Transgender Perspectives: What is Normal?
by Brianna Austin
http://lecanadian.com/2010/05/14/trangender-perspectives-what-is-normal/What is normal anyway? How many times have you looked in the mirror and exclaimed, "What's wrong with me, why can't I just be normal?" The answer might be that there is nothing wrong with you except that you perceive something to be wrong with you. Throughout history there have been great thinkers and doers that in their time were all considered to be "not normal or plain crazy:" Think Columbus or Galileo. So, cut yourself some slack, you're the best you that exists in the universe; because you're the only you that exists – you're a unique individual!
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Guilt and shame in the transgender community was almost the status quo until recent years, because there was a "perception" that it was, or is, not only abnormal, but also wrong. But in the end normal is really just an opinion isn't it. It is someone's interpretation of what is right, or what God intended, or of any information from which they derive their conclusions. In some societies, Thailand for instance, ->-bleeped-<-, ("Woman of the second category," "Katoey," or "Ladyboy," as they are locally known) is generally accepted, and has origins in Buddhist scriptures that trace back as far as the 15th century. Other ancient Indian tribes around the world also accepted ->-bleeped-<-, and have stories and myths of transgender beings, or "two spirited people," who, they considered to be almost of a divine nature s well.
