poll: how do you feel about being transgender

[stephaniec]

just curious

[Ms Grace]

There isn't really a category I can answer Stephanie. To quote Popeye "I am what I am". That pretty much sums it up!

[Dee Marshall]

I can't answer it as you've formed the options. To me it's the equivalent of "how do you like breathing an oxygen/nitrogen mixture". It's hard, but less hard than it was before I knew I was trans. It's too much a part of me for me to even imagine what I would be like were I not. I haven't a real clue how cis people think. I do think I that if I wasn't trans I wouldn't be me so perhaps to me you're asking "how do you like existing."

[Tori]

Me too. Darn polls. Great idea steph.

[Jill F]

It's neither hither nor thither.

[Devlyn]

I was able to vote, there was a selection that fit me.

[stephaniec]

I was able to vote, there was a selection that fit me.

your a joyous member of our loving equation

[Devlyn]

your a joyous member of our loving equation

Aye, I am that. 

[Eevee]

I'm starting to learn to love myself, but being transgender is what has always made my life hell before. I'm happy to be moving forward now at least, so I can live with this.

[Kaylee Angelia]

Discovering that I'm Trans has been the greatest discovery in my life. Giving myself the gift of transitioning is the greatest gift I've ever given myself.

[Marcellow]

There isn't really a category I can answer Stephanie. To quote Popeye "I am what I am". That pretty much sums it up!

I am what I am and I wear it like a campaign button.

[kaye]

I don't know; am what I am.

I have no intrinsic problem with it but societal ignorance causes me problems. I am also limited in reproductive capability.

[ImagineKate]

To me, "trans" is a process, not a state with the end result being your body matching your brain.

[katrinaw]

My take is its what I am, by a twist of fate I was born in the wrong gender and therefore a by todays standards transgendered. Of course I would have loved to have my physical body to match my real identity... The word is descriptive of what we are and what we have to handle.

L Katy

[katrinaw]

To me, "trans" is a process, not a state with the end result being your body matching your brain.

And heart??? 

[Seras]

It is an expletive worthy situation.

[LilDevilOfPrada]

I prefer to not let people know as it leaves them forever "censoring" their thoughts about me.

I have anything wrong with being trans but I just prefer to not be thought of as one.

[Annabelle]

I really hate it. Just wish I was born a cis girl...

[Lostkitten]

Often I dislile it. Which I was shorter, stealth, all the way trough. But I like standimg out and being unique so well.. It works out .

[Pikachu]

Well, let's see how I feel about the available choices...

Absolutely hate it
Nah, I don't feel that way anymore. I used to, when I was repressing myself. I hated that I wasn't just a normal guy like everyone else.

Love it
Don't really feel that way, either. I view being trans as a medical condition that requires a lot of time, effort, money, etc. It's an obstacle to overcome. I love the friends I've made along the way and the things I've learned, but I still can't make sense of feeling love for the condition itself.

Dislike but can live with it
Well, I sort of have to live with it. It's not like I have another option, other than checking out early, and that would be completely pointless. I think there will always be some part of me I don't like. Even if I were to be a gorgeous woman in every way after transition, be able to afford GRS, and be indistinguishable from a cis woman in nearly every way, I'd still feel sad that I didn't get periods and have the internal wiring of a regular girl. So maybe this option sort of fits.

Prefer  to be seen only as the proper gender or any where on spectrum but not trans
Unless it is relevant to bring up, I'd definitely like to be seen as just another woman. I'll never shy away from talking about my transgender status if it is relevant or useful to discuss, but I don't want it to be my identity.

Rather the term be replaced
What's wrong with the term? People in the trans community are free to choose their own labels. None of us are obligated to refer to ourselves as transgender. But we do need some broad term to describe our condition so we can communicate it clearly.

Neither here nor there
Haha... Well, I guess this may be pretty accurate for me. I've come to accept that this is the hand in life I was dealt. I do what I can to remedy the situation, but I try not to get worked up over what I can't currently change, and I try to live for now and not some hypothetical tomorrow where I'll be "whole."

Stupid question
There are no stupid questions. Each question is an opportunity for introspection, discussion and personal growth.

None of your darn business
Ha! If I was that concerned with privacy, I wouldn't be posting on a public forum.

I'm too confused to answer
Well, I'm too confused to give you a direct answer, apparently.

I am what I am
This sums it up pretty well. I am a woman. It doesn't matter what society at large sees when they look at me. I know who and what I am.