Quote from: Bethany Dawn on September 27, 2013, 07:21:25 PM
I was talking with my sister in-law today about my upcoming appointment with my gender specialist. I told her that I was planing on scheduling my orchiectomy for sometime next year.

She replied back "are you sure? Thats a big decision."
Me "If I was unsure I would have stopped taking estrogen by now."
Her "So true. I'm so happy that you found YOU!!"

Give that woman a hug from me!!! 

My favorite line is: "God doesn't make mistakes. It must be you."

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on September 28, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
My favorite line is: "God doesn't make mistakes. It must be you."

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on September 28, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
My favorite line is: "God doesn't make mistakes. It must be you."

If god did exist, he'd definitely be a he though. When you consider the lousy way everything seems to be since people started giving him credit.

It seemed a better place when everyone thought mother nature was responsible.

And mother nature wouldn't hate on me, she'd just expect me to make myself useful.

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on September 28, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
My favorite line is: "God doesn't make mistakes. It must be you."

possible reply: "Well, G-d made people like you, too...what's your excuse?!"

New experience....

Guy gets on board my bus...he knows I'm transitioning. He asks "Does your work know?"

--Yes, they're the ones who gave me this nifty name badge with "Beth" on it...

"Do those (motioning towards my chest (44d)) feel like the real thing?"

--They are real.

"I bet you enjoy playing with them!"

--That's none of your business. 

A few minutes later, he asks if I can change the radio station, because "Devil went down to Georgia " is playing, and he says "..I'm a Christian, and dont like songs about the Devil..."

ARRGGHH...some people just don't get it...I mean come on, DwdtGA is a *great* song, amIright?

Yeah, how dare he diss Charlie Daniels! I hate those people that just don't "get" great music!

It's been a while since I posted in here and now I have two...though one of them isn't about gender and was said to my partner rather than me I thought it was funny anyway so I'll start with that.

So the day before the Pride Festival, my other half is at work and one of his colleagues leans over and says "hey be careful to stay out of <city> tomorrow, it's gonna be full of queers"

To which my partner replied "yeah I know, I'll be wearing hot pants to the parade"

Several people overheard, including another gay guy in the group. His response: "Yep me too, don't forget to bring your gay card for the free drinks!"

The guy who gave the warning, rather than apologising or acting embarrassed, asked to see these "gay cards" - he thought they were a literal thing.

This same guy is constantly sexist and racist in casual conversation, there was a big ol' meeting the other day where everyone got interviewed about his behaviour, I really hope he gets fired, what an ass. If you're gonna be a bigot for crying out loud don't do it at work. I think his head might explode if he knew I was trans rather than just a common garden queer

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ok second story...

For those who don't know, I have two sisters, one is awesome. The other is....well I haven't spoken to her in years, along with several other family members. I'll refer to them as good sister and bad sister

Good sister is babysitting my kiddo and takes a few photos of her to send to bad sister. I don't particularly like it when she does that, but whatever, as long as I don't have to interact with her. Bad sister then proceeds to post these photos on facebook and a whole bunch of people comment on it and like it and whatnot. My aunty then asks who's kid that is to which bad sister replies "That's <birth names> Daughter"

I actually have them both blocked, so I didn't see any of this. Good sister ended up calling me and was like "please don't be mad at bad sister she just didn't want to confuse aunty blah blah" and one of my friends sent me a screenshot, so apparently even though I have them blocked, facebook will still show everyone I know when I get tagged in something they post....even if those people decide to tag me (as my current name) and then say my old name anyway alongside the tag xD fantastic....just...fantastic.

"Can't you just dress and act like a man without mutilating your body?"
Please.  I will wear skirts and I will look fabulous in them too.  My clothing choices have nothing to do with my identity.
"You're a woman because you were socialized as female!"
Actually I was brought up as an alien.  All joking aside, these types tend to rant about how all females experience a special kind of discrimination that shapes them as human beings, and that's why transgender identities are invalid.  I have experienced very minimal gender-based discrimination which lasted for about three months, so obviously this logic is faulty.  And honestly, making womanhood about discrimination?  Really?
"Gender dysphoria can't be THAT bad!"
You're right, I only spend hours crying about the shape of my crotch which keeps me from sleeping at night.  I mean, I can still function as a human being so I don't need any treatment.  Ugh.

I'm just grateful that these are things said by people who don't matter to me.  Heck, once one of the guys in our Skype chat made these extremely transphobic comments and I told my friends that either he had to leave or I would and they chose me.  In the realm of things, I'm just really lucky that the people I care about are so supportive. 

Quote from: OreSama on July 22, 2014, 11:27:58 AM
"All joking aside, these types tend to rant about how all females experience a special kind of discrimination that shapes them as human beings, and that's why transgender identities are invalid. 

Ironic, isn't it, that most trans women have experienced enough discrimination easily to match most females nasty for nasty.

Quote from: Beth Andrea on July 21, 2014, 02:07:41 PM
New experience....

Guy gets on board my bus...he knows I'm transitioning. He asks "Does your work know?"

--Yes, they're the ones who gave me this nifty name badge with "Beth" on it...

"Do those (motioning towards my chest (44d)) feel like the real thing?"

--They are real.

"I bet you enjoy playing with them!"

--That's none of your business. 

A few minutes later, he asks if I can change the radio station, because "Devil went down to Georgia " is playing, and he says "..I'm a Christian, and dont like songs about the Devil..."

ARRGGHH...some people just don't get it...I mean come on, DwdtGA is a *great* song, amIright?

Wow...What a grade A schmuck.

Quote from: suzifrommd on July 22, 2014, 01:52:05 PM
Ironic, isn't it, that most trans women have experienced enough discrimination easily to match most females nasty for nasty.

I know, right?  Those types annoy me so much.  Besides, life isn't a game of oppression olympics.  We should just all be able to accept each other for who we are instead of telling people their feelings are wrong.

"You should be glad that you don't have periods"

"Are you gay?"
"You're so handsome."
"I don't think you will be happy as a woman, try getting a job.

Quote from: CosmicJoke on August 15, 2014, 06:57:33 PM
"I don't think you will be happy as a woman, try getting a job.

Hahaha what? How does that even make sense? =/ People be crazy yo.

"Man, I'm going to miss you."

You know, because I'm apparently an alien consciousness that has been host to this body for 33 years and is now returning to the mothership.

"You never hear about trans people in 3rd world countries because they have more important things to worry about besides their gender."
A quote from my brother which was not only ignorant of trans issues, but also extremely ignorant of foreign cultures. Pissed me off so much lmao.

Quote from: Ashlotte on August 24, 2014, 01:16:18 AM
"You never hear about trans people in 3rd world countries because they have more important things to worry about besides their gender."
A quote from my brother which was not only ignorant of trans issues, but also extremely ignorant of foreign cultures. Pissed me off so much lmao.

B-but.... I don't...  I...  What?  I mean, we're generally not front page news but it's not like we never hear about that...

"If you found the right girl would you stop this?"

As if I'm only trying out a new way to date... 

Quote from: Claire (formerly Magdalena) on August 24, 2014, 09:06:03 AM
"If you found the right girl would you stop this?"

As if I'm only trying out a new way to date... 

lol... But I've already found the right girl, and I still want to transition.