Teens Coming Out

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I am not a catechist and I am still not sure why you are telling me all this. Should I just smile and nod and pretend I 100% get what you are saying?
 
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Unfortunate people fall on such stupid assumptions.
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I cannot comment and I hope you you’ll allow me that much. But I want to say chastity is beautiful, and there is nothing wrong in choosing to be chaste for a certain period of our lives.
 
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The exposition was not only for you -it just happened to be closest reply button- some of the others on this thread I have actually interacted with before without getting a chance to say some of the this I wrote. And somehow it made sense (as a choice of form) to develop the exposition in the form a “dialogue” towards a single person. As if addressing a single person in a full room. So please, pardon the choice of form, I could hardly think of a way to write it differently.

[It was actually aimed at several users here, in continuation of several interrupted conversations elsewhere over time.] Sorry about that.
 
Thank you for clearing that up. I was just sitting here wondering what is happening.
 
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I was just sitting here wondering what is happening.
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It was your initial remark of the “juice victim hood priviledge” that I really appreciated and got me going, I really liked that remark 🙂
 
True actually I didn’t truly get attracted sexually to anyone until I was 17/18 and then it was only an infatuation based on looks.
 
I started puberty fairly late, so I figured that might have something to do with it.
 
My guess is that’s unusual. Not saying it’s bad or you’re weird or anything, just that it’s probably a bit later than most
 
Good thing I can get away from such conversations by using my reputation as an introvert.
 
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Well, in case anyone cares, there’s a transgender male who’s my age in the show I’m going to be in. I knew this teen when they identified as a female in 1st grade. Then, someone said their new name and I was like, huh I don’t know them.
Well, turns out I saw them on Friday and thought it interesting that they were completely dressed like a standard boy. Their account came up on Facebook as a suggestion, weird, i know, and I figured out who it was.
Soooo, this teen also happens to be friends with one of my friends so I’m assuming it’s safe for me to just refer to them by their name and not their pronouns??
I just can’t feel right saying he instead of she but it’s easier to say a name because that’s really just a legal thing that can change…
 
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I know the feeling. A close friend of mine transitioned to a boy after I had known her for years as a female. I do address her by her new chosen name (people change their names all the time, why wouldn’t I respect this), but I struggle to address her by the new pronoun. She knows I am not being malicious and hasn’t said a thing about it. I think she’s just grateful I treat her like the exact same person, just with a new name.

That said, be careful. Transgender folk endure a LOT of hate and violence, as a result they tend to be pretty knee-jerky. If you use the wrong pronoun (even as an innocent accident) it can be seen as an act of aggression. Kind of like when Protestants tell us we aren’t Christians. That’s the first sign that someone is hostile.

I don’t think being hostile and cruel helps any situation.

I don’t know the morality of using the wrong pronoun to address someone who is transgender (for example, calling a female a he). All I know is that they do not believe what we believe and should not be held up to the same standard we hold ourselves to. We can never show them Jesus if we push them away with hostility.
 
I don’t really know people like this and they probably wouldn’t approach me if I did, so I can’t offer any advice.
 
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