Bruce? Is that you?

Many people have been shocked over the past few days and weeks, as the picture from vanity fair took the internet by storm...

Now, to most people reading this, you'll know the person in the above image to be trans, or, previously called "Bruce Jenner". The internet has exploded recently, reffering to Caitlyn as Bruce... but there's some problems with this...

Bruce Jenner, as a being, no longer exists. Caitlyn does, Bruce doesn't. We should establish this basic fact.

Caitlyn is transgender, and I believe the procedure isn't complete yet, but will be soon, but there does become a point where it is offensive to call a trans person by a previous name of theirs, if they no longer wish to be known as that person.

For example, it's like a stage name.

Nobody sit's at home and called Rihanna "Robin", we all call her Rihanna, because that's what she wants to be known by, which is fine... but why do so many people have a problem with calling Caitlyn, Caitlyn. People I wouldn't have expected to see hate from, have crawled out from the wood-work, to say some pretty horrible things, while this story has been making news.

This is only going to be a short post, and i'll finish it off by saying this all shows just how much work the trans community has ahead of it, in order to gain equality. The trans community should actually know, they have supporters out there... and we're trying to be as vocal as the hate!