slooksterPSV said:
You know, I would like to tallk to a Transgendered person, see what its like for them. I think of them as a part of the LGBT community.
On the side--Brian - I'm pretty sure was something close to the username - started this thread. Way to go Brian. The more I read on here, the more I feel at home. Feel real, not just some person, no name, no face - even though everyone sees me as this highly regarded person because of my logical knowledge with computers - I feel complete being on this forum. And my eyes are getting watered up, but I'm glad I came here and didn't leave - like I was going to because of the tolerance of persons, but this thread has changed us, and everyone really.
I have known both Transexuals and Transgenders in my many years. I even dated a guy for a while that sought to be a part of the O'Hara drag queen "family" here in the DC area.
The Transgendered seemed to me a pretty interesting bunch. For the ones I met, each had their own reasonings, needs, and desires in going that route. Some were part of the Drag-Queen community. And wanted to have the cleavage for their nights out. Others were torn between wanting to be both male and female. Others looked at it as a financial opportunity to complete the road to being a Transsexual.
Your last comment is why I stuck my neck out to ask if it were time for a GLT forum here on MR. For I know the need of wanting to belong. And it seems that the mods here, and for the most part the other members are willing to give us some space here, to be ourselves.
My reason for the "segregation" was in oder to for others not to have to wade through 2000 posts. It would have been my hope that a Gay sub-forum could have had rules that did not allow for "Gay baiting" and the such; much like the freedom we have had in this thread so far.
Having our own sub-forum may have opened the possibility of others feeling more free to discuss topics. In hindsight I look back and see that my idea was based on American values and morals that make it hard for us as Gays and Lesbians to be ourselves.
For me it was hard to make such a request. Since I had found such fellowship among my MR "family" with all that I had gone through with my ex during the last year or so. But never would I have posted a thread in the general community forums about cut vs. uncut, or Transgender vs. Transsexual.
TMI, IMO for the timid here, or maybe the narrow minded.
YOur fighting back the tears shows that you are now part of the MR family. I have cried many times here. Over job losses, over marriages that were headed for divorce, announcements of a Cancer diagnosis, recounting of the love during WWII between ones father and and their mother.
That is the reason some of us made the step to become part of the community by contributing finically to MR. For myself, it was the only time that I did such a thing.
Welcome aboard. And know that we are here for both the joyous times in your life, and in the darkest too.
