Favorite lines by people who "just don't get it"

[Liminal Stranger]

"So I put down Reena as your name on the pool pass.  ....What do you mean, that's too feminine? I call you that all the time."
THAT'S THE PROBLEM 

It's not as bad as my birth name but still, c'mon.

[Edge]

"If you're going to be a guy you have to stop being afraid of bugs and chainsaws"

I would just like to point out that it is healthy to have a fear of chainsaws. Also, plenty of cis guys are afraid of bugs.

[Simon]

Also, plenty of cis guys are afraid of bugs.

Yep, I know a cis guy who is a big masculine dude. Wrapped himself up in a shower curtain and fell out in the floor because an itty bitty spider was in the shower. 

[big kim]

"So I'm a horse so I'll just go to the hospital and ask them to turn me into one" No you're a thick ignorant wanker

[King Malachite]

"So I'm a horse so I'll just go to the hospital and ask them to turn me into one" No you're a thick ignorant wanker

I would reply "You don't need to ask the hospital to turn you into one.  You're already a jackass so what's the point?"

[desperate believer]

Edge I know right. One slip with a chainsaw and you've lost some fingers or your entire hand  Ha thanks Simon  ~hope

[Liminal Stranger]

"So have a male brain, but you're so smart...don't you realize that it shouldn't bother you what people call you?"
"Oh, when I was your age I didn't want breasts either. But then I got older and I'm happy with them now."

"She just called you a boy because of your haircut and the way you dress."
"Why'd you cut your hair short? You look so masculine now."
You don't say?

[DeeperThanSwords]

My PT recently said the immortal "but, you are a girl!" line, despite me reminding him for the umpteenth time that I'm not.

Now an ex-PT.

[big kim]

"Are you still called Jimmy?"

[Chamillion]

"I can't believe you had surgery and/or chopped off all your hair. If it were me, I would be devastated"
Right, cos you're a girl and like having breasts and/or long hair

Switched to a new doctor closer to home, we're talking about hystos and she goes, "Well yeah, if you're serious about this transition then I think it'd be in your best interest to get one"
Umm yes I'm serious.. Do you see what I look like?

Prior to transition, a guy friend says to me, "I mean I gotta tell you honestly, being a guy isn't that great"
Being yourself is pretty great tho

[Liminal Stranger]

My PT recently said the immortal "but, you are a girl!" line, despite me reminding him for the umpteenth time that I'm not.

Now an ex-PT.

Got this twice last night backstage from orchestra members; one when someone said that I could get away with having left my bowtie home because I'm a "lady" (to which I replied "nope" and we then agreed that the teacher likes me and would care; besides he had a long tie which was just as bad and I wasn't the only one so it was fine) and then when we were waiting to go on a second time while chorus was singing. I was with these two guys I know from the violin section who were singing the boy soprano part, two of us had a laugh over the other trying to sing in Hebrew because we both actually knew the lyrics. It was hilarious until I joined in and for once my falsetto worked so I didn't crack horribly, just once! And the guy who did know the lyrics goes, "but you're a girl". Insta-moodkiller.

My impulse after he left was to yell "NO YOU!" but we were going to go onstage and that didn't seem very professional  So I held my tongue and was sad in a corner on the train when we went home.
Funny though, my voice isn't all that high and I don't think I've hit notes like that since I was 8 and sang soprano in choir. After that they had me singing along with grown men in plays and things because they didn't have enough people with low voices, and it's gotten lower since then too. So how I sang the part is beyond me, I was doing it jokingly expecting my voice to cut off as usual but it didn't.

But yeah, I don't care if he's concertmaster. He can go shove it 

[misschievous]

You might think this makes you happy, but once you find a woman all these "feminine"  feelings will was away and you will be truly happy

[Liminal Stranger]

"Are you a lesbian?"
"So wait, does that mean you have a penis?"
"Why is your name *birth name* then?"
"I'll call you whatever the f**k I want, that's your legal name. Deal with it."
"What, I'm not allowed to refer to you as what you are?"
"I'm obviously trying, look at how I've been avoiding pronouns and calling you *insert kind of silly gender-neutral nickname here*!"
"I bought you a sticky note pad. Look, it has an M on it too! ...For *insert mother's name here*!"

[misschievous]

Before I ever came out to anybody I heard this

Did you hear about "Such and Such" He had a sex change and afterwards decided He Liked women son now he is a lesbian.
Me no comment
Retrospect I wish I would have said " Gender Identity is not the same as sexual preference, get a clue"

[Naomi]

"You're probably just gay"
&
"So you want to be a lesbian" Umm... no, it's just being female and still liking girls makes me a lesbian.

[Chloe]

Lately, they say things like...

"You should read the Bible about what God says about being trans."

What Does The Bible say??? Based on this definition:

. . . a male whose testicles have been destroyed or removed. If this occurs before puberty, secondary sex characteristics fail to develop, and symptoms such as a feminine voice and absence of facial hair can result from the reduced level of male hormones in the blood.

We Get From Above To This:

"Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For some are because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others . . . because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it."

Grumpy co-worker one day: "Why don't you cut your hair? You look like a GIRL"!!

Me: "As long as not an "attractive girl" To You who cares, what's the problem? ? "

[misschievous]

What Does The Bible say??? Based on this definition:

I had this in a post before,
       People have the tendancy to twist and turn the Bible into saying whatever they are thinking. Bible says nothing about transgender. I had a preacher back in the 90's when baggie pants were the big fad. He had this entire sermon about how Baggie pants was the devils doing, then went on to quote scriptures that had nothing to do with baggie pants, ect.....

[Beth Andrea]

I tend to not liking to cite the bible as if it's an authority.

For those who might accept it, will not accept my interpretation, and often they quibble over "the original Greek this", or "the original Hebrew that."

Fact is, I do not see the bible as any sort of authority, and just try to either use reason or understanding to allow my space in the world...and if they won't accept that, then I leave them as I found them: ignorant, but alive.

[Mariax]

You will have no value as a (fill in natal gender) because you won't be able to have kids. The feminist in me screamed bloody murder when I was told this.

[Simon]

I really hate when cis people refer to a male's penis as his "manhood".

I especially hate when relatives ask me, "You're going to get a penis, right?" ..."I don't see the point of all this if you're not getting the whole package."