THE GENDER TRUST BLOG: Hello Hello Harass
In Blog on September 3, 2010 at 7:04 pm
http://gendertrust.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/the-gender-trust-blog-hello-hello-harass/Believe it or not, I don't actually like moaning about being trans. It's just that there's so much to moan about.
Transgender life is much like cisgender life: we face exactly the same problems as the rest of society (apart from that pesky SRS business), though it's usually significantly magnified.
Let's take your stereotypical 'unconvincing' trans woman. Generally, I don't see merit in categorising trans women on their ability to 'pass'. But for my purposes here it's useful to recognise that some girls are more passable than others. Life, for Noticeable Trans Woman (NTW), is a series of hurdles much like anybody's. Except she has to jump higher. Take going to the corner shop for instance: this may be a minor inconvenience for most, or even just a nice excuse to stretch one's legs.
