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maskedmenace

So, I randomly came across this thread and I decided to give it a read.

I actually have a friend that's a transgender and serving in the military so, I vehemently disagree that you (Fran) actually looked into help or answers, at all.

Via google in the last 30 seconds I came across this: http://www.sldn.org/pages/transgender-people-and-military-service

And at the bottom:
Any transgender individual with questions about military service or who is being harassed or is under investigation based on his or her status as transgender should contact SLDN by either calling (202.328.3244, ext. 100) or emailing (legal@sldn.org) to schedule an appointment with one of our legal staff.

In contacting my friend, they actually challenged his status and he won...In fact, most do win.

So, quite frankly and not to be rude but, there were other options at the time of your discharge.

Also, if you were discharged for prejudice it would've been very easy to call GLAAD and have had a million plus people on your side by the time you hung up the phone.

For someone that's "addicted to the internet" it seems as if you haven't actually followed through on anything...

I mean no disrespect but, it's kind of shocking to me that you wouldn't follow through.

Considering recent trends/lawsuits especially in regards to the military either, you'd be back in or, you'd be rich...Thus, not needing to live on the streets at all.

But at the time fran was in the rules were different than they are now. Basically they processed it as being discharged due to sexual preference. And being "gay" in the military was a legit reason to be discharged. In fact i know one guy (not gay) who was in court to be process to get kicked out because of a video from a party that someone in his change of command came across, And it came off as being gay, So they went though the process and he had to prove and have his friend say say he was not gay in court... all because his leadership misunderstood the video. He was a judges ruling away from being kicked out...

Remorce

Blackhawk567

This thread was created out of pure desire for attention, nothing more (fueling an addiction, and trying to make up for what is lost in reality). While I know this is the "General Discussion", there are plenty of other forums on the internet where these topics would be more suitable.

like /b/

Blackhawk567

Yes, my response is somewhat hypocritical because that is what forums are for in general: attention being brought to a given subject. I read the entire thread before I made my post, and that's just my opinion. While there are other threads very similar like you pointed out, this one has been drawing the line about what should be discussed on computer forums.

If the OP is seeking help (something that is constantly being brought up), they should seek the approprate place...which obviously doesn't inlcude a computer forum.

Blackhawk567

I completely understand/agree with what you are saying. I have met a great number of individuals through gaming that have easily brightened up my day simply by talking to me about random stuff.

There have been several threads similar to this one over the course of a few years (gender related) , and they always start to get inappropriate very quickly. The EVGA forums are supposed to be "family-friendly" and these types of issues in my opinion are breaching that line

mblystone

After about a year of strikingly similar threads, I'm super surprised you guys haven't figured out Fran's addiction yet.

Drama and  Attention. 

I mean seriously, Super Soldier performance, afraid of cars?
Homeless but posts constantly on the internet? 

Transgender, parades around in the nude?

Robbed with water balloons?  (washington was wierd when I lived there, but not that wierd)

Has a four paragraph excuse and snark laden tirade locked and loaded for any advice that actually seems heartfelt?

Incredibly hard to take these things seriously.  You guys are wasting your sympathy, and advice.

franbunnyffxii

whitnasty1 You can't dwell on the past, you have to move forward and keep on keeping on, or it will end up consuming you and you won't make it. I have made excuses and felt sorry for myself in the past when I was younger, but as I grew up some I figured out that doing that was not helping me one bit, you just have to suck it up sometimes and make the best out of a bad situation, which is the best advice I can give.

Sometimes you have to understand that some people no matter what they do, all they know is the negitivity that has been in their lives.
How do react to the fact that almost everyone you've ever known from the time you were a little kid, not even 4 years old, to the day you're an adult, has abused you, or wronged you in some way with no mercy?
How do you live with the fact that you've been abandoned, rejected by people and otherwise thrown out and been walked all over your entire life for things you cant control?
I was kidnapped when i was 4 years old and the only thing i have ever known is abuse, neglect, abandonment, isolation and what it means to suffer, at the hands of my real parents, my adoptive parents, my classmates, and my roomates.
Ever hear the phrase "pain doesnt hurt if its all you've ever felt."

