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VGPolyglot on 23 February 2017
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Vyse_Blue_Rogue said:
VGPolyglot said:

Do you realize how many transsexuals attempt to commit suicide? It's about 41%:

http://www.vocativ.com/culture/lgbt/transgender-suicide/

Discriminating against them further will only make things worse. It's not like they decide "hey, I guess that I'll be a girl today, let's just walk into the women's bathroom." That's not how things work. Now, I'm not sure what your reason is for bathrooms being seperated by gender, but I assume it's because of risk of sexual assault. Well, transgenders are much more at risk of being sexually assaulted than sexually assaulting others:

https://www.ovc.gov/pubs/forge/sexual_numbers.html

The suicide rate is so high because these are deeply disturbed people. They need help, they certainy don't need their delusions encouraged. The suicide rate is the same for pre and post op transexuals, which is a clear demonstration that pandering to these delusions does not help. A man thinking he is a women, or identifying as a women, does not make him a women. If a 30 year old man identified as a 9 year old, should this be respected also, should he be allowed to attend Elementary School?

No, that is just not true. Look at this, depression from pre-op to post op goes down:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827713

The studies that say that were misrepresenting the original author:

http://transadvocate.com/fact-check-study-shows-transition-makes-trans-people-suicidal_n_15483.htm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/myths-about-transition-regrets_b_6160626.html