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Why is this a good idea or even remotely necessary? I can give you my reason. I am transsexual. My uname was chosen 1.5 years before I was diagnosed as such and began transition. It kind of doesn't fit now, like really doesn't fit. When I post now, just as in real life I have to live with being misgendered by people who address me as a him, when I'm now her.

My situation is about as extreme as it gets of course, but it points out vividly how a person's mode of self identification can evolve over their life.

Just open a new account dammit Well again, it's a personal thing. For most of us transition is about loss. We lose jobs, friends, family, self, and sometimes clinging t

I'm curious because I was as big a RP supporter as you're ever likely to find, and I'd never be caught dead at one of those events. Ever since it started it seemed to me that the whole thing was concocted by Republicans at some Rovian round table after two disastrous election cycles when they realized that their long standing rules of engagement weren't cutting it anymore and they decided to brainstorm up a new way to get people lined up for them.

In my imagination, some little geek piped up and said, "How about that Ron Paul stuff? People seemed to really like that Liberty, Freedom, limited government crap. And now that we're not in power, this is a good time to limit government" They

Just sayin...

Okay, so this is pretty crazy, and more than a bit impulsive. If I apply immediately I might just make it in under the age limit wire. I'm sick of reading horror stories about abusive police, and decided that the only way it can possibly change is if smarter more emotionally balanced individuals start sucking in their gut and signing up for the crappy pay, long hours, and thankless work of law enforcement. The starting pay will be substantially less than I currently make, but I could live on it, albeit with less fancy cheese. Should I do it, or will I then just become one of the hated?