What would you say if someone asked you why are you transexual?
I don't know. Why are you left-handed?

Or all the ignorant people ask that ask those dumb question like, are you girl or boy?
Girl.

What do you say?
Sure, sounds great!



(Truthfully, I'm not sure how the level of education of the person is relevant.)

Truthfully, I'm not sure how the level of education of the person is relevant

I agree, I'd explain it to an uneducated person the same way I'd explain it to a Noble Laureate, in plain, simple easy to understand terms that are hard to weasel around.

Besides, as Alyssa knows I'm sure, the smartest people tend to be those who can give the simplest and most concise explanations.  The brilliance of someone like Richard Feynman teaching physics at Cal Tech is that his lectures are easy enough for almost anyone to pick up and read, and grasp.

Of course, as Feynman said: If you ask naive but relevant questions, then almost immediately the person doesn't know the answer, if he is an honest man.  So, we're kinda stuck there too I guess.

Quote from: Noah on February 02, 2010, 03:24:34 PM

....It's like...I was given an ipod as a complete surprise, but I was given the pink one.
....I lived with the pink ipod and was never quite satisfied
....I didn't know I could GET the blue ipod.

Wow!......What a clever way to communicate this!
I like this.


Bev

For the people several fries short of a happy meal:

I was born like this.

Or for the people only half a fry short of a happy meal:

In the womb, the hormones that form the baby were screwed up so that my body was formed one way, but then the hormones were messed up enough that my brain was formed the other way. I didn't choose this. It's a birth defect.

Most people don't get that though.

Not everyone is supposed to live within the restraints in which they were born, that and humans were given the gift to control their own fate, not the other way around.

It's hard to explain to anyone. Most of the leading people in the field, of Psychology,  really still don't fully understand. Most of us don't understand, why we are like this. I wish I could answer that question. We just know this is how it is. Not trying to answer for everyone, Just my outlook
Sarah

""It's like...I was given an ipod as a complete surprise, but I was given the pink one.
I lived with the pink ipod for eighteen years and was never quite satisfied with how it worked.
Then I started thinking more about a blue ipod...but it was as if I didn't know I could GET the blue ipod.
Then I started getting little pieces of the blue ipod, so I could build my own.
But in order to get the blue ipod and be completely satisfied with it, I need my family and friends to help me get more of the pieces.
Otherwise...I'm left with the choice of a half built ipod that doesn't quite work yet but has potential too or a pink ipod that works ok but will never be exactly what I'm looking for.""


Noah I liked your analogy that was quite clever.

I have been thinking about this one a while.  It really depends on who is asking the questions and what kind of mood I am in.  I guess the simple answer for boy or girl? would be I am a female trapped in a somewhat male body.  I say somewhat because I always had the hourglass figure and small chest for as long as I can remember.  I do remember getting jumped on in the school yard for being different as a kid.  My first experience with a guy was because of my build from behind. 
Why am I a transsexual.  I guess the simple answer would be out of all the catorgories society placed on people transexual by definition is the best one that describes me.  I feel and act naturally like a women.  I had to learn since I was a kid to behave like a guy been yelled out by parents boys don't do that.  I have to focus on being a guy to fit into society pretend to like football and comment on girls and a list of other stuff guys do that I do not like.  When I was younger around 19 I would wear tight fitting jeans with boots and a tight t-shirt, I had long hair with pierced ears.  I could not count how many people called me miss or mam ah those were the days.  I gave all that up to be a father. a couple of years ago the feeling came back.  I started to feel old at 35 acted like I was 70, praying everynight that I would not wake up in the morning.  I realized my true self wanted to come back out and the desire to be a women is strong but the fear of doctors is still a little stronger. 

What would you say if someone asked you why are you transexual?

I have never been asked this question, but how would I answer it?  I would say, "no I am not a transsexual", why are you asking such a question for? (I most certainly would like to find out why this particular question was asked).

Or all the ignorant people ask that ask those dumb question like, are you girl or boy?

Again, I have never been asked this question?, So again I would say, "I'm a Woman/Female/Girl", why are you asking such a question for? (I most certainly would like to find out why this particular question was asked).

Kind regards
Sarah B

Be who you want to be.

I think the "why are you trans?" could best be answered
with a question:
"Why makes you so sure that you're not?"

Quote from: FairyGirl on January 24, 2010, 12:45:48 AM
No one has ever asked me. My mom did wonder at first if it was something she did to cause it, but I told her it wasn't anyone's fault, it's just the way I was born.

My mum had a feeling of guilt with me being a tg. Its just natures cruel sometimes, but at least it can be fixed.