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Transgender is an umbrella term for people who feel feel the gender they were assigned at birth does not correspond with their gender identity.
Transsexuals are do not feel they belong in the gender to which they are assigned and change their gender roles and bodies in order to live as members of the "other" sex. Modern medical technology (synthesized sex hormones, electrolysis, plastic surgery) make this much easier than it was in the past. About 50% of transsexuals are male-to-female (MTF) and 50% are female-to-male (FTM). MTF transsexuals have been accused of being "froo-froo" (caricature of femininity), but in actuality their presentations range (as do those of non-transsexual women) from extreme butch to extreme femme.
Crossdressers wear the clothing of the other sex on occasion, but do not desire to change their sex. They dress for personal reasons, which can range from a need to express their feminine or masculine side to a way to express themselves erotically.
Drag Kings and Drag Queens present larger than life images of men and women, exaggerating sexual stereotypes for entertainment or self-gratification.
Genderqueers, Androgynes, Gender Blenders, and Gender Benders may feel that they do not fit within a binary gender system, they may feel that they are either both male and female or fall completely outside the system.
Intersexed (hermaphroditic) persons are born with genitals which show characteristics of both sexes. Many have surgery in infancy, and many of those who do grow up feelings they been robbed of an essential part of themselves.
Transpeople Can be Straight, Gay, Asexual, or Bisexual One's gender identity has nothing to do with one's sexual orientation. Some transgender people may feel that they identify strongly with the greater GLB community, while some may feel that they are heterosexual. Each person is different!
Our Queer Issues
Almost all transpersons and intersexed persons grow up with a deep sense of internalized shame. We do not choose to be who we are any more than do gay men, lesbians, or bisexuals; in fact, many of us actively fight our true natures, desperately seeking to fit in gay and straight cultures. Our "coming out" process is parallel to that of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals, and can result in loss of support of family, friends, and employment.
Discrimination against transpeople is extreme - even greater than for gay men and lesbians. We must fight to keep our jobs, whether as physicians, teachers, airline pilots, truck drivers, or cooks in restaurants. A disproportionate number of "gay bashings" are directed at transpeople, who by our very nature are the most visible members of the queer culture.
Laws which negatively impact gay men, lesbian, and bisexuals affect transpeople in the same manner. Our rights to marry, to hold jobs, and otherwise fully participate as citizens in American culture are as jeopardized as those of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. and yet without specific trans-inclusive language in bills like ENDA (The Employment Nondiscrimination Act), transpeople can be excluded from protection. For this reason, transpeople have become politically active in past years; after centuries of marginalization, we are fighting for our rights.
Inclusion
Throughout history, transpeople have been on the cutting edge of queerness. The Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 event that led to the birth of the gay liberation movement, was all about queens and butches. Transpeople provide entertainment in the bars, raise a great deal of money at benefits, and provide the bulk of the fashion sense for the larger queer community.
Many gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons have significant transgender issues. Others, while not considering themselves transgendered in any sense, experiment with styles of dress, hairstyles, and clothing which seriously bend gender - sometimes to the point of being mistaken for members of the other sex, or to the point of experiencing the same discrimination faced by transpersons. And of course, many transpersons proudly identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual
Many GLB organizations - including various Pride organizations - have opened their ranks to transpeople by signifying inclusiveness in their names. Others have been reluctant to modify their names but are nonetheless accepting of transpeople. More and more gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals are coming to realize that transpeople are not strange "others," but just human beings struggling to live with dignity.
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Posted: Dec 31 2002, 01:54 AM |
  
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This article is really important, it should be pasted on billboards all over the country! I think the general public still ridicules transexuals, crossdressers, gender benders etc., basically because they're ignorant!
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Posted: Apr 4 2003, 08:59 PM |
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yeah, i must admit (even tho im in a similar situation myself) that when i hear the word "transsexual" i just think of the stereotype. it's hard with something this big, and taboo, to see the person behind the label. sad but true.
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Posted: Apr 25 2003, 11:24 PM |
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Yeah i think this is important. People are just so quick to condemn it.. Like if someone find out their gf/bf used to be the other gender, they almost always dump them. At least they had the honesty to tell them... I mean with some people you'd never ever know they weren't always the gender they are.
Edited by Moll Eron - Apr 25 2003, 11:33 PM
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Posted: Apr 28 2004, 08:24 PM |
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I just thought I'd pipe up that being trans is to do with your sexual identity but only in a back to front "being trans really fucks up trying to get any clue about what your sexuality is" way, not the same way as most people seem to see it (that being trans makes you gay or makes you straight or whatever else).
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Posted: Jul 18 2005, 08:23 AM |
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I'm wondering something y'all... I'm not a trans, but I do crossdress a little. Is that normal and okay to do? Sure, I do get called names at my age for being a girl that dresses in guy's clothes. I feel comfortable doing it, which is weird to me. Can you explain what is going on?
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Posted: Feb 18 2006, 08:54 PM |
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Most interesting.
