Gender OK

What is wrong with us that we can't take people on face value? What harm can it do?  What one chooses for their life be it harmless, or has been given as their life, shouldn't matter to anyone else. We are, or should be, of our own design in our society. That's okay. No other influence should over ride that structure. And what does it matter if someone is different than another: male, female, big, small, colour, race, religion, sexual preference, rich, poor, powerful, weak, "normal" , etc?  Bullying starts at home, someone's home or place of origin, the place where patterning the young mind all begins. What happens there spreads. Other than "survival of the fittest" in the animal world rather than fighting others for dominance or whatever negative goal is sought, how much easier it would be to cooperate, keep the peace and allow harmless choice. We are a global family and as such, own ourselves in whatever way we see ourselves and choose to be. We need to understand that, and take everyone at "face value" and value their choices. To read in the news that a young person over a gender issue, heartbroken enough to commit suicide early in life, is a terrible lesson that no other human being can ignore. It is a lesson to heed, but it's too late for the child and family, who chose to feel and end pain in that way. I guess the first rule, is to listen to what that kind of frustration tells. Listen to the person who suffers it. That's the first step. If questions don't work, just understanding helps. Being there to listen is part of it. Acceptance is all of it. I don't think we have to "walk in someone else's moccasins" either. We can walk in our own, with good sense. We simply must just-not-judge.