Let's see, universal acceptance, for one...

Maybe you personally haven't, but society in general is certainly rather celebratory of heteronormativity.

Personally, I've noticed that whenever someone complains about homosexuality supposedly being "shoved in their face," they're really just upset at gay people for doing the exact same shit that straight people do, except that they're only noticing it because the couple involved happens to be outside the standard of what's considered "normal."

LGBT people have deal with heterosexuality being shoved in their face all the time. It's only fair if they ask the favor to be returned.

Maybe. It depends on how deep the father's level of gender dysphoria was. Sometimes it can be so painful that a person literally cannot function in normal, everyday life. Some people even contemplate suicide.

There's a book you ought to read called "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," by Jennifer Finney Boylan:

http://www.jenniferboylan.net/shes-not-t...
http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Lif...

Gender neutral dress? Oh, you mean how like how pants were once considered exclusively masculine attire, but are now available in women's styles as well? That has nothing to do with homosexuality -- that was the result of the 1940s feminist movement rebelling against oppressive sexism of the day.

So are you implying that the she should have isolated herself in her house and closed herself off from society post-transition?

Since when is wanting to be part of Back To School night an act of exhibitionism? Maybe she just wanted to be part of her children's lives. You know, like every other parent?

The word is "transition."

And yeah, a lot of transsexuals do complain about doctors and therapists imposing over the top stereotypes before they're willing to provide hormone medication or other related treatment. Before a would-be transsexual can gain access any medical help, they must first get a letter of approval from a qualified therapist. I once read a story about an MTF transsexual whose therapist refused to write the necessary letter for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medication simply because the transgender individual in question happened to show up wearing pants instead of a dress. Only when the transgender individual showed up wearing a dress at the next appointment was the therapist persuaded to believe that she really was transgender, and write the necessary letter of approval.

Read the story. They used a sperm donor.

It depends on the plausibility of the story. As the saying goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

An LGBT person being harassed, persecuted, and/or discriminated against is an ordinary claim.
An LGBT person engaging in harassment is an extraordinary claim.

Stories which are improbable or implausible naturally require a higher degree of scrutiny than stories which are common occurrences.

If you want to believe every child should be raised by a father and a mother, that's fine, that's your own belief, and you're entitled to it. However, forcing that belief onto the entire population through law would be a violation of other people's rights.

By the way, in this particular case, the children WERE being raised by a father and a mother. ;)

Telling gay people that they should have to hide who they are when straight people don't is imposing a double standard.

Besides, acceptance cannot come without visibility. ;)

Did I say you have no rules? I asked if you were an anarchist, because you seem to WANT no rules at all, not even natural ones.

I didn't attribute it to you.
I wanted credit from you for not insulting him for his reprehensible assertion.

I don't have male, either. I also don't have middle-aged (aka, "old") and I don't have American, and I don't have white... I am, however, a sex, in my case, male.

I neither feel nor think with my genitals... nor with my fingertips. It all happens in the brain.

Whatever turns me on, rightly or wrongly, happens in my brain, not my b... genitals.

That is what I’m doing here… Like-minded people are hard to find.