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6/4/2015 2:43:48 PM
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Logically, it's more about the known quantity versus a relatively ignored quantity. There are dozens of hundreds of charities for wounded soldiers. Their support network goes from the private sector all the way up to the federal levels. Transgender people don't have any of that. There are a very small number of groups who support them, and they have what is presently one of the HIGHEST rates of hate crimes perpetrated against them, not to mention the MASSIVE spike in suicide rates.
So one is impressive, but a relatively known/sadly common issue. The other is raising awareness of something sadly underrepresented.
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Making the personal choice to chop off your dick is not courageous. Losing two limbs, facing adversity, and then becoming a better and healthier human than 85% of your own country is pretty courageous. He could have given up a long time ago.
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The difference is that for one, there is a massive series of support networks. Wounded Warrior, VA, etc. For transgender people as a whole, there is next to no support, or even any knowledge about their struggles. At least now, maybe people will start to understand, and perhaps, just maybe, support networks will begin to form.
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lol Not every disabled vet gets support. Most get turned down for help. Aside from a prosthetic to somewhat "normalize" life, the VA doesn't do anything really because they don't owe anything to the casualty. Wounded Warrior Project is a scam charity, where a mere $0.10 of every dollar is used to help a vet. Besides, the gender identity disorder patients are a hugely insignificant portion of the population.
