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[–]comradeconradical 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm curious, though- isn't being trans inherently being an 'other'? As in, rejecting your birth sex and attempting to assimilate with a sex that you aren't? Is it really so wrong to acknowledge the fact that your life and experiences are those of a trans person rather than a 'cis' person? And does it need to be a bad thing?

I think all GC would be happy if transwomen would admit they are transwomen, not women, and therefore there are many aspects of being female that do not and cannot apply to them.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Being trans is like being an other sort of, but it doesn’t always have to be that way socially.

Speaking only for myself, my childhood was really tough due to being how I was, but once I was allowed to pass as a girl/women things were better for me and I was able to just focus on living my life. I was suddenly accepted without having to try to change myself or be hurt by others. It allowed me to have a relatively normal life. I just don’t know if it would be the same if I had to be out as trans to everyone.

There are differences between someone like me and a natal female and also transwomen more generally and women. I don’t mind acknowledging that. Transwomen should not insist we are women. I’m just scared of giving up the only way of living my life that’s ever worked for me (that is, being a woman socially because I’m read as female).