Quote from: Wing Walker on March 01, 2008, 04:27:22 PM
We who are transsexual need to be on our own. We are not transgendered, we are transsexual. We are not the thesis of Bailey's lies-in-print. We are truly gender dysphoric. We don't have the financial clout of HRC just yet but I know we can speak for ourselves. We have already done Lobby Days on the Hill. I gave housing to our sisters who were going to the Hill.
Have a look at TS Symposium and see if it makes any sense for us. Here's the link: http://www.ts-si.org/ This organization is of transsexuals, by transsexuals, and for transsexuals. It has no other agenda. Have a look and let us all consider approaching them as a group, however loosely we here might define it, and giving them whatever we can to further our own cause.
It sure beats what the HRC has done for us.
Wing Walker
Maybe Time to Change Course
In a way, I concur with you Wing Walker. I don't like the term
transgender either, and to be honest, the term
transsexual sounds rather offensive to me as well. I've lived as a woman for many years; I've already had SRS, my transition is over, so when people label me as a
transsexual, I find it very demeaning and inappropriate. BUT those are just my feelings and my views. Someone else may be comfortable being labeled as TG or TS, and that is perfectly fine as well.
Now, we have to keep in mind that Susan's is here to help the entire Transgender community; this site is called
Susan's Place Transgender Resources, and regardless of what we like or want to be called, the main objective of Susan's is to provide support for all
transgendered people, meaning that this site is not only here for transsexuals but for everyone who identifies as transgendered (CD's, TV's, androgynes, drag queens, drag kings, people who identify as gender queer, etc, etc, etc.)
Incidentally, thank you for the link you provided.
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