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Title: Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
Post by: Butterfly on May 14, 2010, 03:34:23 PM
Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
14 May, 2010


http://lezgetreal.com/?p=33543 (http://lezgetreal.com/?p=33543)


Does one have to be transsexual in order to need to have sex reassignment? I know that sounds like one really loaded question, and it probably is. The problem is that I have never considered myself transsexual. In fact, I loathe thinking of myself in that way. Many of my friends and family insist that they're all but positive that I am, somehow, intersexed at some level but I cannot afford to find out just yet and the doctors do not always too a good job of listening to those suggestions.

Growing up, I had no male identity, and was never pushed to form one. It was as if everything around me was inverted. I was a girl being treated as a boy. I wore boys clothing, but never dropped any of the female body language. It was as if I was living in a mirror. Somehow, I was Alice and I had jumped through the Looking Glass.

Title: Re: Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
Post by: LordKAT on May 15, 2010, 04:18:55 AM
Claim the label or don't makes no difference. I could claim to not have white skin and be correct. I don't fit any other race description either cause my skin is peachish. If the symptoms fit....
Title: Re: Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
Post by: Cindy on May 15, 2010, 04:34:24 AM
You are what you are. No one can tell you what you are. There is no committee that suddenly says you are A or B. If you cannot decide don't.
JM5CW
Cindy
Title: Re: Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
Post by: Dana Lane on May 15, 2010, 07:44:32 AM

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transgendernews/message/47518 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transgendernews/message/47518)
"I mean, I know intellectually that many women are
attracted to men, but I do not know in my heart how. To me, it would
be akin to being sexual with a dog or a horse. It just seems that
disgusting to me."

good grief. well, no doubt she hates men. I went and read some of her articles and something crossed my mind. She hates men so much I am wondering if it is self hate. Kind of like the famous anti-gay activist who we find out later is gay. She also stated she grew up in a time when transsexuals were mainly gay men who wanted to change to women to have sex with men. How freaking twisted is that?!
Title: Re: Identity- I Do Not Consider Myself To Be A Transwoman or Transsexual
Post by: cynthialee on May 16, 2010, 11:23:47 AM
I find her extreme hatred of men to be pathological.
I also have issues with men but I dont hate them all, just most of them.  :laugh: Most men are good for about 15 mins or so...  ;)