I will only go by Transsexual. Do you prefer the term Transgender or Transsexual, both/neither?

Sunday, 27 March 2011 at 03:54

Since people don’t seem to understand that Transgender really means transitioning or maybe has transitioned… maybe I will just start referring to myself as Transsexual. I hear/read people saying Transgender and they mean transsexuals, crossdressers, drag queens, shemales, and transvestites.

I’m NOT a crossdresser, shemale, drag queen, or transvestite.

I am TRANSSEXUAL.

Crossdressers, shemales, drag queens, and transvestites can have their own g.d. category.

I am Transsexual.

I do not wear women’s clothes for “the hell of it” or because I “get off” on it. I wear them because it’s MY LIFE. I AM a WOMAN.

Side Note: Some Transsexual Women perform as drag queens but that’s a whole other cup of tea they are entitled to drinking. I was inspired by drag queens to make a move towards expressing my femininity. But being a drag queen isn’t me. My “philosophy” is this: If I perform in drag it will be as a drag king because I’m a woman and a woman normally performs as a king. Again each Transsexual is entitled to do what they like, it’s just not my thing. And one last thing, very few Trans-Individuals would say this but they call themselves Transgender so not to confuse others into thinking “Transsexual” is a sexuality… because really it’s a gender identity. I understand that but that’s not what I’m trying to express in this blog.

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Trans-Terms: What’s Respectful or Inappropriate.

I am a Transgender Woman. And my personal opinion is that the word “Tranny” doesn’t bother me. What does bother me is being advertised as a sex object. With words such as “shemale”, “ladyboy”, or “chickboy”, etc. I am NOT male or a boy. I would rather hear/see “Tranny” over those words any day because at least it doesn’t literally imply I’m male in anyway. It says that I’m transitioning. Which is a fact.

If we are talking most appropriate I would call myself “Transgender”. I am a Transgender Woman. I wouldn’t say “Transexual” as of yet because I haven’t reached the point I am satisfied with my transitioning. I am happy and I know that I am beautiful… that comes with self-esteem and confidence. I know one day I’ll reach my destination.

Other terms/things that bother me is when someone puts me in the same category as a “Transvestite” or “Crossdresser”. Being a Woman is not something I do part-time or just for fun, THIS IS WHO I AM. I am NOT a man wearing women’s clothes. I am a woman wearing whatever I want. Also to say what I do is a facade is to imply that I’m fake and this is only part time or pretend when again this is my life something I do 100% of the time. I’m a Women. To say to me that I’m not a “GG” meaning “Genuine Girl” a person again is saying to me or any other Transgender Woman that we aren’t “real” girls. If “GG” is used as “Genetic Girl” my brain is still wired female so that’s genetics. So I still don’t approve of the usage of “GG”. All of these terms, Transvestite, Crossdresser, GG, and facade say to a Transgender person you aren’t real and this is just for fun and for a show. I find this rude and quite discriminatory.

I agree that “homophobic” is not the best choice of words for Trans-fear. “Transphobic” makes more sense. Some aren’t afraid of them all some are just afraid of one or the other. I would think if a person was accepting of one type of LGBTQ then they would accept and try to understand every aspect of the “rainbow”. But they don’t always do that, sadly. Some people are even “Biphobic”. I’m Transgender and Bisexual I know.

I hope this helps… good luck on being “politically correct” I guess you’d say. More like being respectful.

~ Peace & Wellbeing ~

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