What does mainstream society think when they hear the word "transsexual"?

[Mahsa Tezani]

What do mainstream people think when they hear the word, "transsexual"?

What kind of images do they picture> etc..

[eli77]

Man in a dress.

[~RoadToTrista~]

Probably drag queens with a ->-bleeped-<-load of plastic surgery.

[Mahsa Tezani]

Man in a dress.

Carmen Carerra or Arnie?

[Mahsa Tezani]

Probably drag queens with a ->-bleeped-<-load of plastic surgery.

Really? I am surprised they don't imagine computer nerds with a penchant for renfairs. Those seem to be all the ones i've met and I've met Amanda Leopore. I mean the mainstream has to be aware of the actual TS community.

[eli77]

Carmen Carerra or Arnie?

The second.

[Michelle.]

If by only reading the comments section online? Not suitable for reprint here. Than again neither are the comments on the stall walls of most truck stop crappers.

People get the jokes on TV. There that, jokes.

The last I checked no mobs where forming in the local gay areas of greater West Palm Beach.

[Mahsa Tezani]

The second.

Really... I think this:


Not this:


I wish I could think the latter more...

[eli77]

I mean the mainstream has to be aware of the actual TS community.

No. They really don't. We are a tiny tiny tiny minority who most people couldn't give a quarter of a ->-bleeped-<- about.

Sure, there is a little more awareness filtering out. But it's still only two stories: "Transgendered child - is this okay or not?" and "MY HUSBAND BECAME A WOMAN!"

[Mahsa Tezani]

No. They really don't. We are a tiny tiny tiny minority who most people couldn't give a quarter of a ->-bleeped-<- about.

Not something you see everyday... and I can spot someone who makes my aesthetic engine go haywire.

[Michelle.]

Add in pregnant man and you have all most all of the headlines.

Societies biggest fear of us is hardly ever recorded in a news story. The restroom issue and kids. I have yet to see a case of molestation there. Funny thing about gay guys also, I read of few, if any openly gay men molesting kids. I have the feeling their reaction is prolly the same as straight men... Hell no!

[Mahsa Tezani]

Add in pregnant man and you have all most all of the headlines.

Societies biggest fear of us is hardly ever recorded in a news story. The restroom issue and kids. I have yet to see a case of molestation there. Funny thing about gay guys also, I read of few, if any openly gay men molesting kids. I have the feeling their reaction is prolly the same as straight men... Hell no!

One of my gay friends is probably a pedophile. It is creepy as hell.

[Michelle.]

I have the feeling 99.9% of gay men would love to have a chat with him if that turns out to be true.

[Mahsa Tezani]

I have the feeling 99.9% of gay men would love to have a chat with him if that turns out to be true.

The gay guys whom I don't talk to anymore aren't talking to him anymore. Especially since my ex has two kids with his fruitfly. Gay men love kids...

He comes over to my house and he's like, "I wish you were a kinky twink again" and I am like, "bro, get over it"

[Forever21Chic]

Man in a dress.

  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

[Mahsa Tezani]

  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

Don't forget Chris Crocker...... *shutters*

[Michelle.]

If I lived in a neighborhood straight out of a Jerry episode... I would move ASAP.

[eli77]

  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

->-bleeped-<- that show. I swear it slowed down my coming out by about 2 years all on its own.

[Mahsa Tezani]

If I lived in a neighborhood straight out of a Jerry episode... I would move ASAP.

Thats why I prefer South Beach to the rest of Florida.

[Forever21Chic]

<not allowed> that show. I swear it slowed down my coming out by about 2 years all on it's own.

You & me both sister. I used to get sick at my stomach watching that show thinking "is that really what i am?"  made me so ashamed about being a transsexual.