[boop]

"I myself when I was 5 or 6 told my parents that when I grow up, I want to be a bear."

And can you imagine if your parents called a press conference and stated: "Our son is now a bear. He's exploring his right to be whatever species he wants. It's only conservative christians who want to deny him his freedom to be whatever he wants. And we'll sue anyone who tries to impede his desires."

[Sender]

It was the darn Southern Baptists that prevented me from becoming a bear. It was unthinkable in those days (1960) to be transspeciesed.