2006-12-21 07:41:58 · 4 answers · asked by sheilagreen83 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I guess it is, but I have been married happily for almost 5 years now. And yes my wife knows and supports me.
2006-12-22 03:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by JML 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all revolves around passability. If you are passable, then you have no problems. If you do not, then you have a world of problems.
If you listen to a group of transgendered people talk, invariably it will be about passability and how to achieve it.
It is sad that our society revolves so much around looks and bigotry, but I have to admit, when you see a guy who looks like Grizzly Adams trying to look like Brittany Spears...well...its quite shocking.
2006-12-21 09:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a lot of us, YES! For MTFs, straight guys don't want to date a chick with a dick. Gay guys only end in short-term relationships because after the operation they're not interested in dating a woman. For straight women they don't want to be in a lesbian relationship. For lesbian women it's too straight for them. That's just the MTF side too. I didn't even get into FTMs, crossdressers, and genderqueer people...
2006-12-21 17:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by carora13 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some pass quite well. I've seen some that I didn't realize were until told about it. They could date as they chose. This is where success is measured, a man being seen as the woman he thinks he should be or a woman being seen as the man she thinks she should be. Failure is being seen by all as a freak or portraying themselves in some middle ground.
2006-12-21 08:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