Passing . . .

[gina_taylor]

All my life, I wanted to be a girl so much that I have looked at the possibility of everything.  But unfortunately when you know poeple that are close in your life, they more tend to say that I'll  never pass., and after a while, you start to believe that! 

One thing that none of these understood was that God can blind the eyes of the observer so all he/she sees is a woman.  Just look at all the ugly men married to beautiful women and vice versa.

Gina 

[Kate]

All my life, I wanted to be a girl so much that I have looked at the possibility of everything.  But unfortunately when you know poeple that are close in your life, they more tend to say that I'll  never pass., and after a while, you start to believe that! 

The tragic irony is the people MOST difficult to pass with are those we love... and with ourselves.

~Kate~

[gina_taylor]

Very well put there Kate. I've been trying very hard with my family for them to accept me as their daughter, but beacuse I was born as a male, that is all that they see. I just wish that they coudl remove their blinders and see me for who I really am.

Gina 

[Rachael]

yeah, my family told me i looked like a bad dragqueen (when  they only saw me in jeans and a baggy hoodie... some people take longer to ajust, but they can...

[gina_taylor]

Over the weekend, I went to a shopping mall, and I was approached by a woman at a kiosk and she called me 'Sir' even though I was dressed, and I felt that I was passable. After she showed me what she was selling and I had spoken back to her, she then started to call me 'ma'am." Go Figure???

Gina 

[ellen b]

Sometimes I get a little freaked out still when with girl-friends, I am considered a female at times even by strangers when I'm not trying to pass. Cases in point: Many times I'll be outside the office with my friends talking, someone that one of the girls knows walks up, and says "hi, girls, how's it going?" I am not hiding or invisible! I'm usually right there in the middle of things.

That has happened more times than I can say, and I'm talking about not being dressed or trying to pass in any way. Freaky.

Also, I got an email from a co-worker the other day that was sent to many others. The subject of the email? "hi pretty lady"  It was an email that talked about the goodness/greatness of women and how we should be supporting each other. Every other person receiving that email was a gg. Not me!

modified again to say that I do have noticeable breasts (but not big) that I don't attempt to conceal, so that may have something to do with it also.

whew. writing is complicated sometimes!