Well I have my period so I may just be moody but whatever..
An aquintance of mine said that I am not really trans because I am making this up because I have not been showing public signs my whole life and because "Ariel(my birth name)" was not butch." My best friend kinda agress with him because I apparently haven't shown signs my whole life. I DID NOT NEED TO BE BUTCH. And just because I wasnt saying I was transsexual when I was 4 doesn't mean I haven't expressed it in some way or another! I had an imaginary brother because I didnt think I could be one myself, I questioned why I was born a girl and ive never liked wearing dresses, and IVE BEEN HAVING DREAMS THAT IM WALKING AROUND WITHOUT A SHIRT SINCE I WAS 11! Im pissed!
People will always try to find something, some reason why you can't be trans. especially on first hearing it.
It is just their way for not accepting you as you are. I have been called 'F..", "Queer" and everything else. If they could see me now, they would say "I knew there was something".
Janet
Hey, I wasn't butch either. I was a bit of a tomboy, but I wasn't butch.
I was compensating.
I was trying to play my designated role as well as possible.
I was in denial.
Ofcourse I wasn't butch.
And when you think of it, not all MEN are butch.
Not all genetic males are "Alpha" males.
Not all boys lift weights, smell like construction workers, and use "gruff" language..
Not being butch is proof of nothing.
Never have I shown signs of being who I am today. At least I didn't think I did, but I was very readable, to the point I was a so-called "Alpha Male" but none the less all my friends still thought I was gay. Now they know who I am, and I lost one of my closest friends because I decided to no longer live a lie.
I don't understand why people think they can change our minds about this stuff by pointing things out that they reckon doesn't fit.
I've heard the most stupid reasons as to why I "can't" be trans.
but...you can't be...you sometimes wear eyeliner....you sometimes wear nail polish...you have a pink MP3 player....
Oh I'm sorry I must be mistaken then ::) thanks for pointing it out, turns out I'm a woman after all
Would they ever say to a bio-guy "hey you must actually be a woman seeing as you have a pink MP3 player"
What cracks me up the most about this is before I came out people would always comment on how my haircut made me look like a boy, or that my mannerisms were very bloke-ish
Quote from: Jeatyn on August 15, 2009, 01:05:48 AM
Would they ever say to a bio-guy "hey you must actually be a woman seeing as you have a pink MP3 player"
pink? dude, what were you thinking? :laugh:
Quote from: Nero on August 15, 2009, 01:20:46 AM
pink? dude, what were you thinking? :laugh:
I couldn't help myself :P
Look how adorable it is:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fucanhealth.com%2Flocal%2Fimage_product1%2Fiwalmartcomip00808728000080872800135215X215jpg.jpg&hash=ad481826b375b9f6644791250b50fdd3f3c75771)
It's more of a shocking pink than a pale sissy version in real life, the lighting on that google images photo is rubbish ;D