DiscussionWas anyone else here previously a TRA?

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[–]our_team_is_winning 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

nothing about her (or them if you prefer) gives anyone any indication that they are or were a man

We've had threads on Blaire before and so much of it is lighting and makeup. Also, he projects a very pornified image of a woman. If he still had his original nose, he would never fool anyone. I don't dislike him. I feel bad for him. At first glance you see a small nose, big "flip flip flip" hair, tons of makeup, huge inflated lips -- you think female porn star. But look closer in natural lighting or with his makeup off. And he has no idea what it was like to grow up female.

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's just weird imo. I'll stick to "they" at least. There are transexual trans men who look like the most manly men you've ever seen and I'd feel ridiculous calling them "she" just because they are female in sex. I don't exactly know where the line is without dragging in stereotypes (then you get into muddy territory of who gets to be a "Real" trans person and you end up where we are now and I get that) but I think there is a line, somewhere, somehow, even if I don't know exactly where.

[–]our_team_is_winning 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like the very few, like say Candy Darling of Warhol fame, could make us say well, you know, he's not hurting anyone, so just call him "she" and let it go. But now that there's such an outbreak of this, it's been ruined for everyone. To me, if the person depends on heavy makeup, certain clothes, and putting on a performance in order to "pass," then it's a theatrical performance. A woman with short hair who can grow a beard, I can see people saying "he." Find me a man with short hair, no makeup, just a t-shirt on, and tell me you see a "she."

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Again, I'm not gonna pretend I know exactly where the line is.