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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Damian on December 15, 2012, 02:14:02 PM

Title: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Damian on December 15, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
What in your opinion is the mascot of the Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdresser community/ies?
Mine are:

;)
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on December 15, 2012, 02:25:05 PM
Unicorn (http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8800000/Forest-Unicorn-unicorns-8835769-800-600.jpg)
Butterfly (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Blue_morpho_butterfly.jpg)

Or maybe

Unicorn with Butterfly wiings (http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5900000/Unicorn-With-Butterfly-Wings-unicorns-5968300-389-375.jpg)
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Damian on December 15, 2012, 02:27:30 PM
Quote from: Ms. OBrien on December 15, 2012, 02:25:05 PM
Unicorn (http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8800000/Forest-Unicorn-unicorns-8835769-800-600.jpg)
Butterfly (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Blue_morpho_butterfly.jpg)

Or maybe

Unicorn with Butterfly wiings (http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5900000/Unicorn-With-Butterfly-Wings-unicorns-5968300-389-375.jpg)
:o amazing.
:)
I definitely agree with those, (my signature). :)
And I love unicorns.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on December 15, 2012, 02:48:29 PM
;D The Clownfish,  because they can change their sex, a female dies , the next male in line becomes female, the next male becomes that females mate. Very gender bender in nature

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3-ak.buzzfeed.com%2Fstatic%2Fenhanced%2Fweb04%2F2011%2F9%2F9%2F21%2Fenhanced-buzz-31710-1315617508-18.jpg&hash=a76f90a5840a110607806f4acd7b6f7a453933a9)
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Emily Aster on December 15, 2012, 03:50:41 PM
Quote from: Two way Rain on December 15, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
What in your opinion is the mascot of the Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdresser community/ies?
Mine are:

  • Phoenix (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100320002003/finalfantasy/images/6/6d/Cc-phoenix.jpg)
  • Parrot-fish (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxxh99oeC1qkevm9o1_400.jpg)

;)

I like the way a phoenix looks, but if we need a mascot to the world, something less threatening like the unicorn with butterfly wings would be a better choice. They already feel threatened as it is for some reason.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Cassandra Hyacinth on December 15, 2012, 05:17:33 PM
I like the idea of the butterfly being the mascot, although now that it's been mentioned, the clownfish makes sense as a choice too. Then again, butterflies are prettier.  :P
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: aleon515 on December 15, 2012, 06:34:31 PM
Quote from: Shawn Sunshine on December 15, 2012, 02:48:29 PM
;D The Clownfish,  because they can change their sex, a female dies , the next male in line becomes female, the next male becomes that females mate. Very gender bender in nature

Very fun creatures. They only go one way though. If you have two young clownfish you can watch as the bigger meaner one becomes female. If the female in the tank dies, the male can change to female, but not the other way around.

Another fun gender bender is the seahorse. The male seahorse carries the babies.

--Jay
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on December 15, 2012, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: aleon515 on December 15, 2012, 06:34:31 PM
Very fun creatures. They only go one way though. If you have two young clownfish you can watch as the bigger meaner one becomes female. If the female in the tank dies, the male can change to female, but not the other way around.

Another fun gender bender is the seahorse. The male seahorse carries the babies.

--Jay

So Seahorses must be Bill Cosby giving birth to a submarine sandwhich?  >:-)
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Edge on December 15, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Well.... Honestly, in my geology class this semester, I couldn't help comparing being trans with metamorphic rocks.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: aleon515 on December 15, 2012, 10:28:32 PM
Quote from: Edge on December 15, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Well.... Honestly, in my geology class this semester, I couldn't help comparing being trans with metamorphic rocks.

Edge, this reminds of something I saw on this excellent special on transgender on NatGeo. The doctor they interviewed said something like "nature likes all the grey areas of gender but society doesn't".

--Jay
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Constance on December 15, 2012, 10:48:00 PM
For me, it's the Luna Moth.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F9%2F9c%2FLuna_Moth_by_Joey.jpg%2F220px-Luna_Moth_by_Joey.jpg&hash=3400694400f6581f6b230079494acb3f0db29c71)

Not only because of the metamorphosis they go through, but because the book Luna by Julie Anne Peters literally led me to start transition.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Seana on December 16, 2012, 05:54:23 AM
Does it have to be an animal? I vote for Dame Edna!



Seana
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Jamie D on December 16, 2012, 06:04:40 AM
Hermaphroditus, from Greek mythology (the original "mascot")

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Ddii3kEqwCg%2FTz501oDw0WI%2FAAAAAAAAMdQ%2FbBuxFkTNS1s%2Fs1600%2FHermaphroditus-Louvre-free-wallpaper.jpg&hash=55c8ebc47776beb09ebdfd1a5d0073a0f36e9e14)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-mhPWcFt2xKc%2FTdBroO7tjnI%2FAAAAAAAAXVE%2FfGDmV3J63qk%2Fs1600%2FBorghese-Hermaphroditus-Louvre-face-free-wallpaper.jpg&hash=59d0ad71c9064f61ad05971ac6b01a6cbc8634e7)

This is the Sleeping Borghese Hermaphroditus (two views)
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Elsa on December 16, 2012, 06:30:29 AM
Phoenix or Butterfly  :) - but tbh anything as long as it's not clowns...  :o
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: JulieC. on December 16, 2012, 10:15:36 AM
Some frogs can also change gender but I vote for butterflies.  It seems that once they make their transformation they are happy and free.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Elsa on December 16, 2012, 12:17:32 PM
Quote from: JulieC. on December 16, 2012, 10:15:36 AM
Some frogs can also change gender but I vote for butterflies.  It seems that once they make their transformation they are happy and free.

Frogs also seem like a good idea - I find the tiny ones cute!!!
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Simon on December 16, 2012, 10:20:16 PM
Someone mentioned it a bit but for the transguys I would say the Common Reed Frog that can change it's genitals from female to male.
Title: Re: Mascot for Transgender, Transsexual, Androgyn, and Crossdressers
Post by: Damian on December 16, 2012, 10:21:50 PM
Quote from: Seana on December 16, 2012, 05:54:23 AM
Does it have to be an animal? I vote for Dame Edna!
Seana
It can be anything