This is what I emailed to my friend... (who refered to a photo of 3 transgendered women as "all blokes" and responded to offense by saying we shouldnt get all upset over it.)

Hiya, its easy to say dont be so touchy and dont get so upset but its not as simple as that. I really hope you try to understand the point I am trying to get over in the following text. many respects Penny x.

I realise you didnt mean anything by calling us blokes and this is what I said to my friends. The point is though, the diagnosis of "gender dysphoria" means that whenever anyone refers to us as male can induce feelings of suicide, and many transgendered people have. thats how it affects our lives and saying to us that we cant go round getting upset over it doesnt resolve our difficulties. we dont chose this, this is the way things are and the only way we can lead a normal life is for everyone, who dont necessarily need to understand but should try and respect that we live in a free society of self determination and treat us according to how we wish to be treated.

Whoever said, treat everyone in the same way as you would like to be treated, is an idiot. An intelligent person would have said, treat everyone in a way that they would individually like to be treated.

Im not trying to rant because I really respect you as a human being. Im just trying to show you that referring to transgendered women as blokes is fundamentally wrong. I really hope you appreciate that I have written this for the benefit for everyone.

thanks
Penny
x

Hiya, good points but somehow might be a tad too overloading for my friend. I did enjoy my use of calling a particular type an idiot for the sake of grabbing attention and making a point lol. I might use that technique again at some appropriate point in the future
take care
xxx