6 Awful Lessons I Learned Transitioning from Female to MaleBy Amanda Mannen, Roman Jones /
Cracked.comIf you're a man and want to throw your office into turmoil tomorrow, all you have to do is show up in a dress. If you're a woman and want to utterly disrupt the lives of everyone around you, just grow a beard. What we're saying is that people cling so desperately to gender roles that when anyone colors outside those lines, the world freaks the ->-bleeped-<- out. No one knows this better than transgender people.
We've previously talked to a trans woman -- that is, a woman who was designated male at birth -- about what it's like to make that transition in a society that fights you every step of the way. But the other side of that equation is even less visible to society. While there are at least a few highly visible trans women in pop culture now, such as Janet Mock and Laverne Cox, trans men are even more of a mystery to the average person. So we talked to Roman Jones, a trans man and American expat living in the Czech Republic, who told us ...
An interesting "beginners guide" to F2M transition.
