Meeting my first transsexual (1102 hits)
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Submitted by Axolotl (View user info) at 2009-04-01 14:51:43 EDT
My college is quite liberal and tolerant of the LGBTQ? whatever-you-want-to-call-it community, and while I never knew that many queers while back in high school, I've made so many queer friends at college that I no longer even think about it, or are surprised by their sexuality (one of the first things one of my current best friends said to me when I met him welcome week was "yeah, I've sucked a few cocks in my time" and this coming from a pretty masculine guy who's fucked around with a few girls). Plus, the queers I knew back home in North Jersey were of a weird, antisocial 4chan type, so it was refreshing to meet normal socially functional queers.
Having queer friends of all down the sexual and political spectrum, from lesbian to genderqueer, and radical to straight-acting (a term I despise) I've sparked or have witnessed quite a few arguments between radically liberal queers and more conservative ones, usually over the status of genderqueers or transsexuals. I knew two genderqueer people, but I never met an actual transman or transwoman until a couple days ago.
Anyway, I was in the library with two of my straight girl friends, working on a paper together. A black transwoman came up to my friend Sarah and started talking to her, and while I didn't realize at first that she was a transsexual, she bluntly made it apparent within seconds of meeting her.
She informed us proudly that she was a transsexual, and while I was somewhat interested in her, she was long-winded and had something of an annoying voice, and I was really busy with the paper. The transwoman was mostly talking to the girls, but she paused to talk to me once:
"So are you one of those queers too? It's always good to have a few more."
"No, I'm straight," I answered.
"Oh," she said, her tone changing entirely. "Well, I'm a TRANNY! I hope I don't scare the straight boy too much, huh girls?"
I basically thought 'whatever' and went back to my paper. I tuned into their conversation here and there; she was talking about if she would be able to have a child, and saying "I hope I have a little queer boy or a queer girl! Oh, I hope it wouldn't be a straight boy most of all..."
She also began to tell a story about her being stoned when she was nine years old. "They ran up to me and started calling me names and throwing rocks at me. I was trans-based at nine years old, it was sad...transbashed, it was probably around '83 or '84, I've been trans-bashed for over twenty years by straights..."
At this point, she turned to me again and reiterated, "Yep, I'm a tranny!"
A bit baffled by her, I said "Yeah, I know" and went back to my paper. She went on and on, repeating several times that she had been stoned and that she loves hanging out with queers, and wouldn't want a queer child, and that she doesn't feel comfortable around straight people. Especially straight men. She also complained that gays these days all want to be 'straight-acting' and that pissed me off so much I nearly said something, but figured it wasn't worth it.
After mentioning how mean straights were to her and how she was happy to have a lot of queer friends and how she was stoned, she said goodbye to the girls, and then as a parting remark to me, said "I hope I didn't frighten you too much!"
"No, you're not that frightening," I said, and she awkwardly nodded and walked away.
Just the assumption that because I was straight I was afraid of all things queer was a little disgusting and offensive, but the general hatred against the way straights act, even in the term straight-acting gays was bizarre. There's no gene that makes queers lisp and act effeminate, it's just a way to purposely exclude yourself from society. Nonconformity for the sake of nonconformity stopped being cool for me in middle school, so I shouldn't have to hear people say "heteronormative" and "heteropatriarchy" now that I'm nearly 19.
I don't know how queer or how straight that Ubersite has become since I've been gone, it wasn't all that much when I used to post consistently (Zoidberg was the only queer I can recall) but I'd like to think that we can all just let each other be and let each other fuck who we want without having to call each other sinful faggots or patriarchal breeders.
While you ponder this point, look at this really gay picture I found.
User Reviews
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-04-19 21:09:12 EDT (#)
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why no stories about beer bongs or other youthful hijinx???
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2009-04-03 12:22:23 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2009-04-03 01:12:14 EDT (#)
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I'd like to know your major.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2009-04-02 23:22:14 EDT (#)
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i was at a bookstore the other day and saw a book entitled Axolotl. Apparently it's a phylum of salamanders or something.
nice work.
Submitted by RoadSong (user info) at 2009-04-02 20:01:28 EDT (#)
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Politics?
heh
They tend to spend a LOT of time on their wigs and make up and can be quite beautiful.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-04-02 11:59:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-04-02 02:45:43 EDT (#)
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I am apologise if my facts are wrong but I thought you came out?
