Quote Originally Posted by NatalieD View Post
Ok, I'm sorry to be blunt, but this is bullshit.

Transsexuality is not about conforming to gender stereotypes. People who identify with the patterns conventionally assigned to the opposite sex become femme men or butch women. Y'know why reputable surgeons generally require that someone wanting genital surgery have at least a year of psychological counseling and at least a year of living full-time as the desired gender? It's to weed out people who think they should be the opposite sex because they identify with those social patterns. People like that usually end up very unhappy after the transition, and if they had surgery before trying it out they're now stuck with the unwanted genitals.

Transsexuals don't necessarily conform to gender stereotypes. I'll take my steel-toed boots over any damn high heels, thanks. ^_^
Bravo Nacy, thank you for not letting this pass without challenge. I have heard this before, and I know that it applies only rarely. I really want to understand this, but I honestly think it would be easier for me to live on the surface of the sun for a year. I just do my best to accept my friends.