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mopinko

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6. my daughter is terrified.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2017, 05:42 PM

Jan 2017

she is gender queer, and her best friend is trans.
even here in the heart of blue chicago, she is terrified. she has been bugging me to apply for irish citizenship, so she can apply.

she knows i would take a bullet for her, or her friends. that i would spend my last dime. and somehow that is worth exactly nothing.
i cant stand it either.

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I've been feeling angry, sorrowful, hopeless, helpless, disillusioned, and fearful the past 3 months [View all] YoungDemCA Jan 2017 OP

What you said MFM008 Jan 2017 #1

How you feel is perfectly warranted and appropriate. J_William_Ryan Jan 2017 #2

Yep! Yep! We must aggressively pursue a plan Alice11111 Jan 2017 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #5

I think right now we have to focus on what is going to happen when in 6 days the Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #4

my daughter is terrified. mopinko Jan 2017 #6