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That Girl Is Poison

By: Carolyn Petit, GameSpot - Posted on Mar 14, 2012

GameSpot's Carolyn Petit reflects on the portrayal of gaming's most prominent transgender figure.

Street Fighter X Tekken has been out for a week now. It's a significant game for a number of reasons, but for me personally, no reason is more significant than its inclusion of Poison as a playable character.

I can't discuss why this matters to me without getting personal, so let's get personal: I'm transgender. Speaking for myself, I can say that growing up was very painful. The contrast between who I knew I really was and who everyone else expected me to be was frequently excruciating. But video games were a valuable means of temporary escape, a way to enter a world where I could leave this painful fact of my life behind and connect with something directly. They gave me a place where I could face and overcome challenges that reminded me I could also overcome the challenge of getting through another day in the real world.

Who could have predicted that Poison would go on to create such a stir?

On very rare occasions, video games managed to find a way to remind me of my real-world anguish. I remember feeling a bit hurt when I read the manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, which described Birdo as a boy who believed he was a girl and wanted to be referred to as Birdetta. Clearly, Birdo's feelings were presented as a joke, and I wondered, then, if I were a joke. But more often, games inspired me. I felt a kind of pride in the revelation that Samus Aran, intrepid explorer and intergalactic bounty hunter, was female. Just like me.

The fact that anyone at Capcom ever thought it was acceptable to treat Poison's identity as something to be mocked and denied stings.

In the years since I first read about Birdo, I've encountered very few transgender characters in games. However, one video game character has served as a kind of lightning rod for discussion of transgender issues: Poison. Now that Poison has taken on her biggest, most attention-getting role yet, there's plenty of talk out there about her convoluted history, but I'm not interested in rehashing the details here. I'm interested in exploring why her identity matters to me.

When I first encountered Final Fight in an arcade in about 1990, I was immediately enamored with it. Metro City's slums and subways were wonderfully grungy, and wrestler-turned-mayor Mike Haggar was a fantastic hero who in my mind rivaled any character played by Schwarzenegger on the big screen. Playing as Haggar, I would pile-drive the female Mad Gear thug Poison with all the enthusiasm with which I pummeled all her male counterparts. After all, I'd already fought against Linda in Double Dragon, and I didn't go easy on her, either. The way I see it, if you're going to kidnap someone and then use physical force against those intent on rescuing the person you've kidnapped, you deserve to get clocked. Also, if you're a video game character, you can't feel actual pain.

But apparently someone somewhere took issue with the idea of clobbering sprites that resembled women. So for the SNES version of Final Fight, Poison and her fellow Mad Gear girl Roxy were replaced with male thugs Sid and Billy. Poison was far from out of the picture, though.

Now Poison is holding her own in Street Fighter X Tekken.

If you read the current Wikipedia page about Poison, it suggests that she was turned into a transgender character to address concerns from Americans about hitting women, as if hitting a woman who is transgender is far more acceptable than hitting a woman who is not. This problematically reinforces the notion that transgender women aren't really women at all.

A new video on YouTube about Poison indicates that she was originally designed as a transgender woman, which would be fine with me, except that here in the US, Capcom has often treated this aspect of her identity as an appropriate subject for ridicule. Initial win screens for characters that defeated Poison earlier in the development of Street Fighter X Tekken showed them saying things like, "Your looks can really be deceiving! I should be careful not to fall into your trap," and "You're not very ladylike at all. I felt like I was fighting against a guy…" In other words, these characters were denying Poison her identity, and this can be extremely painful for transgender people.

Capcom denied Poison her female identity in other ways, too. At one point, the game's official site said of Poison, "She may look like a finely curved woman, but looks can be deceiving." The win quotes and the website text have been changed, but the fact that anyone at Capcom ever thought it was acceptable to treat Poison's identity as something to be mocked and denied stings. She clearly identifies as female and lives her life as female; for a video game character as for a real person, this should be all anyone needs to know. She is female in every way that should matter to anyone.

Poison knows who she is. If you have a problem with it, that's your problem.

