Transgender Issues- not just "men in dresses"

Are you affected by trans issues?

Yes- I'm trans/I think I might be trans	16.2%	[ 919 ]
Yes- I have a trans friend or relative	12.1%	[ 687 ]
Indirectly- I have a trans acquaintance	6.0%	[ 341 ]
Not directly, but I feel these issues affect me indirectly/ I feel that these issues affect everyone	23.5%	[ 1336 ]
Not at all	31.1%	[ 1766 ]
I don't know	11.1%	[ 630 ]
Total Votes:			[ 5679 ]

[Champagne Jane]

its really interesting to read I think we are all lucky to live in a more accepting time now then it was say 20 years ago, though some laws need to be more modernized with this acceptance

[greatdevourer]

Milendil

I've got a question: Why are most trans people MtF? It just seems to me that there are more MtF than FtM for some reason. I've been going around on the internet on some forums and keep hearing about MtF. Why are there more MtF?

Partly because we stand out more, partly because we're more hated. If a girl is masculine, she's a tomboy. If a guy is feminine, he's a damned ******** f**. As gender is more a spectrum than a binary, there are those who don't "need" full transition and can get by on just preference of language or altering appearance slightly or whatever else, which means that while FtMs like that can pretty much be themselves, MtFs tend to be pushed into whole-hog transition

Miss Skuld

Aside from that, I wish I could write "How to pee while standing up (for dummies, not that you people are dummies)..... where to start would be problem because its a taught habit for people born with xy Chromosones. The good only thing (to me) about have two peas and a pod.

Ha, it is rather nifty, I must say, like at fests when you can just n** behind a tree instead of going all the way back to the campsite >_>

[Rouji-kun]

I've known people who are male but ever since they were children knew that deep inside they were female. It can be tough. I feel for them, the discrimination is a lot worse, and it's not as black white as most things in life. I wish people who are trans, the best of luck.

I think that it's what you feel not what you carry, to an extent. I agree that you should be considered male/female *your original birth gender* until you start transitioning. As soon as the individual starts taking female/male hormone they should be considered that gender but only after much thinking and psychiatric evaluation. Just to help the person make sure that is what they really want.

I'm a gay male and i like being a guy. I'm not particularly manly so to speak but i like my p***s *pats* So i can't sit here and say i understand when i most certainly don't know how trans people feel. Like i said i wish all you trans out there the best of luck on your transitions and future!

[Kladeos]

Rilian

Actually, I wanted to try it for many years, but I think that was, at least in part, because of the pressure I felt to be a "woman", to stop being a kid.

For a long while after I found this thread and others like it (thinking of Tay's androgyne thread here), I was in denial because I thought that I just didn't want to grow up, and that I was convinving myself that I was TG so I wouldn't have to face that fact that I wanted to stay a kid. After a while I realized that no, I didn't want to grow up, but growing up wasn't that bad. What was extremely creepy was growing up into a woman. (Or a man, at that.) The thought of being a woman is almost offensive to me. It doesn't appeal. The thought of being a man, on the other hand, is alien. I don't mind the terms/labels "boy" and "girl" because they seem less restrictive than the adult terms. They're also familiar and comfortable, but at the same time I cannot identify with the majority of boys or girls. "Kid" was the word I've bene using of late.

Yeah, odd tangent.

Rouji-kun

I think that it's what you feel not what you carry, to an extent. I agree that you should be considered male/female *your original birth gender* until you start transitioning. As soon as the individual starts taking female/male hormone they should be considered that gender but only after much thinking and psychiatric evaluation. Just to help the person make sure that is what they really want.

Do mean considered, as in casually by friends and family, or legally?

I don't think you can get prescribed for hormones until you've been okayed by a number of psychologists. Or is that just surgery...? Anyway, what about those who are not transsexual, and cannot or do not have a firm course of transition? When should they be considered something other than "man"/"woman"?

[DysPerDis]

greatdevourer

Ha, it is rather nifty, I must say, like at fests when you can just n** behind a tree instead of going all the way back to the campsite >_>

...Or trying to pee in the bushes, tripping over your pants, and landing either in a puddle or on a bush with sharp, pokey things... oh the joys of camping when you have girly bits stare

[PoeticVengeance]

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

[Kaiya Bravery]

PoeticVengeance

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

yeah that's one thing I've always been jealous of as well

[PoeticVengeance]

Kaiya Bravery

PoeticVengeance

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

yeah that's one thing I've always been jealous of as well

It's extremely convenient. But I'm pretty sure there's devices I can use post surgery to continue to pee standing up.

[error-dot-tar]

PoeticVengeance

Kaiya Bravery

PoeticVengeance

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

yeah that's one thing I've always been jealous of as well

It's extremely convenient. But I'm pretty sure there's devices I can use post surgery to continue to pee standing up.

Though the site is designed for FTMs, this is a very comprehensive listing of the different "STP" (stand to pee) devices that are designed for female bodied humans.

[PoeticVengeance]

error[dot]exe

PoeticVengeance

Kaiya Bravery

PoeticVengeance

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

yeah that's one thing I've always been jealous of as well

It's extremely convenient. But I'm pretty sure there's devices I can use post surgery to continue to pee standing up.

Though the site is designed for FTMs, this is a very comprehensive listing of the different "STP" (stand to pee) devices that are designed for female bodied humans.

I'm honestly going to be the most unorthodox MtF ever. I want small breasts, I wear boy tailored pants and boots, and I am buying a device used by FTM's to pee standing up. If that doesn't piss off the crazy transladies at a certain support site (that I shan't mention here) I don't know what will.

[Milendil]

error[dot]exe

Though the site is designed for FTMs, this is a very comprehensive listing of the different "STP" (stand to pee) devices that are designed for female bodied humans.

Thank you for posting that. I just went back to the homepage of that website; it's been extremely helpful.

[Denzorz]

Kaiya Bravery

PoeticVengeance

That's one thing I'm going to miss. The ability to pee standing up.

yeah that's one thing I've always been jealous of as well

I've always wondered what that's like...

It must be so much more conveniant. And probably cleaner. You don't actually have to sit down on the seat, you can stand a ways away and there you go (*refuses to use public restrooms 'cause she has no alternative but to sit down, and it's just unclean*).

Probably makes camping easier as well. Peeing at a tree=easier than squatting and trying to keep it all clean

[rianchobits]

i got affected when my friend ( transgender ) get discriminated because its still not acceptable to society and can't blame them sometimes when they say transgender should not be tolerated.

[PoeticVengeance]

rianchobits

i got affected when my friend ( transgender ) get discriminated because its still not acceptable to society and can't blame them sometimes when they say transgender should not be tolerated.

Could you explain what you mean here? I'm very confused by this post.