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Originally Posted by kane
Isn't that what trailblazing is? If you do something in obscurity nobody knows about it.
Here are a few stats taken from the Guidelines for Transgender care 2006 edition:
49% of all transgender people will attempt suicide
18% of all homeless kids are transgender
1 in 12 transgender people in the U.S. will be murdered
1 - 1.5% of people experience regret after sexy reassignment surgery
So maybe having someone who has been famous and in the public eye for 30 years and has actually accomplished something (Olympic gold medal) using their platform to speak out and demand equal treatment can help those who are struggling with this. I'm sure he enjoys the fame or he wouldn't have been on that dumb ass Kardashian show, but to me he is a trailblazer. He is going to live his life how he wants, be on TV and do what he wants and fuck everyone who doesn't like it.
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so donate the money he makes from this to transgender causes. otherwise he is just selling a product. and those stats can apply to so many things, for example, mental illness but where is the celebrity trailblazer for that? oh right, celebs with mental illnesses just get made fun of on tmz and no one gives a shit.