We mock what we don't understand, what scares us, or what makes us uneasy. Most of us only need to think back to our days in middle school to see proof of this; it's the kids who are different that are the targets of bullying and mocking. It's saddening to see this same juvenile attitude reflected in Capcom USA's approach to Poison, and it's all the more striking when you consider that this deep-seated anxiety and the accompanying cruelty it breeds isn't mirrored in Japan. If Poison's treatment is any indication, we have a particular level of discomfort with transgender people here in the United States.

She clearly identifies as female and lives her life as female; for a video game character as for a real person, this should be all anyone needs to know.

Problematic as the apparent origins for her transgender status are, I'm glad that Poison exists. In general, I want more transgender characters in games. But sometimes I think that Capcom's handling of Poison only encourages people to mock her--to see her identity, and the identity of transgender people in general, as less than fully legitimate. Even the seemingly well-intentioned documentary about Poison on YouTube is not without its problems; it frames the dichotomy of Poison as one between her being "transgender" and "100% female," as if those two things were mutually exclusive. As someone who has always felt that I am 100 percent female in mind and spirit, and who felt that pretending to be a boy was the lie, this makes me wonder: What percent female, exactly, are transgender women like me?

So if nothing else, Poison helps to illuminate the fact that we still have a long way to go in our understanding and acceptance of transgender individuals. In an ideal world, in my opinion, Poison's debatably transgender identity would be just one detail of her character, no more of an issue than Ryu's race or Guile's hair color. But we're not there yet, not by a long shot. My hope is that in the future, Capcom treats her with the dignity she deserves. But in the meantime, Poison seems secure enough in her own sense of identity to not give a damn what Capcom thinks, or to be fazed by the comments of players who may make fun of her.

And to that I say, "You go, girl."

1128 Comments

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 1:19 am GMT

    @Runock
    I also think that constantly mentioning that these people have "issues" and "confusion" and whatnot, may be totally in the gutter. To these people it's probably very simple and the issues and confusion is more based on how OTHER people react.

  • poupy79

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 1:17 am GMT

    not sure the whole issue of being born a male in a female body thing is legit!!! what did it take a wrong turn at the exit. but seriously i think its all psychological that can be cured

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 1:11 am GMT

    @Runock
    I only have issues, when you claim that what you're saying is fact. It's about what you write here and now. Who or what you are, I have no opinion on. Now, there is something fundamentally wrong with what you just said. "People who get a sex-change are denying who they are". Now, we can probably agree on the idea that who we are, is mainly based in the mind. The rest is meat and bones. So, going through a sex-change - isn't that just creating balance physically and mentally? In other words, not denying but embracing what you are?

  • nate1222

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:48 am GMT

    I tip my hat to Poison for her combo of hotness and badassery. If she does have a package, I bet it's a nice one.

    Carolyn, as a bisexual (male) who is also attracted to many a hot tranny (term of endearment), kudos to you for speaking up. GS will probably do away with this article soon, since it's getting MORE attention than Diablo III. But, I'm much more interested in a relevant social issue and a game maker's attempt at tackling it -even if Capcom USA chose to be deuches about it- than the latest online gaming racket.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:31 am GMT

    @Rudock
    And you did it again. "telling the truth". It's NOT the truth. It's just you stating your opinion. I'm doing the same thing, but I do not go out of my way to underline how true and factual it is. My arguments are based on the old philosophical statement: "All I know, is that I know nothing", and it kinda rubs me the wrong way, when people stumble around, like an elephant in a fine china store, in the name of "truth" and "fact", when they obviously have no business doing so. And I'm aware of the mute and block button.. But the fine mechanics of online button-features wasn't exactly my point there. In short, we all have opinions and interpretations, but don't try to pass it off as any kind of omnius truth.

