Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 21:21     Subject: Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Yes. But most of them you would never, ever know.


This just is not true. I have zero issue with trans*people and know quite a few so don't call me a bigot. This whole "you probably would never know" business though is just false.


Disagree. I know trans people and yes, some you could guess, some you could not. In my experience, seems to be how long the person has been using hormones. I have a friend who is a public school teacher (not DC) and no one knows. If you met this person, you'd never suspect.


Until they speak.

The voice never lies.


Actually, this is probably true only when talking about a Male-to -Female Transgender person who did not physically transition until after puberty or a female-to-male who has not taken hormones. On the other hand: 1) FTM Transgender people will develop a deeper voice once they start testosterone in physical transition -- I think this will happen all the time or virtually all the time (there may be exceptions, but then again there are some people born as boys who happened to still have a fairly high pitched voices as grown men); 2) for younger people these days who show many signs that they may be transgender -- including Male-to-Females -- if they go on puberty suppressant drugs they can prevent their voices from getting deep and then if they decide to transition with female hormones their voices will not necessarily give away anything.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2016 01:12     Subject: Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
Went on a few dates with a guy (I'm female) many years ago. Someone mentioned him to me randomly and I decided to google him. Everything that should have been referring to him was now referring to one particular woman. I google her name and found some hot chick with a great body. I looked closer and realized that it was the same person, now transitioned.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2016 08:10     Subject: Re:Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
Anonymous wrote:I work with kids, and yes, I've been exposed directly or indirectly to kids struggling with gender for many years. This is where we realize it's not a mental illness or a social construct. It's a real thing- and it doesn't look like Kaitlyn Jenner or drag queens, it's a bone fide development that starts very early with children who are dealing with gender identity. It's not as if they are rebelling at 13 or 16, it's something that's been in play since they were toddlers. Their parents have a really hard job in deciding what to do about hormone suppression at about 11 or 12 as well as dealing with their own emotions. It's not the schools job to decide what is correct regarding bathrooms. If the family is on board with this kid transitioning, it's not anybody's right to make decisions to supercede the familys decision for what this kid does in school because most of us HAVE NO IDEA of the thought process and trajectory that went into this. If people have a problem with it, I say educate yourself and make an effort to understand. If you can't, MYOB.

Yes!

I've worked with two students with gender differences, years apart, both of whom were in early elementary school when they were in my extracurricular class. Both families--parents and child--were in therapy to find out what the child was going through, and what it meant for their present and future. (Not to try to "fix" the child.) Both families were forthcoming with me about language they suggested we use in class if there were any questions about the child's clothes, etc. (More vague like "anyone can have long hair, right?" Not at all going into what gender questioning meant. ) They were both great kids who were awesome to have in class.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2016 04:06     Subject: Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
My child's 4th grade teacher was MTF.
My cousin's 12 year old daughter has lived as a boy 100% of the time since about age 4.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2016 17:31     Subject: Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
Anonymous wrote:This question is for non-trans people.


I have three friends who each have a transgender child and I know two of the three children.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2016 17:41     Subject: Serious question: Does anyone actually know a trans gender person?
Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about being transgender. Are they gay/lesbian also? Or does a man that transitions to a woman still prefer to date women?


The one who is a fully transitioned male is into females

The one who is transitioning into a female has been asexual for pretty much her whole life due to the issues surrounding not being comfortable in her body. She hasn't quite figured out what will happen once she is transitioned.