Some points and notes on the below

[sparkindarkness]

As can be seen, the comment threads of the previous post have exploded like a splody thing and lots of triggers, unhappiness and general unpleasantness as well as a lot of great attempts to both get it and great attempts to educate. There’s some good info in that thread

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[girlofavalon]

All those threads scare me :O I confess I didn't read 50% of the comments, because, seriously, numbers scare me off, but I will try later. I just can't help feeling happy that my comment was left alone :P

[sparkindarkness]

It has been huge, I'm exhausted :)

[girlofavalon]

Can't blame you.

EDIT: btw, did you get my last reply to our last e-mail convo?

[sparkindarkness]

Probably, my inbox sploded

[aviv_b]

This is why I decided not to wade in on this one. I can't think of another group that get as much shit as trans individuals (from some of the GLB community as well as the straight community) and I was afraid I might unintentionally put foot in mouth. But I've been reading and learning which sometimes is better than posting.

[sparkindarkness]

Aye, I think so - there's a lot to learn there.

[aviv_b]

Not to mention that I just realized I had a foot in mouth moment with a transgender friend a few years ago. (Face palm and a big OY!). Off to apologize - I doubt she'll remember, but this will haunt me if I don't.

[soappuppy]

I love reading your posts -- they make me think, and I learn something new every day.

[sparkindarkness]

thank you

[cazmanian_minx]

Right, I'm going to admit to being ignorant now and ask :o) What does cis mean? I've seen it crop up a couple of times on LJ, in people's journals and in communities, but Google is not being helpful. I have a rough idea from the context, and suspect I fall into its scope, but if someone could spell it out in words of one syllable for me I'd appreciate it.

[cecinestpastout]

Because I'm appalling at explaining things, here's what Wikipedia had to say on the matter.

[cazmanian_minx]

Thank you :o) I think I've seen that before, but couldn't get my head around it at the time. After going back to the earlier post and reading all the comments, I think I've got a better idea now.

[sparkindarkness]

Cisgendered. The opposite of someone who is transgendered :)

The wiki article explains it well :)

[sparkindarkness]

Thank you. It has been challenging at times.