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Okay guys, before I ask the question I would just like y'all to know that I come from a place which is reallllly conservative, so I don't know many things, anything I ask is purely because I would like to know more about the topic, it's not cuz I'm berating anyone or anything like that.
So here's the thing the other day we had a society class and our teacher asks us about transgenders and many people answered and most of them were wrong ( yes and that's the reason we have society class ) . So till now I thought that transgenders are ppl who were born with organs(?) Of both the sexes. But my teacher said that it's wrong and that transgenders are males who have become females through surgery . I did Google but idk I got mixed results. In the place where I live transgenders are heavily discriminated, so I don't get why someone would specifically wanna change their body for that.... To elucidate: So when I googled stuff I read that it's a biological thing where they feel that they should have been born a girl, and thus they wanna dress in skirts and stuff, but I don't get it cuz at the end of the day isn't it society which has made all these rules about only girls wearing skirts and stuff like that. ? Does it matter so much that you will have to flip your whole life upside down for it?(yes it's really bad here, they usually don't get jobs even if they're qualified so they resort to begging, it is unfortunate but many ppl are trying to change it) Okay guys again, keep in mind that I'm only asking because I would like to understand. It's so that if one day I do encounter a transgender, I would not come across as rude. Also are there female to male trans as well ? Do you have to go thru surgery to be a trans ? Or just dressing as the opposite sex would do ? If the previous question is true then would boyish girls also be trans ?
being trans essentially means that your sex (so, what you are biologically speaking/what you were born as) is not what you identify as.
to answer your questions bit by bit:
- the part you mentioned about people born with both sexual organs - this is called being intersex, and is not considered being transgender. in very very simple terms, it is w...... 2 reply
i'm not sure if you're THIS interested, but here's a really long ass and in depth explanation of trans people! my 'credentials' is that I'm a lesbian from a very open-minded place in sweden, and I know a lot of trans people in my life, and follow a lot of trans people online.
when you're born, you will be given a gender based on your genitals. Thi...... 1 reply
To the reason why they would flip their lives around and risk discrimination:
To them it feels much more wrong to be in a body / a social position that doesn't fit with how they feel about themselves.
The goal of any changes (surgery, changing your name, pronoun etc) are simply that the person in question can feel comfortable with themselves and ...... reply
Transgender people are people who don't identify as the gender they were born as, that's it, you don't need to transition or have dysphoria to be trans. a lot of people on the internet will tell you that dysphoria is a requirement, this people are quite aggressive and usually extremely hateful against non binary people, and they're also spreading l...... reply
Trasgenger means you transition into any gender you were not born as, be it male, female, non-binary, etc. Being transgender means you have gender dysphoria, a medical condition where you feel that your gender and sex is different to that you were born as. There are multiple kinds of dysphoria. There is social (discomfort with presenting as and usi...... 1 reply
Transgender: is a term for those who's sex(external/biological) does not match their gender(internal/psychological).
They don't always get "Sex Confirmation Surgery".
Clothing has been pointlessly gendered for some reason even though it has no gender or is gender neutral. Heels used to be for men and so were skirts.
Dressing in clothes that are ...... reply
transgender is (like everyone else is saying) when you transition from one gender to another, and no you dont need to be dysphoric or have a surgery to identify as the gender you are most in touch, or comfortable with.
and to answer the other question yes, there is ftm trans too! i am actually female to male transgender myself, i first identified a...... reply
