After reading about transgendered women, I learned a lot more about how hard it is for them. Although I do have a friend who is transgender as well, but it was a female becoming a male instead of the other way around. I cant imagine what is must be like to go through life the way some of these females are and how hard it much be to feel like they need to hide their true selfs.
In high school my friend was a girl, but she looked very much like a man. Everyone in school would make fun of her and call her names. It was awful, and many times she would go home crying at the end of the day. Luckily she had a good group of friends who supported her in every way they could, by trying to help her not listen to all the hurtful things people were calling her. She shared with us one day that her dad abused her when her mom wasn’t around because he thought she was so ugly and would never fall in love. After telling us that story, we all felt for her so much. After high school she decided to have the operation before going to college so she could start with a new outlook on life. Now he is the happiest person in the world. He is open about his past and people respect him for that and everyone still loves him just the same.
I think its great that some people are able to be outwardly honest about their past but sad that so many aren’t because of the way others may treat them about being a transgender. I think its also horrible how in the manifesto it says, trans- sexuals’ identified genders are inferior to or less authentic than those who are not trans sexuals. It shouldn’t matter what gender someone is, we are all people and should be treated as equals.
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