Recently, an article called “My Children Will Not Be Allowed To Be Transgender” was written by Moriah Dufrin at Michigan State, and went viral. From one fellow Odyssey writer to another, I wish I could say that I was proud of you publishing a piece, but I’m not. In fact, I’m absolutely disgusted.

Let’s start off with the disclaimer. It says, about transgender and homosexual people, "I love and respect them as humans (and friends!), I just simply don't support their decision.”

But here’s the problem.

You cannot claim to love and respect someone while also hating their identity. You cannot say that that you love and respect them while writing a whole article about how you would refuse to let your own children identify the way they do.

I truly feel sorry for your future children because they are going to grow up with an intolerant parent. They are going to grow up with a mother who cannot respect the fact that this world is made up of so many different, unique people, people who do not all identify the same (which is completely, 100% alright).

As much as you say that you will still love your son or daughter if he or she wants to be identified differently from the gender they were born, you also say that you will not accept it. You cannot love someone but refuse to accept their identity; the world does not work that way, my dear. You cannot love a child but say you won’t let them life the way they feel most comfortable, whether it is using the bathroom of their choice or dress the way they want.

Lastly, no, it is not a psychological illness. I am disgusted that you see it that way. No transgender person is mentally ill; they are completely alright, and the fact that you try to disguise your prejudice by saying you see it as a mental disorder is sickening.

I truly do hope that you learn to be more accepting of others before the day that you do have kids; if not, then poor them.