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:-) Hmmm, oh boy! I see from your comment that I risk causing offense myself! None intended but if I may elaborate.
I am a 40 yr old trans woman. I didn't choose to be transgendered or choose to experience all the negativity that I have done due to being TS.
As I state in my profile: "I was born a female that looked like a male. I would rather have been born a female that looked like a female or a male that looked like a male but I was not. I was a female even before I went to see my Doctor. I have always been, ever since it was decided by factors outside anyone's control when I was in the womb. And now I am having treatment so that I can look more like a female and can behave acceptably as a female in public because I felt very strongly about such issues. That's it."
I suffered enormously prior to my transition - I was ready to pull my head off my shoulders at the end. Of course now that I have socially transitioned and am also undertaking medical treatment I feel normal. I no longer have a sense of GID... no longer have a sense of "wrongness" about myself.
I am very open with others about my trans-ness, about the medical treatment I undergo and the social problems that as a trans-woman I sometimes face.
Essentially, I see transgendered-ness as a genetic/physiological condition that one is born with. (As it happens, its a view that I've heard many medical professional people also state.) The brain of a female and the body of a male. I hybrid... a mutation. Its certainly not a mental condition or a lifestyle choice.
I am a 40 yr old trans woman. I didn't choose to be transgendered or choose to experience all the negativity that I have done due to being TS.
As I state in my profile:
"I was born a female that looked like a male. I would rather have been born a female that looked like a female or a male that looked like a male but I was not. I was a female even before I went to see my Doctor. I have always been, ever since it was decided by factors outside anyone's control when I was in the womb. And now I am having treatment so that I can look more like a female and can behave acceptably as a female in public because I felt very strongly about such issues. That's it."
I suffered enormously prior to my transition - I was ready to pull my head off my shoulders at the end. Of course now that I have socially transitioned and am also undertaking medical treatment I feel normal. I no longer have a sense of GID... no longer have a sense of "wrongness" about myself.
I am very open with others about my trans-ness, about the medical treatment I undergo and the social problems that as a trans-woman I sometimes face.
Essentially, I see transgendered-ness as a genetic/physiological condition that one is born with. (As it happens, its a view that I've heard many medical professional people also state.) The brain of a female and the body of a male. I hybrid... a mutation. Its certainly not a mental condition or a lifestyle choice.
Anyway, I hope that answers the question.
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