Admitting you had a damaged childhood won't simply earn you forgiveness for your incredibly stupid choice of words and potentially transphobic views, Michael Krahulik.
You have a borderline-Sisyphean task ahead of you, and you damn well better not lose sight of it. Or do lose it, and prove my suspicions right that you're making this admission as some kind of straw-grasping attempt at PR repair.
You know, I had a damaged childhood myself, Michael, and I learned to realize very fucking quickly how stupid my poorer choices of words were.
EDIT: Actually, on second thought, forget it, I don't buy this "admission" for a second. I just remembered Mike's horrible history with people, and he's done this long enough for me to say, "This is him grasping straws for PR". So no, Michael, I don't accept your admission, and I never will. Others might, but I'd rather plaster it on the face of a hammer before throwing it back at you.