Reply To: Transgender Transition
carla1212, sorry you had to deal with that individual. The point is, are you happy with your life? I really dislike what the TG Community has become. I have met all kinds of “Trans” in my life. Some are pretty messed up.
As to what we become? No, that’s the real question. I tell people I became me. I will always carry the XY chromosome but I can now live and move through society as I wish and have relationships with my partners as I wish. Does that make me a “real woman?” I really don’t care anymore. I use to watch Popeye as a kid. Popeye use to say “I am what I am and that’s all that I am.” That’s pretty much how I look at things these days. When I came out at 13 (1975) I faced being institutionalized. Today I’ve raised a family and if all goes well, when the adoption is finalized, I will be listed as the mother of my 8 year old. Something that would have been impossible 40 years ago. I don’t know when “Passing” became a privilege and other nonsense but I’m out of “fashion” often these days. I get a small chuckle inside when a trans person these days tells me I’m cis and couldn’t possibly understand what it’s like to be trans.
The fact that she didn’t know in all honesty, probably pissed her off. The shames on her, not you.
