By becoming a
transwoman in America (I'm grateful I live in the San Francisco area), I'm going against the social/cultural norms. People are taught by said socio-culture to view things in a very narrow perspective. If I don't fit into that perspective, then I become different. If I'm not one of "them" then I become an outsider, and outsiders in this socio-culture are normally treated with disdain.
Then there is are
elements in the trans* community who may think that I still look masculine therefore I'm not a transwoman, woman, or whatever, lol. It seems usually, but not always, that transwomen go about their own ways once they have achieved the privilege of passing. They seem to not care about the whole spectrum of transwomen.
"Can't pass? Not my problem anymore. Plus it makes me feel uncomfortable as it reminds me of myself or shows me what would happen if I couldn't pass" .
This labeling stuff is stupid because it makes us stuck into thinking black and white. If you're 6 feet, then you're considered tall. If 5 feet, then short. If 5.6 feet, we'll call you 6 feet anyways. The system disregards the stuff between or outside the "labels". It thinks its an anomaly, when I think it shouldn't be an anomaly. Just a variation in a spectrum.
The odds are against me but why keep doing it?
People will say he's a crazy, but he does it anyways, and he's happy doing it. It is what makes his life worth living.
I do it because it's just who I am
