Do you feel like you don’t fit into traditional gender norms?
Whether you’re a crossdresser, a transgender woman, or someone who embraces a different gender identity, one thing is clear: society still has a lot to learn about gender non-conforming people.
Do you agree? If so, let’s talk about it!
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
Hi, I think that’s a good but difficult question. There are so many things. First, I started going out more and told more friends/family. They are very supportive but not into it like I am. Gets a little frustrating. I would love people to understand that it takes courage to do this. There is nothing wrong with me. I just love to feel beautiful and be noticed..
, I completely understand where to ad coming from. I have been taking hormones if a year and all I wish for is the people I know to understand that I am the same person inside but I feel better about myself when I look like there on the outside.
What I wish people understood about me is that I am not sick nor crazy and would stop judging me. I am human, not a freak, I have feelings just as everyone else, made of flesh and blood as anybody else. I wish people would stop pointing their fingers and calling me names in an insulting manner.
We are all humans, lets respect each other and get along.
I wish other people wpuld undertand that anyone around them might be transgendered. We are not “it”. We are people and we are human.
That I am not a freak, nor am I a child molester. I simply am trying to be myself, and who I am inside. I simply want to be left alone and be myself and be happy.
Hello Lucille, what I wish people would understand is that this inner femininity is not a matter of choice, it is who I truly am on the inside! Since from a very young age I truly identified with girls and women, and I wanted to be just like them! It started as early as 8 years, I was fascinated with nail polish, and growing my nails long and pretty! At the age of 16 I ventured out to a nail salon for a full set of resin nails! I can’t even describe how much courage it took for me to do this, but I wanted it so badly. The feeling I had after my nails were done was simply fantastic, I was in my element of womanhood! People really need to understand that I feel just as a woman would feel! There is nothing wrong with acting, dressing, and thinking just like a woman! I have finally come to terms with this, and that is all that matters, I am not hurting anybody, I am living how I feel from within. Chances are that I may never have the surgery to completely become a woman physically, but with estrogen therapy I can maintain my feminine appearance which is so very crucial to me. Lucille I think what you are doing is truly wonderful and beautiful! Your kindness towards the trans-gender community is commendable! I for one am at a loss for words to tell you how much your compassion means to me! All I can say is thank-you Lucille, you’re a real sweetheart! The world needs more lovely women such as yourself. Take care dear Lucille, love from Joanie xoxo!
Gad, you are ever so gorgeous, sugah! And so right about all this. Isn’t it strange how, in the beginning, you don’t know (or aren’t sure) what this “girl thing” is, then you think you’re the only one, then when you find out you’re not, how amazingly similar the life stories are. (I wrote about early identification w/girls on p127 of When did you first know you were a girl? on this site.) The world does need more lovely women…like you!
It’s been a very long journey for me, often, too often, very lonely as well. I don’t want to be special, I just want to be like everyone else.
Just that I am an ordinary person (sort of) just expressing my femme self and enjoying life as best I can and am not a threat to anyone.
I wish that people would understand that I and this way because I decided to be, but because it is the way I am supposed to be.