Others embarrassed when you are not

[Justagirl💃]

There will always be the bigots of every stripe n matter where you go.

If its down near UNM then youll be surprised to the way people hold themselves here.
DT Abq. and Santa Fe are strongly Pride inclusive and and even though I don't participate in the Pride stuff, you may be surprised to the approach taken.

As for the Christian nature, this is a true statement that its a form of bigotry that is truly un-Christian like.

There are other aspects involved, but you will probably not find it here.

And go to Old town for New Mexican Food. (La Placitas Restaurant)
don't go to Sadie's.

Little Anita's is ok, but Bruno's and Los Quartes are closer to original.
 

I'll check them out!

As for the Christian thing, I have a great friend I met right here on this site that is a Christian Chaplain. We converse all the time about bras, makeup, skirts, blouses and dresses. We even compare beliefs between our faiths (I'm Jewish). There is no calling out to "burn in hell", or "you are sinning!"

It seems there are great differences between denominations within the Christian faith, and some are very conservative and strict.

The very strict ones tend to be the bigots that cause strife.

[gotgyne]

... we were both told that conversations about "boobies" are not permitted since this is a Christian establishment.

I'd have answered: What do you recommend then? That all Christians, regardless of sex, should get a preventive bilateral mastectomy that nobody is tempted to talk about them?

[Justagirl💃]

... we were both told that conversations about "boobies" are not permitted since this is a Christian establishment.

I'd have answered: What do you recommend then? That all Christians, regardless of sex, should get a preventive bilateral mastectomy that nobody is tempted to talk about them?

Folks with strict 'Puritan beliefs ' just have a really hard time 'thinking outside of the box' I guess. 

[Moobzie]

From JAG: "The very strict ones tend to be the bigots that cause strife."
True regarding every belief system.  In sharia-ville you'd be at risk of assisted diving off a roof.  Yeah, they are bigots.

However, it's easy to label people who disagree with you as a "bigot" simply because they disagree.  Strict Orthodox Jews, devout Christians, devout Mormons, and devout Jehovah's Witnesses all maintain what is now called 'binary' opinions about sexuality.  Doesn't mean they're bigots.  Bigots kill those they disagree with.  And there are plenty of 'non-binary' people who are viciously bigoted, and who have - in fact - murdered innocent people (including children) because those victims were deemed to be in disagreement with the 'non-binary' perspective.  Those who don't know about gynecomastia, for example, simply don't know about it.  Doesn't make them bigots - in fact most contributors here were unaware of gyno at first.  We weren't bigots.  Were we?

[Johndoe1]

I suspect many of us could be pigeonhole as non-binary because of our physical feminine attributes. But I suspect it takes more than breasts to be non-binary. People will think what they will think. We can only live our lives. 

[Traveler]

I suspect many of us could be pigeonhole as non-binary because of our physical feminine attributes. But I suspect it takes more than breasts to be non-binary. People will think what they will think. We can only live our lives.

So true!

[Gino]

We both got off with a warning. She was informed of my "medical condition", and we were both told that conversations about "boobies" are not permitted since this is a Christian establishment. They also demanded that we apologise to each other.

Funny how such an innocent comment can cause so much trouble. 🙄

"They also demanded that we apologize to each other." 

For what? Your reply to a rude jackass? That's tantamount to apologizing to a rapist for wearing a dress and heels and getting violated! 

If that was me I'd have told him to keep his eyes on the ground or his wife. "MAYBE" after that exchange if I were challenged I'd give him an apology something like, "Sorry I was meeting your rude comment with a matter of fact reply, grow some thicker skin".

Then I'd leave them all to their own thoughts. 

I never considered myself militant but boy THAT guy would have brought it out :-)