Really, What IS Wrong With Being.....................................................
Women Born Transsexual
04/27/2010 — Suzan
By Tina S.


http://womenborntranssexual.com/2010/04/27/really-what-is-wrong-with-being/


Perhaps you can "draw a neat line" between the experience of pre and post-op women.  My experience tells me you can.  It is, in part, because PERCEPTIONS change when our reality changes.

I know every post-op was once a pre-op.

I know most pre-ops are (at least initially) known to those around them as such. I know most pre-ops are (at least initially) concerned somewhat about "passing" in their everyday life.

Most pre-ops experience transphobia.

It seems that misogyny is recognized after folks make that transition to being seen as women by the "outside world".

It is then many understand that quite a bit of what they saw as "transphobia" is actually misogyny. You really do not get the full import of misogyny in society until you live as, are seen as, experience every day BEING the woman you have believed yourself to be all, or almost all, your life.

This article spoke to me so much.  I am post-orchie and I was glad to be rid of those things.  But in my mind I am still not complete.  That thing is still there.

Someday I will cross over to the other side and be complete.  Will I leave, like some have done?  Maybe.  And it is because I would want to get on with my life as a woman.   And I think that is why it hurts me so when another girl goes in for SRS.  I wish and wonder when it be "my f'ing turn".   But for now I try to help the new girls along and shore up the guys.

Yes I am a woman, but for those who are post-op, try to remember when you were pre-op and how you felt when you had SRS.

I have to agree with Janet...

..an excellent article, which may be a surprising comment considering my lack of transition progress.

Maybe my enforced time "waiting on the sidelines" has given me time to look deeper into my soul and realise that however much I might try to analyse my reasons and my goals, this is one journey where I ultimately will never know what to expect until I arrive at the destination....

In the mean time, the best I can do is take comfort in planning the route and preparing for the journey.... but I do know that for me it's not a journey that I will start, unless I believe I will get to feel the grass between my toes at the other end...

Chrissty