These Girls' Response To Transphobia Will Give You Life

Two teens reck baby boomer after he attacks Caitlyn Jenner via facebook

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of Caitlyn Jenner, a woman who was previously known as Bruce Jenner before her transition. From a truly inspirational interview to a Vanity Fair cover, Caitlyn has been making headlines as a transgender woman and previous olympic athlete. Although Jenner has had many positive reactions, especially from her own family, there has also been some hateful and ignorant ones. The most recent controversy surrounding Jenner is that ESPN plans to give it’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award to her. Angry reactions accused that Jenner should not have won the award. One such negative response came from this facebook user.

However Jenner did not go undefended. A teenage girl swooped in with this amazing comment, crediting that she had help from another teenaged friend.

"First off I would like to correct your pronoun usage. Caitlyn has said on countless occasions that she identifies as female, so please respect that and use the correct 'she' pronoun. After all, she is a human being. I would also like to ask you not to use slurs such as 'tranny' in the future, as that kind of language alienates transgender people and perpetuates violence against them, as history shows. I would like to make it clear that Caitlyn Jenner has not forcibly taken an award from anyone. The choice on who the award is given to is solely in the hands of ESPN. If you have any problems with their choice, perhaps you ought to take it up with them.

Regardless of whether or not Caitlyn should have won the award over other candidates is not really the matter at hand here. Caitlyn Jenner and other openly transgender people like her ARE brave. Reported statistics show that 83% of male to female transgender women face verbal abuse because of their gender identity. Physical abuse and housing discrimination are both at a shocking 37%. While 46% also reported employment discrimination. Being who you are shouldn't have to mean being brave, but it's their courage in the face of the hate, fear and discrimination that people like you project onto transgender people that demands bravery. And yet in this day and age our paragon of bravery is still so narrow that our standing definition comes from things like the American Sniper film, which is blatant propaganda for our ever continuing and never progressive war in Afghanistan. What a sad and petty society we have become." Said the two teens. The later part about Afghanistan in response to another comment on the post.

Talk about getting wrecked.