Responding to a letter to the NY Times' Ethicist

[IngridsLittleAngel]

6. Good on you, and thank you for your response

I can tell you over the last 30~ years or so I've ran into this kind of attitude from plenty of G's, L's and B's, and it's sickening and sad. All of us under the rainbow face discrimination on a regular basis, and stuff like the initial letter only makes it worse. If they were true friends, they would be absolutely fine with "John" now being "Joan", their wishes on their new name, etc... And yet, too often, things like this happen.

There's no question that a lot of people put LGBTQ's through hell... But it hurts even more when it's part of that same group doing it.

That was a wonderfully written letter, and thank you for speaking up.