Maybe people should consider and think about how it feels to walk down the street where everyone hates you for something you were born as, for something you have no control over.
I have a constant reminders of what has happened to me.
My father beat me repeatedly and then one day he kicked me in the chest breaking and damaging the lower half of the left side of my rib cage. I was never taken to the hospital i never received medical care for it, and to this day, the ribs are deformed and bent out of position.
I have a 9inch scar on my left leg from where my biological mother took a clothes iron and seared my leg, just because she wanted too.
None of this having to do with the "adoptive" mother i was given too as a freaking gift, or the way other children treated me in schools.
These are the kinds of people that i grew up around, this is what i had for examples in life.


And through all of this, im still alive, im still here, and all i ever wanted was to be treated like a person, like a human being.
So dont you, or anyone every tell me "just get over it" because you have no idea what its like.
I still struggle every day with the fact that someone died because of advice i gave too them, one of my best friends, She was someone just like me.
None of you have any clue what its like, not even by a long shot.

When i came here I was at a point in my life where everything started right. I had money, I was in the army, I had computers, video games, Anything I wanted, everything based on being in the army.
then everything came crashing down after the army discharged me.
Talk about a fall from grace, just when i was finally convinced everything was going to get better....

mblystone

After about a year of strikingly similar threads, I'm super surprised you guys haven't figured out Fran's addiction yet.

Drama and  Attention. 

I mean seriously, Super Soldier performance, afraid of cars?
Homeless but posts constantly on the internet? 

Transgender, parades around in the nude?

Robbed with water balloons?  (washington was wierd when I lived there, but not that wierd)

Has a four paragraph excuse and snark laden tirade locked and loaded for any advice that actually seems heartfelt?

Incredibly hard to take these things seriously.  You guys are wasting your sympathy, and advice.

leetoranges

mblystone

After about a year of strikingly similar threads, I'm super surprised you guys haven't figured out Fran's addiction yet.

Drama and  Attention. 

I mean seriously, Super Soldier performance, afraid of cars?
Homeless but posts constantly on the internet? 

Transgender, parades around in the nude?

Robbed with water balloons?  (washington was wierd when I lived there, but not that wierd)

Has a four paragraph excuse and snark laden tirade locked and loaded for any advice that actually seems heartfelt?

Incredibly hard to take these things seriously.  You guys are wasting your sympathy, and advice.

Lol i remember when fran created a "anyone play league of legends?" thread then says it's the most played game with a bad source, people put him down. http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1653969
fran comes back like a month later creates a new thread, and with a better source says I TOLD YOU SO LOL. I mean really? http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?&m=1669590&mpage=1 Doesn't accept criticism and just denies everything and says League of Legends is Elite and nothing can be improved, and nothing comes close to it. And if you don't agree with me, then your opinion doesnt matter.

Also for someone that is "struggling" and "sleeping in the park", I hope you have fun with that guild wars 2 you prepurchased. http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1667961
You really need to get your priorities in order. 

leetoranges

mblystone

After about a year of strikingly similar threads, I'm super surprised you guys haven't figured out Fran's addiction yet.

Drama and  Attention. 

I mean seriously, Super Soldier performance, afraid of cars?
Homeless but posts constantly on the internet? 

Transgender, parades around in the nude?

Robbed with water balloons?  (washington was wierd when I lived there, but not that wierd)

Has a four paragraph excuse and snark laden tirade locked and loaded for any advice that actually seems heartfelt?

Incredibly hard to take these things seriously.  You guys are wasting your sympathy, and advice.

Lol i remember when fran created a "anyone play league of legends?" thread then says it's the most played game with a bad source, people put him down. http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1653969
fran comes back like a month later creates a new thread, and with a better source says I TOLD YOU SO LOL. I mean really? http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?&m=1669590&mpage=1 Doesn't accept criticism and just denies everything and says League of Legends is Elite and nothing can be improved, and nothing comes close to it. And if you don't agree with me, then your opinion doesnt matter.

Also for someone that is "struggling" and "sleeping in the park", I hope you have fun with that guild wars 2 you prepurchased. http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1667961
You really need to get your priorities in order. 

Cameron1234

Yes they tried to robbed you, when all they wanted was grape kool-aid, and kfc:D

Cameron1234

lol, well if it is and I get in trouble oh well, this thread was making me laugh so I had to add to it