This is ALLLLL ABOUT MEEEEEE
Who would have think that a stupid news reporter’s bias would have so many reverberations? Because it was more important for that asshat to talk about STR8 WIMMENZ WRITING GAY SMEX than it was for him to acknowlege that James Buchannon is TG, a whole lot of discussion about TG issues has blown up in our faces.
And since this post is ALL ABOUT MEEE, I am having my own TG issues blow up in my own face.
Not for the first time, I am going into male drag in more than a casual way. This is the first time I have felt it is TOTALLY IMPORTANT to pack, bind, and probably add a little T into my life.
Some of my friends, I am sure, will be angered because I am denigrating my cis gender. Others are going to be irritated because I am not going all the way.
I’ll be setting up a filter to protect the uninterested. Let me know if you want to be on it, will you?
(ETA:
My only criteria for this filter is whether YOU do,or don’t, want to read for YOUR OWN reasons. I am not shy, and I don’t give a fuck about an occasional fail in comments (too many of course, and I’ll off someone from the filter myself), and if your reason to read is merely nosiness– hey, that’s what LJ posting is all about.
)
Ah, but you should be comfortable doing whatever you want with your gender! You live in your body, no one else has to. I actually find it so amusing that we are so like minded in terms of gender, and you are a woman trying to move toward male and I have medical problems that keep dumping testosterone and androgen into my system, and I keep trying to find the right medicine to move me back toward female. It sucks when our bodies refuse to do what our minds tell them, huh?
And both of us such control freaks, too!
I’m here with you.
I’d like to be, please.
put me on the filter too, please. Philosophically, I think t’ain’t nobody’s right to tell you what you oughta do. People can just make suggestions on what they’ve found works for themselves, or not.
I could go either way. I won’t be bothered by anything transgender/transsexual, but it’s not important to me. So it’s up to you, like, whether you want a wider audience or a more select one, I guess.
I want to read this.
my…oh i don’t know what to call him! my closest friend who i have love for in a way that Aces love someone special (and who loves me too, squee!) is transfolk and understanding him is going hand in hand with my recently realized aceness. and i probably should write something about that one of these days!
he isn’t going all the way either. so I have nosy curiosity with self centered purpose! hurrah!
Gender schmender. I’m all about people finding their happy place, however, to whatever degree, and with whatever accoutrement floats everyone’s boats. If you want to share that bit with me, that’s cool. If not, also cool and I’ll support you to whatever degree you allow. Absolutely best of luck as you begin your journey…and good on ya for makin’ it all about YOU!
I’d like to be on the filter!
Not sure whether you meant filtering in or filtering out, but count me in. I have dear friends who can pass without all of the “all the way”.
Count me in the discussion… as I feel if something makes me uncomfortable in any specific post I can just skip it (though I doubt any TG topic will make me such)
Ah, but you should be comfortable doing whatever you want with your gender! You live in your body, no one else has to. I actually find it so amusing that we are so like minded in terms of gender, and you are a woman trying to move toward male and I have medical problems that keep dumping testosterone and androgen into my system, and I keep trying to find the right medicine to move me back toward female. It sucks when our bodies refuse to do what our minds tell them, huh?
And both of us such control freaks, too!
Ah, but you should be comfortable doing whatever you want with your gender! You live in your body, no one else has to. I actually find it so amusing that we are so like minded in terms of gender, and you are a woman trying to move toward male and I have medical problems that keep dumping testosterone and androgen into my system, and I keep trying to find the right medicine to move me back toward female. It sucks when our bodies refuse to do what our minds tell them, huh?
And both of us such control freaks, too!
I’m here with you.
I’m here with you.
I’d like to be, please.
I’d like to be, please.
put me on the filter too, please. Philosophically, I think t’ain’t nobody’s right to tell you what you oughta do. People can just make suggestions on what they’ve found works for themselves, or not.
put me on the filter too, please. Philosophically, I think t’ain’t nobody’s right to tell you what you oughta do. People can just make suggestions on what they’ve found works for themselves, or not.
