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How is transgender in any way related to science? Furthering the Obama agenda of promoting mental illness is not in the best interest of society. Helping the mentally ill get the help they deserve is. A banana can declare it is an apple all it wants, but it is still a banana.

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Suppose I were to grant that transgenderism is a mental illness. Why would we ban the word? The CDC's job is to deal with dissease, so this would put transgenderism squarely in the purview of what they should be talking about.

The reason to ban them from using the word is because you do not like what they say when they do talk about it.

what about apple bananas? what about intersex people? do you consider them "mentally ill". if someone feels happier to transition, why does that bother you?

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