This is something I probably should’ve posted months ago since it’s so useful for explaining not just transsexuality, but also how I can be a gay, effeminate FtM transsexual. Back when I started…We have spent the last two days covering this in my LGBT Studies class. (A level 180 class, for the record >:|) and if I ever had to listen to another person protest that sex and gender are the same thing, I may start throwing punches.
Hmm, this is strange to me. I don’t understand the concept of gender being separate from sex. I technically understand it, but I at the same time it doesn’t compute with me. My sex is male and I identify as a male. I don’t really understand what it means to identify as a different gender.
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I don’t either. I don’t understand the concept. I’m a girl. I like boys and girls. I like boys more than girls. I have a few manly characteristics. I have more girly characteristics than manly ones. I don’t think it’s good to get people all introverted on this subject in the name of “education”.
With all due respect, this sort of thing NEEDS to be discussed. If it’s not discussed people continue to equate sex with gender and that’s simply not true for everyone.
Yes, it makes you uncomfortable. Imagine how much more uncomfortable it is for those who feel like they should have a vagina instead of a penis (or vice versa). There are small children (under 5 in many cases) who feel so bad about being considered the wrong gender that they try to hurt themselves. Those children deserve to know that it’s ok and they’re not alone.
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