Quote Originally Posted by zander8605 View Post
As a transsexual (not transgender, thank you) man (means I was born female, but am now living as male), I can't stress enough the importance of education. I appreciate the willingness to be an ally to your friend, but in order to be a better one, you should do a Google search on Trans 101 and learn about the language. Calling someone "a transgender" is actually pretty rude, like calling someone "a gay." And it certainly isn't women becoming men, and men becoming women. Not at all. Nor is it "trapped in the wrong body." This process does not involve a brain transplant :-P

For me, because I can only use myself as an example, I was born female, and lived as female for quite a while. But I never was female. I was always male. Currently I am taking steps in my medical transition to alter my body to something I'm comfortable with. I've been injecting testosterone for almost two years (nothing special, it's just male puberty and menopause), been binding my chest for about three-ish years (no, it doesn't hurt my chest, but the binder does get uncomfortable after a while), and am in the process of a legal name change. I have zero interest in getting my genitals surgically altered, as I consider my junk to be male because it's mine and I'm male, so yeah. I do, however, plan on getting a double-mastectomy to remove breast tissue someday (it isn't any more painful than any other kind of surgery).

I think my personal site is in my profile, and that covers my physical transition to date. So if you'd like to know more about my experience, you're welcome to check it out.
I apologize I never meant for it to be taken the wrong way. Thank you for teaching me, I just wanted to open peoples eyes to stuff like this and see what they thought. Like i said i apologize. Thank you