our own opion, we may come from NZ the first county that allowed same sex marriages, we also ask questions as freedom of speech is still valued here.
I googled how may genders are there, there is so many different answers so you might be learning the wrong info, We are taught ask a question if you don't know and education yourself that way, the internet isn't always going to give you the correct information.
Yes, that's exactly the thing that concerns me. For every one true trans gender person, how many may think they are because its trendy, or because they fall into some other category in the LGBT spectrum, or for some other reason? Being concerned for those people doesn't make any concern for the true trans person any less.
So I still stand by what I've said, or more accurately I stand by what I meant. Some of what I said could maybe have been said more clearly and I want to make time to add some edits (but leaving the original statements there for transparency) to clarify.
That's for surer it is concerning that there are some like anything that gets highlighted people want to give it a try but are doing it for the wrong reasons than someone that it is very real and serious for them.