Transgender or transexual people are those who actually go through surgery to change their sex from male to female, or female to male. Upon meeting one of these people what do you think of them? do you think they're just like normal people? or would you avoid having any kind of interaction with them just because they're transexual? Do you think they should be intregrated to society just like the rest of us? Would you be freaked out to bump into a male-to female transgender in the restroom? share share, don't hold back but no insults either.
2006-08-04 13:55:08 · 41 answers · asked by G-gnomegrl 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
They don't have leprosy. They are already integrated into society and are not freaks.
We live in such an intolerant world.
Compared to a terrorist, I'd rather meet a transsexual in a rest room anyday.
2006-08-04 14:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Okay this is undoubtedly gonna bring you mass response tonight lol. Personally regardless of a persons preference for sexual gender roles...he/she is a person and I respect and love humanity first and foremost for just that.. however.... I believe there is only one judge and jury regarding such a personal decision and as I'm a daily siner myself...hey you won't catch me flinging stones at anyones glass house as my house is made up of breakaway glass and has a few holes in it to boot. Regardless of anyones orientation I have no right to dictate what they do with what god has given them whether or not I personally disagree with it... they will answer someday to what ever higher power they believe in. For me on the other hand keeping in mind all that I've just said.... "On this earth humans predominantly have two genders... one is man and one is woman, whether we were created by "God" or the "Big Bang" there is not a whole lot that can change this fact... true we have naturally occuring incidents of dual gender otherwise known as hermaphrodite and others born without either sex... but this is not the norm. I'm able to separate the person from the lifestyle..... but I would not act any different with someone of transgendered orientatioon.... now if the person is nasty in character, mean to people and just have ugly ways then that is a different matter all together....hope this answers your question.
2006-08-04 13:56:55 · answer #2 · answered by kitkool 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ask, don't tell? I mean, really, if you don't know, what's the difference? I don't think it's anyone's business. If they're happy, they're already way ahead of most of us!
I also support gay marriage, BTW. And I'm Catholic. These things make my pious Catholic sister want to disown me. That's her problem, right?
One thing I was confused by-and I'm pretty open-minded-is a transgender I was once speaking with who told me that he was born a woman, went through the surgery and now lives his life as a gay man. I wanted to ask, but thought it might not be appropriate, why he became a man if he liked men and was already a female? Just curious...
2006-08-04 14:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by elk312 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they're normal people, with dreams and feelings. I must admit I'd probably freak if they fool me and it was unexpecting to realize they're not really what I've thought they are, but I can deal with that.
I wouldn't avoid interaction, but I might feel uneasy, besides I'm a really curious girl, so I might ask "unpolite" stuff, I'm too honest.
I met a "boy who is stuck in the wrong body" and at first I was kind of uneasy, but once I got to know him, I was so attracted to his energy, that gender stopped mattering, you know?
I guess they all deserve a chance.
2006-08-04 14:13:37 · answer #4 · answered by djkay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We all have secrets and things that others would judge harshly. None of us are above reproach. The scale of "normalcy" is very wide and yet many of us do not register on it.
I have a lot of respect for people who will follow the path that will open their very private selves to public view and ridicule. It tells me that this thing they are doing is something so deep that I can't begin to judge it because I cannot understand it.
I know that to physically invite the obliteration of our genitalia is not a small thing. Even re-built into that of the opposite gender, it will never operate as well as the genitalia we are born with, so it is a very big sacrifice. The emotional drive to fit into the form that one wasn't born with must be terrible.
I have nothing but empathy and awe for the people who are dealing with this type of thing. And gratitude for being born a simple and relatively uncomplicated heterosexual.
2006-08-04 16:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by Batty 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Two of my best friends are transgenders (male to female both). When I got to know them they had already been transgendered and I see no reason to treat them different than I would any other woman who has such a great personality and immense sense of humour. I really don't care what they were or what they are now, I love them for being great friends.
2006-08-04 14:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At first I was uncomfortable around transgendered people but once you to talk to them you realize they are just regular people.
It is at first unsettling, it IS something different but just like anyone who is slightly different (say for example a little person or someone who is scarred) it only takes a few minutes of talking to someone to realize they are more than their skin or the body they are in.
Of course they should be intergrated into society (is there perhaps an island someone is suggesting they should all move to??)
2006-08-04 14:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by treehugger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who am I to say men shouldn't be wearing the skirts. Heck some of them look better than I do. I actually think they do look better on a regualr basis because they try harder. I personally don't think we should have to wear cloths at all. I'm very lazy about my looks; but think about it if we all went nude think about how much water that would save from not having to lodes after lodes of laundry. Okay went on a different rant but if you want to put that kinda of time into it go for it just be honest going into relationships we don't need anymore jerry episodes
2006-08-04 14:02:33 · answer #8 · answered by Cbear 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to have friends who are transsexual, and friends who are cross-dressers ... doesn't bother me ... they are some of the nicest people I've ever had the good fortune to meet.
And I for the sake of clarification:
Transgender is a general term for people are individuals whose gender expression and/or gender identity differs from the "normal" expectations for their gender of birth. The word transgender is an umbrella term which is often used to describe a wide range of identities and experiences, including: FTMs, MTFs, cross-dressers, drag queens, drag kings, gender queers, and many more.
Transsexuals have had surgery to alter their physical state to that of the opposite gender to which they were born.
2006-08-04 14:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by ♪ Nickels ♪ 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I do a double take just because I'm not expecting it. But after that I usually just judge the person on there actions not who they want to be. I almost feel sorry for them. I mean from their perspective they were born in the wrong body. That's got to suck in masive amounts.
2006-08-04 14:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by jinxintheworld 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