i really think that passing is just another closet, ive chosen an androgynous appearance for myself.p.s.I DONT GIVE A RATS *** WHAT SOCIETY THINKS!!!!
2007-06-20 03:45:06 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Rat On ! in the future , the whole passing thing will seem less important . Not everyone is at your level yet .
2007-06-20 15:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you identify as trans and are happy being perceived that way, more power to you. Nothing wrong with it. But "passing" isn't always a matter of hiding to people- for some people yes, it's hiding and it's safety, since out trans individuals are very likely to be discriminated against, but sometimes it's just that who they are, who they like to be seen as and treated as, isn't "androgynous/trans" but actually a side of the spectrum (male/female) their natural body didn't match. If you're a guy born with a woman's body, maybe you just want people to see you as a guy- you don't want to make a political statement about who you just happen to be.
I don't think one way of looking at it is better or worse than the other. It's just about individual differences.
2007-06-20 11:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by Chivas R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good for you! Be who you are, be proud of who you are, and never let anyone try to tell you to be different. Society, for the most part, is given voice by the ignorant. I try my darnedest to ignore what society says and make my own opinions.
EDIT: Corey, sometimes a double post comes from inadvertently hitting the submit button twice. It's not a crime to make a mistake.
2007-06-20 11:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by FTW 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't want to have to make a statement when I'm walking to the deli to pick up coffee and cigarettes. I want to be able to choose when I have to take a political stand.
2007-06-20 10:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by activistadam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend said he got the surgery because he felt like a woman trapped in a mans body. he said that he got the sex change to be a woman and that he didn't want to look in the mirror after the surgery and still have that man looking back at him.
2007-06-20 11:15:10 · answer #5 · answered by kaluah96 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess because when someone is transsexual they do want to be the opposite gender not a tranessexual >_<
2007-06-20 11:44:31 · answer #6 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having people stare.
2007-06-20 10:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