The Government Helped Me Make Up My Mind On The Transgender Issue
I was never sure of my stance on transgender folks— until now
I wasn’t a supporter of trans people. That is right, as a lesbian, I wasn’t a supporter of trans people. I thought we had taken science too far, and I bought into the two-genders thing. But recently I have come to some important decisions. And all this hullabaloo from the government about trans folks helped cement them.
Just Because I Don’t Experience It Doesn’t Mean It Can’t Be Real
I have never wanted to be a boy, except for the times in high school when I thought dress codes and other rules were unfair. But I don’t think wanting the perks of being male is the same as wanting to be one. I have always been content with being female. I don’t fit in with the majority of females because I am too tomboyish and often felt others assumed I was trying to be a boy. However, I never had any inkling that I was meant to be a male, that I was in the wrong body, or that I was assigned a gender I wasn’t part of.
But not having this feeling myself doesn’t mean it can’t exist or that others don’t feel it.
I have never had any desire to skydive, to try recreational drugs just to know what it’s like, or go…
