One day, during the lunch break of one of those awful, privileged-people cubicle jobs, I found myself at a table with a bunch of male and female acquaintances. At some point, the females started discussing their menstrual cycles and the methods they used to ease cramping. Back up there, James. These people read you as a cis male. Their poor little brains might very well explode with the information you were just about to generously bestow upon them.
Stealth is Soul-Destroying - Transgender Forum : Transgender Forum
Those who live in stealth keep their trans status secret. Those who interact with them—sometimes even their spouses—have no clue about their past. In the past the medical model of transsexualism demanded stealth; those who were accepted for treatment by gender clinics were required to close all ties with their past and live as if they were nontranssexual. Things began to change in the early s as a new community-fueled transgender model began to replace the medical model.
7 Myths About ‘Stealth’ Transexuals That Undermine Valid Choices
It has been a while! I have been going through some life stuff lately a new job, new relationship, new hair cut, etc. In my time away, I asked a friend of mine who is trans if he would be interested in guest posting. Some trans folks like me! Myself, I have always been pretty much an open book.
Rain Valdez is an actress, model, writer, and producer. I was afraid for the longest time. I never wanted to admit that I was a trans woman. I had my own internal transphobia. In fact, when I encounter new people and the subject of my trans identity comes up, usually the first question they ask is, "When did you know you were trans?