Also, trannys are hot, best of both worlds. Either that or a man with moobs.
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What a woman.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-04-02 11:51:16 EDT (#)
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there's been loads of benders on uber
i can't recall an annoying one.
not like most of the so called straight boys.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-04-02 02:45:43 EDT (#)
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I am apologise if my facts are wrong but I thought you came out?
Also, trannys are hot, best of both worlds. Either that or a man with moobs.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:19:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:07:51 EDT (#)
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Well there is something I'm quite skilled at..but I must warn you, I don't have long distance and I'm pretty damn good at keeping them on the line..
Then how can you NOT find work?
Knowing myself the way I do, I wouldn't be on the line very long...
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:18:36 EDT (#)
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Hmmm. Seemed funny when I was 8. Never mind.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:13:15 EDT (#)
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+2 Flip Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCruefYl3FI
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:11:58 EDT (#)
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In my head, the part of the tranny in this post was played by Flip Wilson, which made it pretty enjoyable.
You'll probably have to look him up on Wikipedia.
Fucking kids.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:07:51 EDT (#)
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Well there is something I'm quite skilled at..but I must warn you, I don't have long distance and I'm pretty damn good at keeping them on the line..
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:01:32 EDT (#)
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I might be interested in having you whisper sweet nothings in my ear...
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-04-01 21:00:49 EDT (#)
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HAHA fair enough shlong- I don't really expect anyone to read it but Ax, because he tends to be interested in discussion on his posts. No one knows I talk too much more than me.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-04-01 20:56:39 EDT (#)
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I wouldn't worry about it, saccy...Your review was too long to read - I know I couldn't get all the way through it - so I don't think you'll suffer any reprucussions.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-04-01 20:51:22 EDT (#)
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I was just thinking about my response here and when I mentioned my own friends' images, I didn't mean to imply that I think they should be standard, or that I equate effeminateness or flamboyance in themselves with overcompensation, or find those qualities annoying at all. There are way too many factors that shape both our personalities and our sexualities, even sometimes exclusive from each other, for me to believe that someone's sexual preference should or shouldn't define their level of assertiveness or extroversion or choice of gender role. That was just bugging me and I wanted to clear it up.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-04-01 20:45:10 EDT (#)
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shut the fuck up faggot, and stop being yet another preachy homo.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-04-01 20:16:45 EDT (#)
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I hear you. I have a close knit circle of friends that includes both heteros and a whole bunch of gay. It so happens that none of the men are particularly effeminate looking, acting or dressing, and chances are if I were walking down the street with any one of them, at a glance we'd be perceived as a straight couple. I have no problem with flamboyance in itself, but what I call "defensive flamboyant" personalities can become very grating. Whenever I encounter them, I try to remind myself that chances are it's overcompensation for a deep-seated insecurity over the fact that some people of this nature have been ostracized (most definitely true for many TGs) or never felt like they fit comfortably into a social role. As obnoxious as it can be, the reality of their isolation is really, really sad. And then sometimes, I just realize that there are attention whores of all kinds, and some of them happen to be GLBT.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-04-01 19:54:37 EDT (#)
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This was my first tranny
http://www.ubersite.com/m/32498
Oh, you aren't talking about the first tranny you banged?
Anyone who identifies themselves by "x" and that is all they talk about is generally a bag of douche.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-04-01 19:26:38 EDT (#)
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DID YOU FINALLY SCORE???
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-04-01 19:18:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-04-01 17:19:33 EDT (#)
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i think i'd buy that shirt as well, with a slight edit to say
'i am progressively indifferent to almost everything about you'
'you' of course equals all non-me individuals
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I have a stained yellow wife beater that says 'Fuck off and die.'
That's pretty much the same thing right?
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2009-04-01 18:35:05 EDT (#)
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A woman at work had a sex change operation to become a man, which I'm told is much more unusual than the other way around. She did this after having worked there for years. It was fucking creepy. She grew a full beard. Everyone was very creeped out. The HR lady had to counsel us, to explain we weren't allowed to reveal in any way how creeped out we were. She had to do this so the company wouldn't get sued. But secretly, she told me she was creeped out, too.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2009-04-01 18:00:36 EDT (#)
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But I'll give you a +1 for being more open minded than me. I didn't know there were so many different types of faggot. As far as I knew, you either sucked cock or took it in the ass.
