Stuck in Transition
April 5th, 2009
By Monica F. Helms
http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/transsexuals/stuck-in-transition.htmI'm sure that many of the readers have been in a situation where they needed to make a left turn at an intersection with a left-turn arrow that lasts so short that only two or three cars can get through at a time, and you sit fifteen cars back. The other lights last for over two minutes each, making it a long wait before you can "transition" to the direction you needed to go. Frustration sets in, especially if you're late for something. Many transsexuals can also get stuck in transition, waiting for their "trip" to be over. Is there such a thing as being stuck in transition?
First of all, in order to understand why a transsexual feels they get stuck in transition, you need to know the definition "transition." There isn't one. No real definition for transition can actually exist, because like a person's gender identity and gender expression, how they define "transition" or "transitioning" becomes as personal as wearing cotton or silk underwear . . . or none at all. Since each person gets to decide what transition means to them, then no definition or description would be wrong. What we see as "wrong" takes place when a person feels their definition of transition has to be the only one other people have to follow in order to be correct.
