First person singular

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First person singular
Life Right Side Up
By Veronique
29 June, 2010


http://tgnotwhatyouthink.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-person-singular.html


I often seen trans women refer to their male-mode selves in the third person. Sometimes they do the same with their female-mode selves. I find this vaguely disturbing for no reason I can put my finger on, but if it works for them, who am I to argue with it?

Just in case you don't think of your male-mode self in the third person, and in case you don't consider yourself to be a male-bodied person with a little girl trapped inside, well, I never did either. That metaphor might be useful to some. Not to me.