People Always Wonder If I've Had 'Transgender Surgery'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mikki-del-monico/people-always-wonder-if-i_b_8352564.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/By Mikki del Monico   10/26/2015

"What exactly is "transgender surgery" anyway? If I had to guess at a definition, I'd say it's any medical procedure done for the purpose of presenting oneself as the sex that matches one's identity.

Talking about any surgery related to my gender identity would get me an eager audience, yet when someone asks if I've had "the surgery," they usually have no idea -- beyond the obvious -- what such a surgery would involve and the thought and preparations that have gone into it."

When I came out, the first thing 90% of the people I told asked me was if I was going to have "the surgery" and the next was I going to become a prostitute? I mean WTF? What difference does any of that matter on the grand scheme of things? Like it matters what I have or have not got between my legs.

Love,
Clare