What do mainstream people think when they hear the word, "transsexual"?

What kind of images do they picture> etc..

Man in a dress.

Probably drag queens with a ->-bleeped-<-load of plastic surgery.

Quote from: Sarah7 on November 06, 2011, 11:35:20 PM
Man in a dress.

Carmen Carerra or Arnie?

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on November 06, 2011, 11:36:22 PM
Probably drag queens with a ->-bleeped-<-load of plastic surgery.

Really? I am surprised they don't imagine computer nerds with a penchant for renfairs. Those seem to be all the ones i've met and I've met Amanda Leopore. I mean the mainstream has to be aware of the actual TS community.

Quote from: Mahsa the disco shark on November 06, 2011, 11:36:40 PM
Carmen Carerra or Arnie?

The second.

If by only reading the comments section online? Not suitable for reprint here. Than again neither are the comments on the stall walls of most truck stop crappers.

People get the jokes on TV. There that, jokes.

The last I checked no mobs where forming in the local gay areas of greater West Palm Beach.

Quote from: Sarah7 on November 06, 2011, 11:40:20 PM
The second.

Really... I think this:


Not this:


I wish I could think the latter more...

Quote from: Mahsa the disco shark on November 06, 2011, 11:37:58 PM
I mean the mainstream has to be aware of the actual TS community.

No. They really don't. We are a tiny tiny tiny minority who most people couldn't give a quarter of a ->-bleeped-<- about.

Sure, there is a little more awareness filtering out. But it's still only two stories: "Transgendered child - is this okay or not?" and "MY HUSBAND BECAME A WOMAN!"

Quote from: Sarah7 on November 06, 2011, 11:45:39 PM
No. They really don't. We are a tiny tiny tiny minority who most people couldn't give a quarter of a ->-bleeped-<- about.

Not something you see everyday... and I can spot someone who makes my aesthetic engine go haywire.

Add in pregnant man and you have all most all of the headlines.

Societies biggest fear of us is hardly ever recorded in a news story. The restroom issue and kids. I have yet to see a case of molestation there. Funny thing about gay guys also, I read of few, if any openly gay men molesting kids. I have the feeling their reaction is prolly the same as straight men... Hell no!

Quote from: Michelle. on November 06, 2011, 11:52:23 PM
Add in pregnant man and you have all most all of the headlines.

Societies biggest fear of us is hardly ever recorded in a news story. The restroom issue and kids. I have yet to see a case of molestation there. Funny thing about gay guys also, I read of few, if any openly gay men molesting kids. I have the feeling their reaction is prolly the same as straight men... Hell no!

One of my gay friends is probably a pedophile. It is creepy as hell.

I have the feeling 99.9% of gay men would love to have a chat with him if that turns out to be true.

Quote from: Michelle. on November 07, 2011, 12:12:15 AM
I have the feeling 99.9% of gay men would love to have a chat with him if that turns out to be true.

The gay guys whom I don't talk to anymore aren't talking to him anymore. Especially since my ex has two kids with his fruitfly. Gay men love kids...

He comes over to my house and he's like, "I wish you were a kinky twink again" and I am like, "bro, get over it"

Quote from: Sarah7 on November 06, 2011, 11:35:20 PM
Man in a dress.

  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

Quote from: Rukia87xo on November 07, 2011, 12:19:55 AM
  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

Don't forget Chris Crocker...... *shutters*

If I lived in a neighborhood straight out of a Jerry episode... I would move ASAP.

Quote from: Rukia87xo on November 07, 2011, 12:19:55 AM
  ^^This & Jerry Springer comes to mind. 

->-bleeped-<- that show. I swear it slowed down my coming out by about 2 years all on its own.

Quote from: Michelle. on November 07, 2011, 12:22:41 AM
If I lived in a neighborhood straight out of a Jerry episode... I would move ASAP.

Thats why I prefer South Beach to the rest of Florida.

Quote from: Sarah7 on November 07, 2011, 12:23:34 AM
<not allowed> that show. I swear it slowed down my coming out by about 2 years all on it's own.

You & me both sister. I used to get sick at my stomach watching that show thinking "is that really what i am?"  made me so ashamed about being a transsexual.