Reply #98: yep, it's getting ugly out there

[Neecy]

I was glad when Oprah (I'm sure I'll be mocked for bringing her up) addressed the 'gender traitor' issue yesterday. I thought one of the main tenets of feminism was the ability to think for ourselves and make rational, informed decisions. When we try to do that we're told we can't without being branded as traitors or, even sillier, as 'abominations'. That word alone galled me in the OP because it's so often thrown out against the gay community by thumpers and good god, I sure don't want to see it tossed around here. I bristle at the use of it because I've been branded an 'abomination' by these people for most of my life.