Another day . . . .

[flexibeast]

another person telling me that i'm 'sick' and 'really' a guy 'pretending' to be a woman.

This time it came from someone chatting with naked_wrat on Yahoo, who posted a lightly edited transcript of the conversation to the queer_rage and feminist_rage communities.

So often, it comes back to the fact that i was born with visible characteristics of a human male, and that i'm obviously going against the grain, since i've only started growing 'female' breasts since i started taking hormones. However:

• This argument assumes that one's 'sex' is decided by one's visible physical characteristics, rather than by one's internal physical characteristics (e.g. one's brain, the functioning of one's endocrine system);


• Following on from that, my mental and physical health has actually improved noticeably since i started taking the hormones. Although i obviously can't rule out a placebo effect, i also can't rule out the possibility that my body is responding well to an influx of hormones that it was in fact deficient in;


• i spent years trying to 'feel' simply male. It never worked. Feeling both male and female, however, feels very 'right' - i don't have to make an effort to 'feel' that way. And since i've started doing so, i've felt far more comfortable within myself.

What gets me the most, however, is how people like this Yahoo!-based jerk advocate genital mutilation to force someone to look either 'male' or 'female', and yet have the nerve to claim that my claim of transgenderism means that i'm the sick one!
 

Comments

[cheshire-bitten.livejournal.com]

I should also say that one day I would like to meet you too, I can't just leave the flattery to others now can I.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

i assure you the feeling is most definitely mutual. :-)

[cheshire-bitten.livejournal.com]

*blush*