  • Runock

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:20 am GMT

    @Freezeryder Physiologically what I'm saying is true. People who have sex-change operations are denying who they are which is obviously the root of mental and emotional problems, this is also true. I could get all technical and you could reply punching hole's in whatever I say. There are always exception's to any opinion and even some facts. However, as it stands your issue with my comment is not if it is indeed true. It pisses you off that I stated it as true and you took that to mean I believe everything I say as an undeniable fact. That is assuming alot about me - like you've known me for ages. I didn't try to hurt anyone nor did I say I am always right that is just how you took my comment.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:15 am GMT

    @N30F3N1X
    Well, when you boil the whole thing down to them having to cope with their own physical limitations, I can't really disagree. Most of us have to deal with that at one point or another.

  • N30F3N1X

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:06 am GMT

    More "hiding under the rug"? Seems legit.
    You can lie to your own face as much as you want. The fact that they will have to cope with their own limitations remains and cannot be changed.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 16, 2012 12:03 am GMT

    @N30F3N1X
    No it doesn't. You simply agree with these things and found a professor who something similar. It changes absolutely nothing. It's true to YOU, not THE truth. Don't mix those two up.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 11:57 pm GMT

    @shiss27
    What are you even talking about? You want to compare us to nature AND also label things as right or wrong. In nature, it's kill or be killed. Some animals eat their young. Praying mantis females decapitate and devour the males after fornication. Bonobo monkeys have sex with everybody. And I mean EVERYBODY. Humans and animals are non-relatable. We can't look to the animal kingdom for rules of right and wrong anymore than they can look to our. What's right and wrong? It's completely relative and an ever-changing concept.

  • N30F3N1X

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 11:52 pm GMT

    Distasteful but true, as sad as that can be.

    A psychiatrist I had the chance to speak with at a university meeting explained the biggest cause of homosexuality and attempts at becoming a trans are the lack of "care" from the father figure and an inferiority complex that develops towards peak-performing females during middle school and is never recognized and taken care of.

    I'm taking things out of context of course, the whole talk was about problems that are likely to develop during childhood and teen years due to bad parenting, not homosexuality itself.

    Still, both of them can be seen as emotional issues, which makes what Runock said correct.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 11:40 pm GMT

    @N30F3N1X
    The obvious? Well, perhaps if you're completely stripped of empathy and disregard the fact that none of you two have any idea what you're talking about. Simply calling people who are anything but bread'n butter-straight as having "emotional issues" and then even throwing in "weak" as some sort of low-blow, is - in my eyes at least - distasteful.

  • N30F3N1X

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 11:05 pm GMT

    He's stating the obvious, not "trying to hurt people". Hiding things under the rug won't make them any less biologically and psychologically true. They will have to deal with their physical limitations eventually, they need to be aware of them.

    Not taking any side here, just letting you know.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 10:48 pm GMT

    @Runock
    People like you are the reason I don't play online. For some reason, when shrouded in complete anonimity, some folks just turn in to complete and utter *add your favorite swear-word here". I may be old-fashioned, but I just don't understand what you could possibly gain from trying to hurt people, that have done absolutely nothing to deserve it.

  • terrascythe

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 10:46 pm GMT

    Myra Breckinridge all over again, except Poison is way hotter than Requel Welch!

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 10:30 pm GMT

    @BSEE10
    "When nobody seems rational"? You actually wrote that? Well, prepare for more "gungho"-action, then, cos' that's just straight up arrogant. Anyhoo, you seem to portray feelings of annoyance and frustration caused by the fact, that this article works on several levels. I can only repeat myself by saying that some find it stimulating to ponder these meta-layers and others - like you I'd wager - want straight talk or none at all. Sure, Poison is just a videogame character, and the Mona Lisa is just a painting of a woman sitting and staring. In no way incorrect statements but, oh, how dull life would be, if we didn't scratch the surface now and again.

  • Kickable

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 10:30 pm GMT

    thanks for clearing that up Runock. it must be very entertaining to hear yourself talk.

  • The_Hitokiri

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 9:53 pm GMT

    "In other words, these characters were denying Poison her identity, and this can be extremely painful for transgender people. " Of course they would feel like they were hitting a man. He might have breasts, but he's still got the muscles and physique of a man. That's just how it is, no matter how hard you try to deny it.