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Posted: Mar 26 2006, 11:47 PM |
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We have been plagarised
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Posted: Apr 12 2006, 01:48 AM |
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hi im marek_moo
im not really a transexual just a queer boy, i decided to come here just to see what the contriversie is between transexual and transgender, to be honest ive noticed that homophobic's tend to be more aggressive against transexuals than gay people. Whats the world coming to?
i have got a problem with transsexual its your right to choose who YOU want to be. Not ours :P
Anywho thought id just say hiya :))
-x- (IMG:http://www.queeryouth.org.uk/community/html/emoticons/clap.gif)
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I take it you meant that you don't have a problem with trans people rather than you have got a problem?
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Posted: Jul 21 2006, 12:31 AM |
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| QUOTE (skyangel @ Jul 18 2005, 07:23 AM) | | I'm wondering something y'all... I'm not a trans, but I do crossdress a little. Is that normal and okay to do? Sure, I do get called names at my age for being a girl that dresses in guy's clothes. I feel comfortable doing it, which is weird to me. Can you explain what is going on? |
Usually girls get less crap for dressing in boys clothes than the other way around. But of course that's ok. Whatever is going to make you feel most comfortable it normal. If that means wearing baggy jeans and shirts then wear baggy clothes.
I couldn't tell you what's going on, but the best I can say is embrace it. Don't bother with what other people think, just go with what makes you feel best.
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Posted: Sep 21 2007, 04:40 PM |
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hi I would just like to say I'm not transexual I'm a bi girl who finds transexuals and cross dressers and hemephrodites quite a turn on and although I'm in an exclusive relationship I want to make friends with a diverse range of people cas most people reject me as odd cas of what I'm like and what i like. I have cross dressed b4 it was great but my mum said i cudn't go out like that. sometimes i think I'd like to be a guy but i decided i prefer being a girl. i like to wear femm clothes to so I'd be a cross dressing transexual and I'm too short anyway and i love my straight bf. i did used to want a sex change but i don't anymore. anyway just here to sau hi and looking to make friends.
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Posted: Sep 30 2007, 09:43 PM |
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this article is so inspiring i wish everyone was accepting of others and more open minded.
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Posted: Oct 3 2007, 05:47 PM |
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Aye but they won't get there by 'emselves. The task of educating people to be more accepting falls to the activists, that'd be us.
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Posted: Mar 14 2008, 10:56 PM |
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| QUOTE (skyangel @ Jul 18 2005, 08:23 AM) | | I'm wondering something y'all... I'm not a trans, but I do crossdress a little. Is that normal and okay to do? Sure, I do get called names at my age for being a girl that dresses in guy's clothes. I feel comfortable doing it, which is weird to me. Can you explain what is going on? |
The name calling is people being prejudice and ignorant. I'm in exactly the same situation. Except, I always wear guys clothes. It's just to show my more masculine side, I'm not a very feminine person.
Just about anything is ok to do if you are comfortable with it. If you're not comfortable then it's not ok.
Talk if you need me =]
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Posted: Mar 15 2008, 12:57 AM |
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I have had some people make comments about what I wear actually. It's nothing extreme, but I was doing a presentation at uni and was giving people handouts, and got a "thankyou Sir" from one of them. My first "Sir" and it wasn't even a passing experience. Little things like that.
Ah well, I ignored it, but then, I didn't think of it as something particularly serious.
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Posted: Mar 22 2008, 12:24 AM |
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| QUOTE (Kai 101 @ Mar 15 2008, 12:57 AM) | I have had some people make comments about what I wear actually. It's nothing extreme, but I was doing a presentation at uni and was giving people handouts, and got a "thankyou Sir" from one of them. My first "Sir" and it wasn't even a passing experience. Little things like that.
Ah well, I ignored it, but then, I didn't think of it as something particularly serious. |
Well think of it this way, it's normally a simple mistake. I have been called 'sir' many times, I can tell why and so I just ignore it. Some kids call me Lawrence as well.
Just try and ignore it as best as you can. You can tell if it's simple mistake or not by their tone of voice. Sometimes it's just best to go along with it, that way there's no confusion or confrontation.
PM me if you ever want to talk, I'm more than happy to give you a helping hand. Same goes for anyone else in a similar situation.
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Posted: Mar 22 2008, 01:07 AM |
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It wasn't a mistake, they were taking the piss, albeit in a friendly manner. That, and being in a group of about 10, we all know each other fairly well.
someone did accidentally call me "he" a few months back, which amused me greatly because they I hadn't said anything gender related to them at that point, and they apologized almost as soon as it was said whilst I sat there thinking "Yay!" That wasn't a passing experience, more along the lines of a Freudian slip type thing.
EDIT: anyway, I don't want to drag the topic off topic... I would put something relevant here, but I can't think of anything right now.
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Posted: Jun 9 2009, 01:56 PM |
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| QUOTE (caelum87 @ Dec 31 2002, 12:54 AM) | | This article is really important, it should be pasted on billboards all over the country! I think the general public still ridicules transexuals, crossdressers, gender benders etc., basically because they're ignorant! |
i have pasted this to the lgbt youth forums as its dead there
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