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MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
That's for you, Tube.

So this is a thread about gender and identity more than being trans. Are you a boy? A girl? Awesome! Anywhere in between? Even better! Neither? YAY!

Relate your experiences in defining yourself and your identity as a human being. Ask questions and maybe get answers.

And remember, you can ask anonymously to homptalk.tumblr.com

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    I'm a girl, by the way.

    I have a chromosomal disorder that makes me look like a man. I even thought I was a man for a while, but then one day being a girl made a lot more sense so I started doing that instead.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Whats the nicest thing you've found/happened since realising being a girl made more sense?

  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    I knew I was a girl ever since I was four or five years old, fantasizing about being a princess, about the affections of boys, about being pretty and all of that nonsense. I was such a slave to gender stereotypes as a toddler. I suppressed it for the longest time, only allowing myself to indulge in feminine things in total secrecy. I lived my entire life in a state of total misery. And then around my 22nd birthday things got *really* bad. I knew I had to do something.

    So I talked to some mental health professionals and saw some doctors and now I am on hormones and living my life full time as a woman. It's pretty wonderful.

  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Whats the nicest thing you've found/happened since realising being a girl made more sense?

    Shocking the shit out of a gynecologist ranks high on the list I imagine :heart:

  • Professor FuzzlesProfessor Fuzzles Not a furry, just sayin' FuzztopiaRegistered User regular
    I am a transdude and recently for the first time met other transdudes and it was scarey and wonderful at the same time.

  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Whats the nicest thing you've found/happened since realising being a girl made more sense?

    Being able to honestly express myself.

  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Whats the nicest thing you've found/happened since realising being a girl made more sense?

    I get along with people a lot better. People compliment me and tell me flattering things like, "you're adorable" on a regular basis.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Those are both awesome :D

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    a new spin-off series of racing movies starring trans* people

    in a rare chance to show off his range as an actor, the main character is still played by vin diesel

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    a new spin-off series of racing movies starring trans* people

    in a rare chance to show off his range as an actor, the main character is still played by vin diesel

    Vin Diesel would have more sense than that and step aside for a trans identified person

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    Yeah I'm not sure why we can't get trans people to play trans characters.

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.

    TheySlashThem on
  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    Yeah I'm not sure why we can't get trans people to play trans characters.

    because it's easier to co-opt the message

    see: Jared Leto and the Dallas Buyer's Club

    did you hear about how "brave" he was? :rotate:

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.

    :angry:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UkZOZIO63I


  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    Guys guys guys

    I just finished watching Frozen and it is all about suppression of self and how parenting decisions and parental/social lack of acceptance can force children to deny facets of their identities and adopt behaviors that are deeply psychologically unhealthy

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.
    I think they knew you made an innocent joke...it just spurred a conversation is all.

    Inside of a dog...it's too dark to read.
  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.

    there's a messy precedent in the way of letting that joke be funny for me, unfortunately

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.

    Yeah it's kind of a sore spot for us as trans* people right now.

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I kinda thought Jared Leto was a twat even before that Dallas Buyers Club shit

    So it's nice to have more confirmation that yeah, that dude blows

  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    ...I just wanted to make a joke about Vin Diesel because I find him kind of inherently funny.

    Yeah it's kind of a sore spot for us as trans* people right now.

    Be gentle...he didn't know.

    Inside of a dog...it's too dark to read.
  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    Naw, I don't expect everyone to be on top of everything and completely cognizant of all the stuff all the time.

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    C'mon TDOT

    Let me be your white knight

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    Naw, I don't expect everyone to be on top of everything and completely cognizant of all the stuff all the time.

    oh I know there wasn't any real beef, that post was directed at hawkstone

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    C'mon TDOT

    Let me be your white knight

    swoon

  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    not a comment on the title given people's differences on the asterisk but a sidebar:

    not everyone is cool with that asterisk, on the premise it conflates too many identities

    today, i'd like to share a terrible website!

    http://shameonyou2014.blogspot.com/2014/02/narcissistic-beyond-measure-transsexual.html

    shame on you: transgender edition!

    lets get ready to shame

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  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    Naw, I don't expect everyone to be on top of everything and completely cognizant of all the stuff all the time.

    Yeah it not defending you per say...I am sensitive to all this as the people here know I struggle with gender identity. I just firmly believe in being a positive and encouraging ambassador of things people may not understand whenever possible. Totally just trying to keep things positive.

    Inside of a dog...it's too dark to read.
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Why does the knight have to be white huh? HUH?!?!

  • WheatBun01WheatBun01 Face It, Tiger Registered User regular
    I don't have much in the way of questions

    but you're a rad gal Metal.

    You are in fact, the most metal thing I know of.

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    dude no

    I don't need to be defended from anything here

    there's a lot of stuff to keep track of

    don't sweat it

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Why does the knight have to be white huh? HUH?!?!

    Well because a black knight is bad aaaaaaaand I'm a racist now

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Why does the knight have to be white huh? HUH?!?!

    Well because a black knight is bad aaaaaaaand I'm a racist now

    un-swoon

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Why does the knight have to be white huh? HUH?!?!

    because non-white people didn't exist until like the 1960's, and then we kindly gave them all kinds of rights and a couple of continents.

  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Dubh I was lazy and didn't ask when you posted about it on Facebook but when you went to your uni for a q and a about your experiences what sort of questions were you asked?

  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    so, a lot has happened since the last thread. http://freethoughtblogs.com/zinniajones/2014/04/open-letter-100-trans-women-stand-against-calpernia-addams-and-andrea-james/

    since that letter andrea has started speaking to cathy brennan and trying to reframe contrary arguments as being one from Newly Minted Queers, who should be bowing down to the old guard

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    Blake T wrote: »
    Dubh I was lazy and didn't ask when you posted about it on Facebook but when you went to your uni for a q and a about your experiences what sort of questions were you asked?

    hmm hmm

    off the top of my head

    - How do I feel at this point in my transition? How am I happier?

    - What is my sexuality, and has it changed through transition?

    - When does someone know they're trans?

    - Advice for communicating with trans youth

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  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    Ugh Andrea James fucking nauseates me.

  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited May 2014
    im weary of old guard assimilationists like you wouldn't believe

    i was told by someone acting as my contact for organizations in michigan for my medical needs/counselingi should watch out because these folks seem to be at a nearby support group

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I could use some newly minted girl scout cookies

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