  • Runock

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 9:38 pm GMT

    There are some simple fact's I am going to point out to all of you. First of all cutting off your member and taking hormones to make you grow lifeless breast's does not make you a woman. You can never have children. You can never produce milk. You have the genes of a Male and you will ALWAYS be one no matter how much you delude yourself. The only thing you prove by making yourself into a fake female is that you have mental and emotional issues and are too weak to deal with them. This is fact. No amount of talk, misplaced "understanding" or self delusion can change you into the opposite sex.

  • BSEE10

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 9:18 pm GMT

    @Freezeryder

    There really isn't an argument. I'm not arguing with any of you, All I said that I am confused as well as she is; you the one going GUNGHO on me. I do not expect you to understand what I'm saying; but to end my piece I want you to reflect on this last part of the article.

    -----------"But in the meantime, Poison seems secure enough in her own sense of identity to not give a damn what Capcom thinks, or to be fazed by the comments of players who may make fun of her. And to that I say, "You go, girl.""------------------------

    Poison is not a human being, she is a video game character and surely "wont give a damn" and will not fazed. When Carolyn said, "You go, girl.", who is she talking to? Poison who cannot comprehend a word she said? To herself? Or to all transgenders?

    I wont say anything anymore. What's the use in typing in the comments if nobody seems rational.

  • shiss27

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 9:16 pm GMT

    You guys have to quit arguing with emotion and argue with facts. Pay attention to other things other than just human beings. Why is it the animals reproduce without any instruction or dictation that tells them otherwise? The bi-product of higher intelligence is being too intelligent. This is a direct shot at the "Gays can reproduce through fertilization. And medicals are finding ways to make it so men can have wombs." Are you really serious? This is absurd. You guys are pinning intelligence where only natural instinct should be. Just because we are smart enough to put a penis on a woman DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. Again, just a bi-product of intelligence.....because we can do it, it's right....WRONG! From this way of thought, SERIAL KILLERS are okay. They have the ability to kill mercilessly so it's OK? This comment proves me so right. Why has the great white shark continued to reproduce and continue its species for over 50 million years? Why aren't there gay sharks? Or gay animals in general? Two reason. 1. Because THEIR SPECIES WOULDN'T CONTINUE TO FLOURISH and 2 Because sharks aren't as smart (dumb) as humans to try to reproduce by other means. So intelligent that people actually think that by EVOLUTIONARY STANDARDS it is okay to be gay trans, or bi-sexual. It is not okay because we humans and animals and plants and fungi are here to reproduce. Gays can't reproduce....naturally, the way nature intended, not smart-assed human beings.

  • mr_smee_01

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 9:06 pm GMT

    @zaiwen

    I totally agree!

    @Carolyn

    Kudos to you for having the fortitude to write this wonderful article!

  • Psi9179

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 8:15 pm GMT

    People whining about this article are either:

    A) Transphobic bigots
    B) Don't understand what Op-Ed is

    Actually, they're almost all A. Sigh.

  • Freezeryder

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 8:05 pm GMT

    @BSEE10
    Ok, so you can't relate to the fact, that some people (including myself) sometimes see videogames as excellent forms of escapism. And you're confused with this whole self-reflection in a game business. Well, what can I say to that? That's just YOUR thing, and you can do with it as you want. To me and to many people, this article is both relevant and interesting. You're not one of them. There really isn't an argument here.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 8:03 pm GMT

    @Dancing-Bear
    Any site can have political discourse.

    As long as users are allowed to post them, that is.

  • JessMarz

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 8:02 pm GMT

    All I am going to say is this:
    Poison is a woman, not a tranny or a guy. Yes I do know that Capcom for PR reasons they changed replaced Poison for Skids, a scawny guy with glasses, in the first localized console version for the SNES, but in no way Poison is NOT a guy. Let's get over that stupidity that Capcom did and just walk away from this because people who thinks that Poison is a guy or a transgender is a total BS.

  • Dancing-Bear

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:55 pm GMT

    I come to Gamespot for my political discourse.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:55 pm GMT

    @illegalChronic

    You wrote:
    Better yet, How about you people give me a valid reason why this article belongs on this site and not another site?

