Thank you for your questions Carolla. As I've shared, this thread is on the subject of transgenderism, and the article is a story about a transgendered person - so I believe it fits this thread quite well. I suppose the thing that struck me most about the article was simply the fact that the parents were supportive of the transgendered boy, and yet he still did a suicide. This flies in the face of claims I have heard from some who say that it is the non-acceptance by the family which drives transgendered people to suicide. Does this suicide prove those people wrong, or is this the exception that proves the rule correct? The case certainly points out the danger of living in a place like the Bible belt where conformity is the name of the game. Some here would paint me as a person who would fit right in with the Bible belt. However, I would say that the old adage, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" should be considered.
