If you thought you'd have nothing in common with these people, maybe think again.

[pavulon]

Some may have paywall issues but if not, this was worth the read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/07/20/feature/crossing-the-divide-do-men-really-have-it-easier-these-transgender-guys-found-the-truth-was-more-complex/?utm_term=.c226648b36be

[74-911]

Interesting read, ... thanks for posting.

[Crowbob]

I’m gonna stick my neck out and say it would never, ever occur to these people who have transitioned from female to male to pull over in a sleet storm to change some lady’s flat tire on the side of the highway at night.

One of ‘em came right out and said he/she/it was shocked that nobody held the door for him/her/it.

In general, I am way too dumb to follow all this stuff. Just wait ‘till Multiple Personality Disorder gets legitimized. Can an individual then be sincere who simultaneously alleges being male trapped in female body and female trapped in a male body sometimes?

There’s a joke about MPD and the eligibility for Social Security Disability benefits. For some mysterious reason the personality that wants to work never shows up at the Social Security office.

This sex/gender/race self-identification stuff is really gonna make for interesting adolescent experiences which are confusing enough with normal people and normal rules.

God help us*





*This phrase used herein shall in no way imply any allegiance to any religion, deity, creed, cosmology, belief system or anything else by this writer.

[pavulon]

Being willing to offer something up is appreciated.

I can't know but after thinking about this stuff for quite awhile, I've come to the conclusion that unless you're living it or around the situation consistently, it's not likely that someone will understand it. That people are willing to go to great lengths to try to address it as best they are able (surgery, hormones, living with the stigma or threat of stigma...) lends them a fair bit if credibility.

However, I see the greater point of the article being that here is a group of people who have now been on both sides of a reality--male and female. That in realizing their drive to become male, the other side of the coin is not everything they thought it was or would or should be...or perhaps nobody can see it until they are.

I'd hope to read another article about people who have gone the reverse direction because it could speak more to some pretty fundamental life experiences.