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[–]emptiedriver 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is this for real? I'd love to hear more details about your experiences, not just with the one insane student but in the many previous semesters where you've had this fairly steady 5% trans population. That really does seem significant and worthy of being shared... I get that you can't be too specific online but it's hard to tell how much things are really changing without stories like this getting told

[–]sallytomato[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure, anything in particular that you want to know?

[–]emptiedriver 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm interested in the general environment you're dealing with since it's different from where I am (or how things were when I was younger)... how other students respond to these changes, what students seem to expect from their peers in performing these identities, what sort of cultural expectations have become normal, basically. Although, I'm also curious to just hear more details about individuals. My experiences with trans people have been mostly within the LGB community or in social settings so trying to be a center of attention is one thing then. But go into a professional or scholarly atmosphere and it's time to switch to a more serious or low key mode? or is that not really true for anyone anymore...

[–]sallytomato[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The transmen have almost always been pretty low key; they mostly just do their work and participate when required. The transwomen are something else, self-centered, demanding, abrasive at times, and always bringing the drama. By the end of the semester most of the other students (approx 80% are bio females) are polite but definitely stay out of the way of the transwomen students, even the ones that came across as trying to be allies in the beginning. A semester full of nonsense can do that to you. Most of the bio female students come across as being uncomfortable around them (especially when they feel the need to bring up their trans status) but don't want to offend.