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Old 09-12-2009, 10:39 AM   #18 (permalink)
Jetée
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Originally Posted by girldetective View Post
transgendered.
and impeccably so. one of the handsomest people i know.

the comment was one of the most disrespectful things i ever heard another human being say to someone upon meeting an important person in my life, until that time. it took my breath away for a moment, and hurt.
Thanks for the clarification. Us, men, we usually like to shoot for the easy zingers, and we don't really think about whether or not anybody will find the joke as amusing as it once was in our clouded mind.
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