Transmen are Transsexuals
andTransgendered
Many now feel being
Transgendred is the same as being a Transsexual. In
the past, this was not the case but so many use the
term Transgender in relation to the true meaning of
Transsexual, in context of Transsexualism, there is no
point disputing it. Transseuxal/Transgendered are now
one in the same.
To be Transsexual and
or Transgender, in the
case of a Transman, means needing to live,
die, work, have
relationships (women or men) work, dress, conduct
themselves as men 100%, 24/7, year round, day in, day
out because they feel and ARE male beyond just the
need to dress
and look male.
Transmen need to be who they really are
to survive, to be happy, to live productive lives and often for their
own sanity. It's an innate feeling. It's often
indescribable. It is not a choice, that is to say,
there is no "I think I will create a new name that
fits me or now say I am (add label here) to fit into
this group, because I am not be GD or diagnosed with
GID and then I will call myself a man" but not commit
to what it really, really means to be a Transman; a
man.
That is not what being a
Transman is all about.
Being a Transman
is not a choice and it is not a
lifestyle. It is not a wake up one day and decide to
dress like a guy. It is not about trying to act like
one just because one feels more butch than feminine -
just like being homosexual is not a choice and like
how one identifies as a lesbian is not a choice; it's
innate (born that way), how one feels naturally. There
are soft butch, hard butch, dyke, bull dyke, TG butch,
genderqueer meaning not quite female and not quite
male feeling but this is not what a Transman
is.
A Transman's desire and need to be seen as a
man, respected as a man and feel whole as a man is
more important than most anything else - it is
necessary to survive.
Transmen, are female bodied or
intersexed people who struggle with their female
gender because they feel male, they think male, they
naturally act male
and wish to live as men through dress, hormone therapy
and surgery; surgery to what extent varies from male
to male. Some feel having all identifying female
characteristics (female reproductive organs and
breasts) removed is enough. Some feel having complete
and total genital reconstruction is necessary.
Genderqueer and TG
butch means to Transcend Gender lines, blurring
these lines for purposes of mostly self gratification
rather than to make mind and body whole. It is rare to
find a Genderqueer female who is not a lesbian. That's
not a bad thing - calling oneself Genderqueer is a
personal label preference, a conscious choice. But do
not identify as a man, do not wish to live as a man,
do not wish to die as a man, do not wish to work as a
man, do not wish to chemically transition to male,
have surgery, ect..
There may be some comfort for TG
Butch and Genderqueer females to dress as men and
using a male name but this is not what being a
Transman is.
Some TG Butch and
Genderqueer are
straight who dress male and date only men. Do you see
what is meant by 'blurring the lines'?
Further,
- Drag Kings are, for the most
part, Lesbians -they dress male for the purpose
of entertainment and income and do not feel as
described above. They are mostly lesbian and live,
work and conduct their lives as lesbians/women
albeit some very masculine. They enjoy dressing as
men while entertaining as men but do not live their
lives as men, they do not wish to undergo therapy to
transition to male or undergo invasive, dangerous
surgeries to correct birth defects (female
reproductive organs, female breasts or female
genitalia) They are happy to live as female when not
in drag. This is also a conscious choice and being a
Drag Kings is a lifestyle.