A delicate question.

[infinity706]

Look at it the other way; It most certainly can be considered a physical disability, because the body is the wrong sex. My body does not work just fine, when I cannot perform sexually the way I should. Sure i can make do withtheh body I have-- but it's not right for me. We do not in any way shape or form want to be considered mentally disabled. It would not simplify anything.

Sure, it's less than ideal, but I think being classified as a mental disability might be a fair tradeoff if it led to transitioning being covered by insurance.

As for the performing sexually, though, I doubt you could convince anyone of that. Unless you just make shit up, you're a bunch of notches above average sexual performance and probably in the top 1%. I seriously doubt any of your partners would say "Hey, that was pretty good, but it would have been so much better if Stella had a penis."

 

[Etoile]

This is really hard to understand and a little confusing? "He" started out as a "She" that prefered other "Shes." Now "He" is a "He" that likes other "Hes".
Strange?

Yes, exactly right! It wasn't so hard to understand after all then, eh?

 

[TheLM]

Yes, I have a sister who has Down's Syndrome..and she's a way better person than I am...

People with Down's almost always have so much love in their hearts it's intoxicating.

I never said transgendered people were mentally disabled. Sometimes you have to simplify things for people, though, to get what you want.

Umm.... Here's a quote:

After reading all this and thinking about it, I think maybe it would be best to market being transgender as a curable mental disability.

Maybe I'm just stupid, but it seems like that's what you were getting at?

 

[Etoile]

I think the difference is between believing trans people are disabled, and marketing them as such.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I think the difference is between believing trans people are disabled, and marketing them as such.

A distinction without a difference. marketing encourages people to believe in something-- the value of a washing machine or diamond, or that trans people are mentally disabled, once you've been successful, you have people believing.


Infinity...your compliment is just... leaving me speechless. And yeah, it's very probable that if I were born in the right body I would be one of those guys who just want to stick it in wherever till I got myself off. So it's a very good point.

I might not have compensated by learning and striving to be a really GOOD lover-- but on the other hand, that's only happened in the last half of my life anyways, and it took a lot of learning about myself that honestly, I didn't like doing.

 

[TheLM]

I think the difference is between believing trans people are disabled, and marketing them as such.

So we should know that these people aren't disabled but try to convince others that they are via marketing. Gotcha.

Again, I have to disagree and reiterate my earlier pop culture reference: This is some scary **** we're throwing around here. I posted that icon of Magneto because the situation plays out in the X-MEN comics of old(am I dating myself a bit?). Once a segment of people can be marginalized (Mutants! Blacks! Gays! "DISABLED") things get nasty quick.

 

[Etoile]

A distinction without a difference. marketing encourages people to believe in something-- the value of a washing machine or diamond, or that trans people are mentally disabled, once you've been successful, you have people believing.

Indeed. I was just striving to explain the distinction presented by someone else - not justify it.

 

[StacyTG]

Ah! You did change your screen name..

I did, thanks to you.

Thank you.

Can you be considered transgendered without surgery? So a TV is transgendered? Or maybe a TV is transgendered if she wears a dress and heels 24/7? I thought transitioning implied some surgery or hormonal therapy etc?

I believe that you can be considered transgendered without surgery. My gender does not match my sex. Therefore, I am transgendered.

For some of us, transitioning is simply not an option. It's not something that is covered by insurance (to my knowledge), and personally, I'm not willing to take drastic measures to try and make the money to do it, i.e., prostitution, etc.

Therefore, trying to reconcile the woman that I am with the body I was born with is something I struggle with every single day.