Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?

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Anonymous wrote:Considering that transgenders are reported to be about .3% of the population! it is doubtful many people can honestly say yes.

How is that measured? And what time frame? Within the last five years?

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A teen in my carpool is transgender. I would have thought this whole kerfuffle was something far away from me and my life until this child that I see every day changed in this way.

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None at all.

Answers on this thread will be biased, OP, since people who know transgendered people will jump at the change to show how worldly and accepting they are; and people who don't know any, which is to say the majority, will not bother to answer.

I bet you $1,000 you do know someone who is transgendered. You just don't realize it because he or she passes without question, and because his/her gender is totally irrelevant to your relationship.

Doubtful see post above--.3% of population...

If you live in an urban area and have a progressive group of friends, you are likely to have more trans acquiantances than others. I have one trans acquaintance who is an ex of a friend from high school and several trans friends/acquaintances from college. I totally acknowledge this is largely because I went to college at a very liberal SLAC (which drew lgbtq persons because there was a very accepting attitude) and I have lived in Portland and Berkeley.

All contact with minority groups depends on your peer group.

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I'm not trans but I am a politically active gay person. I know five trans people who I have spent more than just passing time with. I likely know others who have felt no need to disclose their gender history to me, and you might too.

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Six that I can think of right now and two genderqueer folks. I'm sure there are more but this isn't a big deal for me anymore so it's not like these folks stand out in my memory. A few I met through dd who was dating them.

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Yes. did business with a Paul and one day she called to tell me she is now Paula. She was very professional about it. I could tell that she was transitioning to a female so I wasn't completely surprised. She looked great and said she was the happiest she'd ever been. I am happy for her.

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Yes. A woman I went to grad school with transitioned to a man. She had been a very shy butch lesbian, and she seemed much more confident and happy as a man (and totally convincing). Interestingly I was attracted to her as a man, but not as a lesbian (I am a bi woman.) I did kind of feel sad that she just couldn't be a butch woman but I realize that I don't really know all her experiences.

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I work in healthcare and have taken care of 2 patients (MTF) who are transgendered.

I have also encountered more people socially who I would call "gender-non-conforming" meaning that I am not confident what sort of genetalia they have after social interactions. But since it has zero bearing on how I interact with them I've never felt the need to know one way or another.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. A woman I went to grad school with transitioned to a man. She had been a very shy butch lesbian, and she seemed much more confident and happy as a man (and totally convincing). Interestingly I was attracted to her as a man, but not as a lesbian (I am a bi woman.) I did kind of feel sad that she just couldn't be a butch woman but I realize that I don't really know all her experiences.

omg sorry for the pronoun butchering!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. A woman I went to grad school with transitioned to a man. She had been a very shy butch lesbian, and she seemed much more confident and happy as a man (and totally convincing). Interestingly I was attracted to her as a man, but not as a lesbian (I am a bi woman.) I did kind of feel sad that she just couldn't be a butch woman but I realize that I don't really know all her experiences.

Yes this is something I can't grasp psychologically. I support trans people but as a butchish, straight cisgender woman I don't get the desire to transition to female in order to wear (ew) makeup. But I support people who feel that this is what they need to do. I don't know what it's like to live their experience.

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Yes.

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Yes, she is an acquaintance, not close friend.

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Yes, a coworker at my agency. She is nice, but we don't really have common interests, so more of a friendly acquaintance/coworker than friend.

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Yes, three. One teen, two adults. Only one lives here. The other two live in conservative areas in the south.

This is more common than some people think.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. A woman I went to grad school with transitioned to a man. She had been a very shy butch lesbian, and she seemed much more confident and happy as a man (and totally convincing). Interestingly I was attracted to her as a man, but not as a lesbian (I am a bi woman.) I did kind of feel sad that she just couldn't be a butch woman but I realize that I don't really know all her experiences.

Yes this is something I can't grasp psychologically. I support trans people but as a butchish, straight cisgender woman I don't get the desire to transition to female in order to wear (ew) makeup. But I support people who feel that this is what they need to do. I don't know what it's like to live their experience.

One good explanation I heard of the makeup thing is that trans women have to prove they are female, so they end up having to adopt the signifiers in a way we (cis gender butchish woman) may not feel the need to do. So it's basically a sort of privilege thing for us to be able to skip the heels etc.