I was dosing about on the web yesterday, looking at various things and sating my addiction to facebook. Among other things, I found the story of what is probably the worlds youngest transsexual. I am interested in such matters, even if it’s hard to explain why. Apparently, children as young as twelve are showing signs that they were born into the wrong gender.

To me, there is nothing abhorrent about this. I see these kids as having what can be equated to a disability caused by a testosterone imbalance at birth; surely, therefore, they should be raised in the gender they feel most comfortable in. however, I found this story on a right-wing homophobic website, whose writers were irate about how this was wrong, part of some sort of homosexual agenda, and that treating this kid as a girl was abusing him.

It really makes me angry how intolerant some people are. To me, they are at odds with the modern world, outdated throwbacks. Ironically, by saying this I risk sounding intolerant myself, but, to me, a refusal to accept the diversity of humankind is a sign of stupidity. Some of us are fat, some thin, some male some female, some black some white, some able-bodied some disabled; only, in all these categories there are shades of grey. Most people have some kind of disability, however minor. I am not white but olive-skinned. The same is true for both sexuality and gender.

I would hope that most people who read my little blog realise this. it would seem that some people, however, do not. They call homosexuality a blasphemy and against god (presumably ignoring the part of the bible which says god loves everyone) and use religion to justify their intolerance. I hate such people; they seem to think that only they have the right answers; that only their way of life is the correct on. Generally, such people come under the category ‘conservatives’, which is why I have come to associate conservatism with stupidity, if an inability to understand modern society can be termed stupidity. It is these intolerant people who have the problem, not anyone else. Their hatred of difference is indeed problematic. The irony is, the moment we move on them, they accuse us of intolerance. Hypocrites