I'll say that there's a lot about this transexual movement that just doesn't gel with me intellectually. Like I said above though, I support the rights of transexuals and if that's what makes them happy, I'm happy for them.

As a guy who doesn't believe in religion and "souls" and all that other stuff, when someone says "I was born in the wrong body" I just don't believe it. To me, you're born a man or you're born a woman, and that's what you're always going to be. The burly, macho man who lifts weights and eats steak for every meal is a man, and the femmy homosexual who acts and talks like a woman is also a man. The sexy chick on the SI cover is a woman just like the butchy 230lb lesbian with the crew cut who can out benchpress most guys is a woman. There are a lot of chemical differences, but they were born with the parts and with the blueprint.

We have people who think they're fat when they're skinny: we call them anorexic. We have people who think they are different people, hear voices, have multiple personalities, ect ect, we classify them as having a disorder or a mental illness. So my question would be why is it that when a transgendered person says "I was born a man but I'm actually a woman trapped in a man's body" we say "HEY, you're right" and just accept that. Isn't it possible that transsexuality in itself is a mental illness or disorder? To me it's like if an anorexic person went to the doctor and said "OMG IM SO FAT" and the doctor said "yes, yes you are. Have you considered stomach stapling?"

How is it any different than if I said "I was born white, but I'm a black man stuck in a white body. I identify more with black culture, all I listen to is rap, RnB and reggae, I'm only interested in black women, ect". How would my claim be any less legitimate?

Maybe my views are out of touch but I can't help feeling that way. I kind of think it's a load of bullshit.