I could go either way. I won’t be bothered by anything transgender/transsexual, but it’s not important to me. So it’s up to you, like, whether you want a wider audience or a more select one, I guess.
I could go either way. I won’t be bothered by anything transgender/transsexual, but it’s not important to me. So it’s up to you, like, whether you want a wider audience or a more select one, I guess.
I want to read this.
my…oh i don’t know what to call him! my closest friend who i have love for in a way that Aces love someone special (and who loves me too, squee!) is transfolk and understanding him is going hand in hand with my recently realized aceness. and i probably should write something about that one of these days!
he isn’t going all the way either. so I have nosy curiosity with self centered purpose! hurrah!
I want to read this.
my…oh i don’t know what to call him! my closest friend who i have love for in a way that Aces love someone special (and who loves me too, squee!) is transfolk and understanding him is going hand in hand with my recently realized aceness. and i probably should write something about that one of these days!
he isn’t going all the way either. so I have nosy curiosity with self centered purpose! hurrah!
Gender schmender. I’m all about people finding their happy place, however, to whatever degree, and with whatever accoutrement floats everyone’s boats. If you want to share that bit with me, that’s cool. If not, also cool and I’ll support you to whatever degree you allow. Absolutely best of luck as you begin your journey…and good on ya for makin’ it all about YOU!
Gender schmender. I’m all about people finding their happy place, however, to whatever degree, and with whatever accoutrement floats everyone’s boats. If you want to share that bit with me, that’s cool. If not, also cool and I’ll support you to whatever degree you allow. Absolutely best of luck as you begin your journey…and good on ya for makin’ it all about YOU!
I’d like to be on the filter!
I’d like to be on the filter!
Not sure whether you meant filtering in or filtering out, but count me in. I have dear friends who can pass without all of the “all the way”.
Not sure whether you meant filtering in or filtering out, but count me in. I have dear friends who can pass without all of the “all the way”.
I’d like to be on the filter please. I seem to be finding it easier to be female as I get older, so I guess mostly nosiness.
btw, thanks for linking the ftm resource site–just what I needed for when my son starts shaving!
Count me in the discussion… as I feel if something makes me uncomfortable in any specific post I can just skip it (though I doubt any TG topic will make me such)
Count me in the discussion… as I feel if something makes me uncomfortable in any specific post I can just skip it (though I doubt any TG topic will make me such)
I’d like to be in…
I’d like to be on the filter please. I seem to be finding it easier to be female as I get older, so I guess mostly nosiness.
btw, thanks for linking the ftm resource site–just what I needed for when my son starts shaving!
I’d like to be on the filter please. I seem to be finding it easier to be female as I get older, so I guess mostly nosiness.
btw, thanks for linking the ftm resource site–just what I needed for when my son starts shaving!
I’d like to be in…
I’d like to be in…
haha i am a nosey fucker.
shoulda took for granted, with me
haha i am a nosey fucker.
shoulda took for granted, with me
haha i am a nosey fucker.
shoulda took for granted, with me
I really don’t “get” trans issues, in some fundamental way, so I’d like to be on the filter for my own education, if that’s okay. I wouldn’t ask this of most people, but you’ve indicated that you’re relatively thick-skinned about it.
To my way of thinking, you’ve given birth to babies, and that means that you’re female. NOTHING else you do has anything to do with your gender, though. Your personality, interests, lovers, work, hobbies, appearance — let those be whatever you want them to be, and why should gender have anything to do with those?
I’ve been told that this is a terribly ignorant way of looking at the world, but I’m afraid I’m an old-school feminist, one who believes that gender is about reproductive capacity … and nothing else.
I have long hair, and so does my husband. I don’t have enough upper-body strength to carry heavy objects, and neither does my husband. I like science and logical thinking, and so does my husband. I’ve changed the oil in my car, and so has my husband. I could bear a baby if I wanted one, so I’m a girl. He could sire one if he wanted to, so he’s a boy. That’s all!
