Transsexuals: how do you feel?

Was it Germaine who pondered how trannies motivation is they want to be a "real woman" which intirgued her, as she had been a woman all her life and still h adn't figured out what it was that made one a woman?

I hum and har over it - on the one side, I'm all for radical deconsturciton adn blurring of genders, but when trannies cross over, it seems they are embracing traditional notions of gender and that causes problems for me.

But if they were my friend, fuck - friendship is far more important than the b its between your legs.

Sweeping generalisation time: most transsexuals aren't so much interested in blurring gender boundaries. What they want is to become as completely female (or male, of course) as they can, because that's what matches the way they feel on the inside.

I think that looking convincing matters to transsexuals themselves because, as part of this, they don't want people to think of them as being some kind of in-between-gender. Maybe that's why your friend thinks people are being uncomfortable towards her. I'm not sure if it actually is.

When I was a teenager, I felt quite uncomfortable with transsexuals because I was desperately trying not to admit that I am one. After I stopped trying to hide it, that went away. Somehow, I doubt that that explains why most of the people who feel uncomfortable do, though.

I am, of course, quite happy to extend a friendly greeting to everyone, but that's not how I'd do it, any more than "Black people: how's it going?" or "White women: what was your day like?".

As to the way she makes other people feel, often i think it's because trannies make us question our own relation to our gender, our own definitions of who/what we see ourselves at. It's a shmae this oftne translates into hatred/dislike.

however, most of my friends are weird anyway.

When I read it, I thought Martin was under the impression that transsexuality involved having one's hands cut off. My dog's got no nose. How does he smell? etc.