Thursday, December 29, 2011
Stop Looking At Being Trans As A Curse
Posted by Monica Roberts at 3:00 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/12/stop-looking-at-being-trans-as-curse.html

One of the memes I get tired of seeing is hearing transpeople calling being trans a curse.   That's problematic right there and plays into the shame and guilt issues about being part of the diverse mosaic of human life.

I look at being trans as a blessing, not a curse.

You think I wouldn't have loved to have been female from birth? Yes. Am I envious of younglings like Kim Petras and Jazz who either got to or are growing up as girls and have loving parents who helped them do so? Yes.  You think I wouldn't love to go through a day without hearing about a transperson being disrespected or killed somewhere on the planet?  Yes.   You don't think that some days I would love to just be another 6'2" statuesque Black woman on the planet blithely going about her day and not having to constantly do hard solid thinking about her own and everybody else's gender identity and civil rights?

I don't think of it as a curse, just something that happened and that I need to deal with by doing whatever is necessary to try and live a more authentic life.   I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but it is not the worst thing that can happen to you by a long way.

Karen.