A while back I was thinking about why mpreg is so nauseating to me, and then it occurred to me that I’ve BEEN mpreg. Twice.
And even though I loved being preggers and I love my children, IT WAS MPREG.
Yeah. People try to explain it to me with, “Suppose you woke up one day in the body of a man…”, but my reaction is, “Then I’d be a man.” I feel that gender is a story people tell each other, and one I have trouble taking seriously. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological structure, and one can be male, female, or intersexed, but I can’t understand how any of those can be “wrong”. I finally decided I could kind of get it on the basis that I really think I ought to be at least 2 inches taller than I am.
I really don’t “get” trans issues, in some fundamental way, so I’d like to be on the filter for my own education, if that’s okay. I wouldn’t ask this of most people, but you’ve indicated that you’re relatively thick-skinned about it.
To my way of thinking, you’ve given birth to babies, and that means that you’re female. NOTHING else you do has anything to do with your gender, though. Your personality, interests, lovers, work, hobbies, appearance — let those be whatever you want them to be, and why should gender have anything to do with those?
I’ve been told that this is a terribly ignorant way of looking at the world, but I’m afraid I’m an old-school feminist, one who believes that gender is about reproductive capacity … and nothing else.
I have long hair, and so does my husband. I don’t have enough upper-body strength to carry heavy objects, and neither does my husband. I like science and logical thinking, and so does my husband. I’ve changed the oil in my car, and so has my husband. I could bear a baby if I wanted one, so I’m a girl. He could sire one if he wanted to, so he’s a boy. That’s all!
A while back I was thinking about why mpreg is so nauseating to me, and then it occurred to me that I’ve BEEN mpreg. Twice.
And even though I loved being preggers and I love my children, IT WAS MPREG.
Yeah. People try to explain it to me with, “Suppose you woke up one day in the body of a man…”, but my reaction is, “Then I’d be a man.” I feel that gender is a story people tell each other, and one I have trouble taking seriously. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological structure, and one can be male, female, or intersexed, but I can’t understand how any of those can be “wrong”. I finally decided I could kind of get it on the basis that I really think I ought to be at least 2 inches taller than I am.
I really don’t “get” trans issues, in some fundamental way, so I’d like to be on the filter for my own education, if that’s okay. I wouldn’t ask this of most people, but you’ve indicated that you’re relatively thick-skinned about it.
To my way of thinking, you’ve given birth to babies, and that means that you’re female. NOTHING else you do has anything to do with your gender, though. Your personality, interests, lovers, work, hobbies, appearance — let those be whatever you want them to be, and why should gender have anything to do with those?
I’ve been told that this is a terribly ignorant way of looking at the world, but I’m afraid I’m an old-school feminist, one who believes that gender is about reproductive capacity … and nothing else.
I have long hair, and so does my husband. I don’t have enough upper-body strength to carry heavy objects, and neither does my husband. I like science and logical thinking, and so does my husband. I’ve changed the oil in my car, and so has my husband. I could bear a baby if I wanted one, so I’m a girl. He could sire one if he wanted to, so he’s a boy. That’s all!
A while back I was thinking about why mpreg is so nauseating to me, and then it occurred to me that I’ve BEEN mpreg. Twice.
And even though I loved being preggers and I love my children, IT WAS MPREG.
Yeah. People try to explain it to me with, “Suppose you woke up one day in the body of a man…”, but my reaction is, “Then I’d be a man.” I feel that gender is a story people tell each other, and one I have trouble taking seriously. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological structure, and one can be male, female, or intersexed, but I can’t understand how any of those can be “wrong”. I finally decided I could kind of get it on the basis that I really think I ought to be at least 2 inches taller than I am.
I’d like to be in!
I’d like to be in!
I’d like to be in!