27-05-2014, 04:15 AM
Last Saturday, I joined and attend a meeting of a CD/TG support group not far from where I live. I dressed up as pretty as I could, and took my wife along for moral support. I was welcomed with hugs and fell into the spirit of the place rather quickly. I'm very pleased with how the whole evening went.
So what's the epiphany? Well, this may seem stupid, but I now realize that I am not 'male' nor am I 'female'. I'm 'trans'. I deserve to be recognized as a member of a legitimate gender class along with 'male' and 'female'.
What does being trans mean in this binary gendered world? It means that if our society was on top of what goes on out there, along with the gender/sex designation choices 'male' and 'female' (like on your drivers license) there should be a third choice: 'trans' or maybe 'other'.
Being in a room full of transgendered people, it became so obvious that we are a separate class of gender that currently is not officially recognized. Some of us try to look and sound as much like a woman as possible. Some don't bother changing their male appearance much at all. Others fall at all different points in between. But, our common bond is that we all have some measure of cross gender identity.
It's not the label that matters so much. It's the realization that the way we fit into society is distinct from that of a cismale or a cisfemale.
Does this strike a chord with anyone else?
Clara
So what's the epiphany? Well, this may seem stupid, but I now realize that I am not 'male' nor am I 'female'. I'm 'trans'. I deserve to be recognized as a member of a legitimate gender class along with 'male' and 'female'.
What does being trans mean in this binary gendered world? It means that if our society was on top of what goes on out there, along with the gender/sex designation choices 'male' and 'female' (like on your drivers license) there should be a third choice: 'trans' or maybe 'other'.
Being in a room full of transgendered people, it became so obvious that we are a separate class of gender that currently is not officially recognized. Some of us try to look and sound as much like a woman as possible. Some don't bother changing their male appearance much at all. Others fall at all different points in between. But, our common bond is that we all have some measure of cross gender identity.
It's not the label that matters so much. It's the realization that the way we fit into society is distinct from that of a cismale or a cisfemale.
Does this strike a chord with anyone else?
Clara