Contrarian

I don't want to be a contrarian but instead someone who questions orthodoxy especially if it has plenty of holes in it. 

Over the years I have revised my thinking most dramatically on the issues of organized religion and the transgender question. Both required that I delve deeply since they had affected such a huge chunk of my life. They were omnipresent.

To form my own views required that I look under the hood and examine the mythology surrounding them. Everything humans touch is wrapped in half truths meant to assuage our sensibilities because all of us at our core are insecure creatures who require affirmation. Besides, group think without sufficient backing always makes me suspicious. 

But you already know that I don't write to please. I mostly write to explore.