Why isn't the transexual community more transparent?

Question

I don't see (trans)men/women on a daily basis...or at all actually other than in bars and clubs. Why? I know that transexual people would like to be acknowledged as the gender with which they identify, but all technicalities aside, why do I rarely see transexual people in professional circles (doctors, dentists, engineers, etc) or...anywhere actually lol? The only place I see transexual people living visibly living their lives is at LGBT community centers or the Village and that's still infrequent.

Why aren't you men and women more vocal?

Answer 1

Good grief, how much stereotypical crapola can a person pack into one question?



Do me a favor, watch these videos, and then lie and tell me you'd know these women were Transsexual if you passed them on the street.



http://www.youtube.com/user/roseblossoms00#p/u/9/RS5D4yUW6-o

http://www.youtube.com/user/MeghansLife#p/a/u/1/SYGfrxb6kpY

http://www.youtube.com/user/karmatic1110#p/u/0/Oo1YboJnxx0

http://www.youtube.com/user/Livingthedream84#p/u/0/4qZYPPdQQr0

http://www.youtube.com/user/brdncharles



Transwomen are in every possible field you can imagine...



http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSgallery1.html

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSgallery2.html

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSgallery3.html

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSgallery4.html



In MOST CASES, you CAN'T tell a Transitioned person was born Transsexual, otherwise people wouldn't transition. The reason you think the way you do is because you happen to only notice the transwomen who have trouble passing. The girls who pass well wouldn't appear to be anything other than normal girls to you. pj knows all about "transexuals" because she lives in that marginalized world where people have turned their birth condition into their identity because they're too lazy to do the work necessary to overcome it. A person becomes a "transexual" when they have no choice. The vast majority of women born Transsexual live their lives like every other woman, no more or less visible than anyone else in society. Wanting to correct a birth condition, put it behind you, and get on with your life isn't giving in to fear, it's taking charge of your destiny and not allowing an unfortunate physical condition to determine WHO you are. The blind, deaf and physically challenged have been doing for over a century. Why can't Transsexual people?

Answer 2

You only notice the ones who aren't done transitioning or just aren't very passable. I've known plenty of transmen and women who I would never have guessed were transsexual. You're incredibly arrogant if you think you can always tell, and I suspect you seriously underestimate what hormones and surgery can do (plus some people simply had a good body for transitioning to begin with).



Much like homosexuals, you have most likely come across many more than you realize. Would you prefer that we all wear special hats or perhaps carry colorful name badges to let you know how Tran-tastic we are?

Answer 3

i realized that i became trans at 12. because of my parents i could not commence to transition until eventually i became 19 a million/2. i'm nevertheless pre-op regrettably. As for the numbers, there aren't any numbers. I did meet a transgendered human being that became appearing some study on the trans community. some more advantageous precise numbers must be out in many years. both maximum hardship-loose numbers quoted are a million in 37,000 human beings born male. the different is something like a million in 500 or a million in 2500. both have some problems with the study that cause them to unreliable.

Answer 4

IT'S CUZ YOU CANT TELL!



That's kind of why they're called transexuals. Cuz they changed sex! There's operations for this, you know.



If you're referring to the people who don't get operations but identify themselves as the opposite sex from the one they were when they were born, I think the technical term for this would be "transvestite" but I'm not sure. Probably where you live, people are to transphobic, so unfortunately they can't dress how they want because people will discriminate against them. I know that where I live, in San Francisco, I see transvestites all the time, but then again SF is considered the "gay capital of the world."



Cheers,

Jayden

Answer 5

We are everywhere. Look at the professions of the transwomen on the pages that Erica gave you links to.



Myself, I am a Software Engineer. I will become very visible when I come out at work next month in preparation for going full time in a few weeks.



My hope is that the big to do dies down quickly and I am just another woman who is known for her skills on the job instead of her medical past.

Answer 6

A friend of mine once said, "Jay, you're not an everyday event." and I replied "Actually Russian, this is every day life to me.".



He was talking about how people were having negative reactions to my being trans (namely his would be girlfriend... long story) because nobody sees transfolk in day to day life.



We are here. Heck we are virtually everywhere. There's something like 200 in the city and surrounding area where I live. And this area only has about three or four gay bars, and no official "Gay Village".



You don't see me because I don't advertise my trans status to people in my workplace and really not in my social circle. What business of their is it that I'm trans? Why do I have to shout out something that is utterly irrelevant to the situation?



Should every woman out there who has had an abortion declare herself when she applies for a bank loan? Should every man who has ever smoked crack tell the store where he rents movies from? Should children have to declare their shoe size in order to get an ice cream cone from the fair?



No.



It's not a relevant piece of information to the situation.



I'm trans where it counts. Where my being trans is relevant. In my heart, and where I can help my community.



Oh and we're bloody well all over YouTube. Go look us up.

Answer 7

Wow, i've been trying this new thing where i don't insult people on here for asking dumb questions but in your case i'm finding it difficult to resist.



How can you tell who is a transsexual anyway? We don't walk around with it stamped to our heads. And NO you can in fact not tell who is a transsexual, only the ones finding it difficult to pass (obviously)



You have most likely walked past loads of transsexuals in the street and spoken to them without realising they are transsexual.



You only notice the ones who don't pass, therefore how can you possibly know who is and who isn't a transsexual? I can't even tell and i am a damn transsexual! Most of the transguys i've met you would never be able to tell and a lot of transwomen look beautiful.



Furthermore we aren't really a "community" as such, this is a medical problem not a damn pride parade.

Answer 8

Because we don't want to be shot.



In fact the Top Answerer person on here is a trans woman who works in the medical feild... I'm going to major in Radiology. I'mma be a transsexual radiologist, not a hooker like you see in the movies and the streets of NYC.

Answer 9

Sorry to disappoint you but we are everywhere. The truth is people like the person you are praising are the vast minority. They are generally the ones that were to lazy to put the effort into transition to live there life as the man or woman they say they are. For them its easier to be loud and proud.

Answer 10

They might not want to talk about it because they want to enjoy being the person they are comfortable with being. You also can't tell from looking most of the time.

Answer 11

Well unless you asked every single male/female if they're transsexual, you don't really know for sure do you?

Answer 12

Maybe you do see them and just can't tell.

Answer 13

Lol,I agree with denver.

Answer 14

i am quite visible....i live my life out in the open....known by everyone who knows me as more that a passerby as transsexual. i work as a church secretary, go about my life as a woman in perfect harmony with my transsexualism.



internalized transphobia accounts for most of the hiding and stealth in our community. most transsexuals live in fear...fear of violence, fear of not being thought highly enough of, fear of this, fear of that....fear of life in general.



i have learned that fear is counter productive....fearful people are already victims of what they fear, because of the fear. i choose not to be a victim of anything.



much love and hope. pj