From my personal experience at least.
Most people bemoan it, but I find it like a game of cat-and-mouse in a way. Especially since I went through female puberty, now I can do stuff other boys can't.
Aside from dysphoria and discrimination I'm rather glad I wasn't born cisgendered, a bit maybe?
everything have cos and cons even transsexuality
all is just a matter of personal view and preferences
Life is entertaining. That's what makes it bearable :P
Well it's horrid but joking about it and laughing at some of the absurdities of this situation is a good way of getting over the horror of it.
Can't you think what you want? I would only have a problem if you told other people that you think THEIR being trans is somewhat entertaining. That would be kind of obnoxious. But even then, it's freedom of speech and thought. The other people can always respond with censure.
I think we all have to have a sense of humor about this as part of our survival or defense mechanism's. As long as it's not cruel humor.
Also, I do like having fun with this, rather than being a dour shut-in.
If my facts are correct, an old Chinese curse goes "may you live in interesting times."
I think it mostly depends on how you look at it, since there are pros and cons to everything.
Personally, I always wanted an adventure, like the Conquistadors or Lewis and Clark (without wiping out civilizations,) but it seemed that all the exciting stuff had already been done. Now, even if I were cis, if I lived life without fear or regrets, it'd still be an adventure, but adding being trans to that makes it even more... interesting, for lack of a better word.
I know what you mean by it being exciting. I may very well lose everything within the next few months to half a year, and it's scary and saddening at times, but I'm never bored either.
You wouldn't be the first one to think that way. I'm just now reading "Gender Outlaw" by Kate Bornstein, and that's pretty much the way she thinks of it. She talks about "playing with gender". She's also pretty clear that what REALLY needs to happen is the actual dismantling of the entire gender system, which she sees as a cultural invention. Maybe she's right.
I will say that I think very differently now about being trans than I ever did earlier in my life. For most of my life, I was absorbed in the "horror if it", and that caused me to attempt to not deal with it. Since I started actually dealing with it, things look very different. It really helps that not one person has turned their back on me as a result of it. When I tell a friend, I get responses like "I am humbled and honored to call you my friend." Wow. That sort of puts a different spin on things...
Great comedy comes from tragedy.
Some of the best comedians stem their material from bad experiences.
My housemate (who's a bit uncomfortable with my transition plans) has started letting off steam by joking about it as "it's just your anima!" - after the second time he said that, I said "you get one more go at that..." - but then I thought sod it, stop being heavy about this, so I started retaliating by joking about his anima, and that seems to have defused the situation! Taking offence is a really good way to end up with a lorryload of baggage.
Not that think we should be doormats either, you understand! But gender's such an absurd thing anyway, there have got to be some good laughs in it :).
Well the Existentialists regarded life as essentially absurd. Personally I am finding life hugely entertaining at the moment.
I try not to take myself too seriously, so it is hard to offend me. I will just come right back with a smarter comment.
If you can laugh at yourself , those who`d laugh atyou, have to laugh with you.
There are times when I've been so stressed or upset in transition that I've just had to laugh or see the lighter side of it through fear of otherwise cracking up so yes I get what your saying.
This is coming from a CIS.
I think the whole thing is kinda funny(you know like strange funny) and I know what you people go through, so it's not as funny as it would be otherwise.
Before I came out it was very serious to me, but once I started dealing with it I found it could be very entertaining. How odd that some of us would be born this way! And during transition, so many absurd situations would happen that I would just have to laugh at my situation.
It can be awful, but it also can be an incredible journey. Enjoy it when you can. ;)
- Kate
im not sure about entertaining, though some of the situations can be so bizare as to be absurd.
But it has made me see the world in a way that I know others dont, and explore my feminity in ways other than just my physical self, through art and writing.
I think at times it can be quite humorous. It can also be upsetting, sad, happy, fascinating, and probably every other emotion as well.
I think that having a sense of humor about ourselves and our transition goes a long way towards others accepting us. Making people laugh lightens the mood and helps people to see that no matter how strange we seem to them, we're just human.
I also think that some of us in the community are a oversensitive, and need to lighten up a bit. But it all depends on personality, some people can't help but be that way.