    It's an editorial. It doesn't have to be like the other kinds of articles.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:53 pm GMT

    @Morphine_OD

    You wrote:
    The article is just one person lashing out. There is no point made, just anguish.

    It doesn't look like a rant to me.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:51 pm GMT

    @illegalChronic

    You wrote:
    This article should be retracted cause there are many kids here that will simply not understand. talking about under 15 children here.

    If you are talking about users, then do know that users have to be age 13 and up to be a user - and I say, they are old enough to start knowing about transgendered people.

    If you are talking about surfers under 15 that are not users, then it's their guardians'/parents' job to place protective restrictions on their surfing.

    But calling for retractions under the pretext of protecting children? I would tell you what the essence of that is: calling for censorship.

    While I am aware that you may have all the best of intentions, it's an excuse that has been used many, many times before for what is ultimately crimping of press freedom.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:41 pm GMT

    @Divine_Stryph

    You wrote:
    ...never coming to this site again. It's really ridiculous now with this crap. Keep your personal s#$% to yourself.

    Good f***ing luck finding a site that can keep publishing what you like to read then.

    That said, it's your own fault that you surfed into this page.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:38 pm GMT

    AlmaDanny wrote:
    For the love of God gamespot, please take this article off from the front page. Just-Breathe is right. Blog it.

    Please don't, Carolyn and other GameSpot editors.

    It's your editorials, and well within your right to write and publish what your musings are within them.

    P.S. I do recommend placing a clear label in the title noting that this is an editorial article though.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:34 pm GMT

    @rockmongler

    You wrote:
    Can you please stop inserting your delusions regarding your "wrong" chromosomes and genes into VIDEO GAMES?

    Personally, I am indifferent to the gist of this article.

    But the reactions? Not as indifferent, and especially so for reactions that do not seem to consider that editors get to write what they believe in editorials, which are practically a more official version of their blogs.

    So I would say here: I very, very much hope that Carolyn and the other editors do not accede to your request.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:30 pm GMT

    @tagz00100z

    You wrote:
    ...this type of people are not well in the inside and that instability causes articles like this to emerge since its an outlet.

    It's an editorial, dude - it's within the rights for editors to write what they want in editorials.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:28 pm GMT

    @supertom221

    Warlord_Irochi wrote:
    Simple solution: Against their right to say what they want in their website, your right to not listen/read em.

    I second what Warlord_Irochi said.

    If you got here and read this article, it has been your own initiative (or rather your own mistake, if you had been duped by the catchy article title).

    No one forced this on you - you are just pinning the blame for your wasted time on others.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:24 pm GMT

    @Suikogaiden

    You wrote:
    Yes you have the right to do that and I have the right to be disgusted with it.

    Then do be careful about how you express that disgust.

    If there's one minority that societies everywhere still discriminates against, it's the rude and crass.

  • gamebuyer22

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 7:08 pm GMT

    @Gelugon_baat
    Im not even being defiant. This site is a video game site and we dont need one sided biased political articles on a game site.

  • angrychinaman

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:50 pm GMT

    @BlackaliciousX

    When I made that statement/referring to making their lives a bit more comfortable, I was referring to those that are undergoing sex change. Its an extremely hard process where they have to pass as another sex, even though it is evident that they are of another before they're approved. Sometime when I speak I might have melded the two topics of Transgender and Transex together.

  • BSEE10

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:44 pm GMT

    @Freezeryder
    @carolynmichelle

    Who the heck is Doctor Phil? I'm not forcing it on you. Get it right first before you right. Pick one, Gaming World or Real World. Yes, one is a reflection of the other but as an escape? I never take that. Thats what I'm confused about. I am confused if it is about you or Poison, of the Virtual or Real.

  • Cru3lGam3r

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:37 pm GMT

    I really don't care if she is a Girl Or A Guy Or even Both Its A Game since when do people care about people in games like if they where real people.

  • zaiwen

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:37 pm GMT

    i could care less if Poison's a man or a woman.. what i do know & anyone who reads this comment of mine can agree on is that Poison is one hot momma

  • Jynx_1991

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:12 pm GMT

    Go equality!

