1. not nearly every trans person gets sexual reassignment surgery so this isn't universal in that regard

2. you cannot divorce the percentage of people who feel 'regret' because they were actually wrong about what they wanted their genitalia to be from the percentage of people who feel 'regret' because they've been taught their whole lives that they're wrong for wanting to be a different gender and have been depressed and self-loathing for years before their surgery

3. example of the above: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/11/02/firsthand-account-torture-conversion-therapy

4. there are also many people who claim to be "ex-gay" because they've also had bullshit crises of conscience due to their upbringings/societal pressure, I fail to see the distinction

you are using one term, gender, to describe two different things, gender and sex

The article in the OP is a classic example of a right-wing media publication trying to use some crazy fringe element to discredit the validity of being transgender

It's designed to make people think that trans individuals just flippantly choose one day to be the opposite gender, almost just for fun and/or to mess with people around them, rather than because they actually suffer from gender dysphoria

It's the same thing that used to be commonly said about homosexuality, that it was just a "sinful, decadent lifestyle choice" and not a condition that a person can't do anything about

race is also a social construct, but the difference is we have never seen a legitimate, large group of people who are driven to depression and self-loathing because they see themselves as a different race than their biological designation

these debates over how fickle identity politics can get when you talk to a real crazy are irrelevant, because at the end of the day trans people are stuck with their feelings about their own gender

given the insanely high rates of being a rape/murder victim as well as suicide, it's not like people are clamoring to choose to be transgender just for fun

theyre still very likely to beat the pacers, I just remain unconvinced that casey knows how to coach a playoff series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H1fh219Heo

http://talkobamato.me/synthesize.py?speech_key=6d620ddf163a48dc0969d9b1b3a8d048

apparently avery bradley injured his hamstring

that sucks, the celts NEED him to win I think

will the raptors fans at least acknowledge that casey did an utterly terrible job with his personnel and with tightening up his playoff rotation

http://www.libertyballers.com/2016/4/10/11403600/sixers-take-over-the-team-via-skype-hire-their-son-and-run-away-109-108

the delusional raptors fans in this thread are entertaining, especially the guy saying that it would be a "choke" for them to lose to cleveland

I'm aware, and if they had bosh I'd be putting them in at least the ecf for sure, if not upsetting the cavs

even aside from him, they've been playing insanely well since the all-star break, plus they have tons of playoff experience and intensity

dragic, johnson, deng, whiteside, wade, richardson, winslow can all ball, their big weakness is lack of 3 pt shooting though

should note that I'm super on the fence about the heat-hornets more than any of the others I listed

round 1:

warriors > rockets in 4 or 5 (depending on how ham harden goes)
spurs > grizzlies in 5
thunder > mavericks in 6
clippers > blazers in 6

cavaliers > pistons in 5
raptors > pacers in 6
heat > hornets in 7
hawks > celtics in 7

r2:

warriors > clippers in 6
spurs > thunder in 7

cavaliers > hawks in 5
raptors > heat in 7

r3:

warriors > spurs in 6
cavaliers > raptors in 6

finals:

warriors > cavs in 5

I tried to base this not just on how good the teams were, but on matchups

would also not be surprised if raptors completely choke it away

prolly blaze lets be r3aL

please don't play dumb with me, everyone was witness to how much of a travesty it was