LeRon Barton had a hard time understanding what many gay men and trans folks experienced… until he watched this video.
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I was wrong, I am not afraid to admit that. My prior feelings about Trans people and young boys dressing up in women’s clothes have been changed with this video. As a straight male, I cannot comprehend myself wearing women’s clothes, but that does not mean it is wrong.
Before, I thought that we should not “push this lifestyle on to young boys.” I would say, “This is the feminization of today’s male” and that if we allow young boys to wear womens clothes at an early age, we are not allowing them to group up a normal life. What I didn’t understand is that young boys are born this way, this is how they are made. People deserve to be who they want to be. If we encourage kids to express and embrace their true selves, they can grow up and live happy lives. We must not “stomp out” who they are and try to change them into who they are not.
This video really touched me and made me see how wrong I was to rail against kids and young boys trying to express themselves, trying to be who they want to be, trying to be who they are. I am still learning about trans and different gender ways, but I am all for happiness. If putting on a dress, wearing a wig, getting gender re-assignment surgery makes you happy, I am all for it.
If you are a man and identifying as a woman completes your life, do it. There have been too many suicides and physical harm done to young people because they feel they cannot be who they want to be. Everyone deserves to live a life free of trauma, suffering, and pain. If you believe that like I do, then you will have no problem with people expressing themselves in anyway they choose to.