Are you someone who doesn’t fit traditional gender norms?
Whether you’re a crossdresser, transgender woman, or embrace a different gender identity, it’s clear that society still has a lot to learn about gender non-conforming people.
Do you agree?
If so, let’s shed some light!
What do you wish people understood about you?
Whether it’s the people closest to you or the world at large, what message would you like to share?
The more voices and perspectives out there, the more others will hopefully begin to understand.
I’d love to hear from you, so please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
I wish it was easier to come out and for people to accept it happily
To be accepted as me. I know I’m a woman and I’ve jumped through many many hoops, to get the help I need so I can feel better about my body. I know who I am but even friends are saying why did you change and you are brave. But I’m not brave I have to be me or I will die inside. I have come a long way but I’m not there yet. I just want to be accepted not treated any differently and allowed to be me. I struggle to keep going but can’t stop. I don’t want to be pointed out in supermarkets, jeered at by drunken yobs and frowned at in the washroom. I believe am a good person I never asked to be trans Im not an exhibit in a freak show I’m just me. Sorry I opened up my flood gates vented my spleen and am now wiping my eyes. x
I tried several times to tell myself to live like the body I was born to live in. And each time I fail. I’m tired of feeling like a failure. I just want to be happy and live life without fear of someones criticisms of who I am when they don’t even know me. Do people who do this realize how much hurt they inflict?
Roni
Roni I have ridden that train to the end of the line, going through the motions of what I thought I was supposed to. I’m married with a small child and have dealt with a feeling of being trapped always to hide. I have thrown away more pretty clothes than I even now own and girl I have been shopping, but I want you to know there is hope. Just a few weeks ago I met an amazingly beautiful young lady that responded to an ad I had placed looking for a friend and though she is unfamiliar with what my secret lifestyle entails she has been the most amazing supportive kind person possibly that I have ever met. She single handedly restored my faith in people and has given me the support and confidence to share this side of me with another, something I truly believed would never be possible. There are people out there that only care about your happiness, and when you really need them the most they will appear. I believe that. Chin up honey, you have an inner strength most people don’t even realize is possible.
Not all of us are transgendered!
I think Transvestites are even more discriminated against
I love all my TG friends I want to say that first but
not all of us want to be female
I just want to dress like one
I have been X dressing from puberty
I love my male body
I just love to put it in feminine clothing
Donna
I would just love if more people would undrestand transgender women and crossdressers and would quit being such hypocrites and let us live our lifes the way we would like everyone would get along better,don’t you think?
yes i wish to people understood
I wish people would know that it is not a choice to be trans. Who in the world would choose this? It was the curse of my life for over 50 years almost killing me. Until I got help (to learn self acceptance) all I could think about was finding the best way to end this torture. What did I do to be born like this? Then everyone wants to burn you at the stake.
What I want people to know is the survivors are pretty solid people who are great people like everyone else. Mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers. We love, we hurt, we bleed, we nurture. We just need to be free to express ourselves as we are, Just like everyone else. nothing more, nothing less. We do not want others uncomfortable. This IS our normal. Love us like you would like to be loved.
Elle that was dead on.
Elle
I couldn’t have said it any better than you did. Thank you for saying it for me.
Roni
I am not an American citizen in spirit so I don’t think like one. Why cannot my compatriots think of themselves outside of this country and culture? Anyway, there are always common sense things one can do to not get oneself into more trouble than necessary like to learn how to behave in such a way that one does not ruffle any feathers like learning to control one’s temper and like learning to get a handle on one’s emotions. I have had a lot of personal therapy. This culture is very black and white which does not mean all other cultures are or were. Try to remember this!
As one says: Amen!
So, there are some people that think because a man desires to wear female clothing that he is gay, or that he wants to be a girl. Well I would like tell people that this is not true! I’m a man that loves to “crossdress” but I’m not gay, nor do I want to ever become a girl! I just don’t see why I (a man) can’t wear a dress or play with makeup; when girls can wear pants and play boy sports!