    Boo discrimination!

  • Elraptor Site moderator

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:53 pm GMT

    Bravo!Thoughtful article, enjoyed the read.

  • jonnybutler11

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:34 pm GMT

    @Damanufactur3 very well said sir

  • Demanufactur3

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:22 pm GMT

    Oh sweet lord, this has turned into one of " THOSE" discussions again... right lets just bring it then.

    Gay bashers you're a bunch of narrow-minded shortsighted obsolete individuals. People replying to gay bashers, stop feeding the trolls.

    People using the bible / another holy scripture as evidence, it's getting old folks, the bible is a book of fiction, it wasn't written by god but by a human being who was told stories by other human beings before writing it down. Making it by default unreliable.

    And finally.

    Those comparing homosexuality / transgender to pedophilia... shame on you for even considering yourself part of the human species.

    Have a nice day everyone.

  • sircyrus

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:20 pm GMT

    @Smokescreened84
    Unless science can substantiate the claim that the person was born that way, and that external factors played no role, than it cannot be considered factual by anyone other than those who choose to believe it as such.

    It isn't a matter of grasping how it feels, or people's perception of it, or perceived morality. It is about what can be proven. An argument cannot be based solely on opinion when you are presenting that position as fact.

    You can believe something and completely feel that it is correct, and no one can say boo about that. But as soon as you state it as fact, rather than just belief, that requires evidence that can be put to the test. Otherwise you're just dealing with anecdotal evidence.

  • m_bd89

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:08 pm GMT

    @shiss27 There is no right or wrong in nature, and there are no "evolutionary standards". Transgender and gay people can still reproduce. And I think humans have passed the point where reproduction is the main goal of life.

  • Smokescreened84

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:07 pm GMT

    @shiss27 - Bi-sexual and homosexual can create life. Someone who is bi-sexual is still able to be a parent, depending on the partner. A bi-sexual man can still be with a heterosexual woman, just as a bi-sexual woman can be with a heterosexual man.
    Homosexual males can also donate sperm and that can be used for artificial insemination for any homosexual woman who longs to be a parent.

    Trans-gender people can also do that, before the hormone treatments. And I believe that ova can be extracted and frozen for use to help any women who is infertile but can still bear a child in her womb.

    So we can still create life, if we're able. But for trans-gender after the surgery - male to female, female to male- we have to do so before we begin the hormone treatments or we will have no chance since the hormone treatments make the person infertile.
    Medical science is still working on finding ways to implant a womb, a uterus and more into a body safely, but it's still far from perfect and far from becoming a safe option.

    Nature is weird and wonderful, it does what it does and we may never know the reason why it creates so much difference. All we can do is just to accept that the difference is there and let nature do it's thing.

  • Smokescreened84

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 5:00 pm GMT

    @sircyrus - Of course they not going to know at an early age, at an early age we can barely tell what we are - human, cat, dog and so on. The understanding of who and what we are develops as we mature and the brain develops enough to understand in a more structured manner.
    But being trans-gender and being born that way is a very real thing, and it kicks in mostly when the child is about three or four years old, when their self-awareness has developed enough to come into action.

    Someone who isn't trans-gender would never be able to grasp how that feels for someone who is, they only go by the science, but they don't see as the person who is transgender sees.
    Being born within the wrong physical sex is a very emotionally and mentally damaging way to live and not something I would ever recommend.

    I wouldn't wish my life on anyone, not even my worst enemy.

  • shiss27

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 4:57 pm GMT

    The argument is that trans, gay or bi-sexuality is wrong, by evolutionary standards ONLY. Anything that stops gay hinders (bi-sexuality), or poses a threat (transgender) may be deemed detrimental to life which is one of the points of life which is to CREATE MORE LIFE. Just the same as runt pigs, retardation, deformities, abnormalities in chemical levels, etc. Sorry but it is true. Does this mean that I don't like you? Or hate you? Or dislike your way of doing things? FUUUCK NO! I love all people, that includes you but that doesn't mean that I don't love the truth.

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