Think about it folks...

[AngelofDarkLust]

We are the two letters you sometimes ignore. I don't know how many times I've been told "you arn't really b/c."

Okay, how many of you have ever seen a Bi or Trans pride in your city... think about it as you read: http://community.livejournal.com/lambdarising/24454.html

 

[Etoile]

I had no idea Lambda Rising had a journal! I love that store, even if I haven't been there in a really long time.

I'll have to read the article later, I'm pretty wiped right now from pride and tomorrow is more pride...

 

[Gi_Venus]

We are the two letters you sometimes ignore. I don't know how many times I've been told "you arn't really b/c."

Okay, how many of you have ever seen a Bi or Trans pride in your city... think about it as you read: http://community.livejournal.com/lambdarising/24454.html

James I have a hard time finding a Transgender anything around here......supposedly there is support but it is almost treated like a foot note.

 

[stlpenguin]

And even in the transgender community - since we're kinda a 'junk drawer' of people who don't fit into the traditional GLB part of "I like boys" "I like girls" "I like either". Transgender can mean a LOT of things... basically anyone with "gender issues." I find, though, that sometimes, just being a crossdresser doesn't really give the the required street-cred to fit into the transgender circle. I think there's a certain amount of exclusivity that people like me come up against if you're not 'in transition' or 'identify as female' or 'were born into the wrong body.'

I'm not saying the ligitimately transgendered folks are outright hostile... it's nothing like that. But there is an undercurrent of... oh, I dunno. Cattiness? Superiority, maybe? I dunno. Maybe I'm just being touchy, but sometimes I get the feeling that if I don't want to alter my body, that I'm "just a crossdresser."

Also, Gi, present company is excluded. I'm not pointing fingers here at anyone in particular, and you've been nothing but wonderful

-- Scott / Sara