More Trans then Thou

A little rant about a certain behavior in our little family.

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• trans
• transsexual
• transgendered
• transition
• mtf

[leonardo0200]

I love the intimacy between me and my electrologist, the way she positions her latex fingers on my skin and penetrates my skin with her needle and tweezers the hair out. fast then slow she egarly scowlers my face searching for hairs. I breath in and out by reaction only, feeling the electric burn in my follicle.

[icecoldbath]

if you ruin sex for me by this, i will rip out penis so you will never have a vagina! ;)

[undead365]

Stop me if you've heard this one: "You're not trans because you claim to be trans. Real trans girls are just 'girls'"

I kid you not, I have actually heard this one.

[icecoldbath]

Haha. Oh people and their insecurities. Its a mad world.

[gothique11]

Electro hurts, although not as bad as laser. Laser really hurts. It's worth it, although. The pain sux. It really does. Holier-than-you-tran-ppl suck, too.

[icecoldbath]

I have had laser three times. Electro hurt me 10 times worse and laser is only like 20 minutes long. I guess different people have different reactions.

[RainbowRaversFantasy]

If it helps shed any light on this, being trans here has gained a similar effect to bisexuality. I've noticed that young teens have begun seeing bisexuality as "cool" and many of them lie and say that they're bi when they're not, cause they want to be a part of it. My social circle is made up of many trans people, so I've noticed that certain people would trick themselves into believing they're trans...and then later on learning that they are not. This causes a lot of the "More trans" attitude.

[SirLionelLeo]

Eleven pills a day?!

Jesus.

That makes FTM transition sound like a watered down pussy version of transition. Most transguys get one shot a week and we're good until that next shot... Sort of puts things into perspective.

I haven't ever had to deal with the Trannier than Thou attitude yet because I haven't started transition but I'll look out for them. And I'll just have to laugh.

[laurakaufman1]

@icecoldbath I think that there is a masqueline and feminine side in every one. Why should anyone go through any more pain than every day life brings. Is it not possible to get in touch with both sides. If you do one side more than the other, aren't you really starving part of you self and hurting your ego? It is like using right and left brain. Isn't it right to be creative as well as logical. Do not limit yourself to just 1/2 of what is going on, or deny yourself.

[livingsoul12066]

Exactly =)

[Suggestivetheory]

I completely agree! I don't feel like I want to change how I feel about things... it's more about wanting a male body.

I think thats so cool that you feel that way.

It's nice to know that while it seems to be uncommon, the viewpoint isn't nonexistant. XD

[livingsoul12066]

Yeah, that's what I mean. It's more like I want a male body than anything else. One thing is, I was raised thinking that showing emotions was a good thing, so I guess society in general will always perceive me as a little effeminate.

I'm pretty sure hormone therapy will help, but I just don't feel a need to not laugh at jokes and not cry at movies. It doesn't make me any less masculine in my own eyes.

[Suggestivetheory]

I know how you feel. I read about people who are trans, that say they've felt really like they should be the other gender since they were very young. I've only really SERIOUSLY thought about it...for maybe 8 months.

Sometimes it makes me worry... you know,.. Like, is it just...a passing phase? or... is this really REALLY how I feel?

I especially have a hard time with it, because... I feel like I approach masculinity differently than allot of trans guys.

.. Sorry if that was random.

[krisagui]

OMG i have to say THANK U for posting this video in 2007...I have to hear things like: "You didn't suffer enough" "u are almost gay than trans" or even "i don't think u're gonna do srs"...I only can say i don't care if my brain can be less feminine than that of another transgirl or borngirl...cause that's normal, we're all different...

[Allophyl]

I don't think I'd be able to take that pill. I am a girl, it is a part of who I am, and if I took that pill, it would have to change who I am, my personality. I'd be a completely different person. I couldn't do that. I am a girl and I want to be a girl, and as hard as transition is, I'd rather go through it than take a pill that would make me happy to live as a boy. I just don't want to change who I am.

[livingsoul12066]

I think "trannier than thou" is kind of retarded, but I still worry that I wouldn't pass a psych evaluation for T because I didn't really think about being a boy until about a month ago.