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I have nothing to add.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-04-01 17:19:33 EDT (#)
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i think i'd buy that shirt as well, with a slight edit to say
'i am progressively indifferent to almost everything about you'
'you' of course equals all non-me individuals
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:55:44 EDT (#)
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I may get a t-shirt that reads "I am progressively indifferent to your sexuality". If I do, I'll send AssHoly a dollar for the idea.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:46:11 EDT (#)
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I really enjoy gays, lesbians, and transgenders. I think they have had an undeserved bad rap for far too long and it's time for people to get the hell over it and PARTY.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:39:44 EDT (#)
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I would like to echo all the indifference below. People around here REALLY CARE about GLBTWFS and people constantly ask me what I think, and "I dont give a fuck" hardly ever flies as a response since only one gay person I know is actually comfortable with the fact that I am comfortable with his sexuality.
And I feel alone, until I come to ubersite, where the majority of people are progressively indifferent.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:17:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:02:52 EDT (#)
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Eh people who let stuff like "I'm a gay!" or "I'm a tranny!" define themself kinda pisses me off. I mean you can be one-dimensional if you want but do it in your own forsaken corner.
No matter what is shoved in my face I usually mock people because of it. But with gay people that now constitutes some kind of hate crime. And you don't want to get the limp wristers against you. They're good at parades and marching against stuff.
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The fact that we actually have "hate crime laws" irritates the fuck out of me. Like, if I kill a guy, it's somehow worse if he's black than if he's white (I'm a cracka). It makes no sense, and further promotes the idea that black people are different from white people, gays are different from straights, etc. Whoever came up with the idea for "hate crime laws" is obviously a member of MENSA because they're so smart.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:12:43 EDT (#)
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My initial response to this post was starting to become my own post. So I'll just give this a +2 instead.
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2009-04-01 16:02:52 EDT (#)
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Eh people who let stuff like "I'm a gay!" or "I'm a tranny!" define themself kinda pisses me off. I mean you can be one-dimensional if you want but do it in your own forsaken corner.
No matter what is shoved in my face I usually mock people because of it. But with gay people that now constitutes some kind of hate crime. And you don't want to get the limp wristers against you. They're good at parades and marching against stuff.
Submitted by SkullBiter (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:47:35 EDT (#)
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Yeah... I couldnt help but picture her/he say I'm a tranny. *huge expectant smile*
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:43:54 EDT (#)
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so, you roofied any co-eds yet, kiddo?
Submitted by Toddler (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:34:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:04:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Toddler (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:01:32 EDT (#)
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I also got bored half-way through.
Additionally, I just don't like you. Fucking rage account got banned.
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can you explain that last sentence in actual english?
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No, fuck you.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:28:23 EDT (#)
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that was kinda boring.
heterophobia is just as common in the gay community as is homophobia. effeminate men and trannies who usually go through a lot are often a little neurotic about that particular subject. i don't know why you're surprised.
best to ignore it. unless you really care if that tranny likes you or not.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:17:44 EDT (#)
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Fucking faggots! You believe this shit? Alternate lifestyle, my ass!
-Falling Down
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:14:03 EDT (#)
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Welcome back Axo.
Several members of the Uber community have come out of the closet since you left:
Danger Ranger
Danger Ranger
Shlongy
and Danger Ranger have all proclaimed their homosexuality and now let their freak flag fly with wild abandonment.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:11:52 EDT (#)
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Axolotl
Submitted by paranoiadestroya (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:05:16 EDT (#)
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Your fucking rage account was fucking stupid.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:04:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Toddler (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:01:32 EDT (#)
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I also got bored half-way through.
Additionally, I just don't like you. Fucking rage account got banned.
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can you explain that last sentence in actual english?
Submitted by Toddler (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:01:32 EDT (#)
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I also got bored half-way through.
Additionally, I just don't like you. Fucking rage account got banned.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:01:09 EDT (#)
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Someone should inform the GLBTwhatever community that their sexual choices have offended everyone they ever will offend and it's time for the obvious ones to stop acting flamboyantly queer for the shock value. No one is shocked any more. No one but equally flamboyant religious types even care any more.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-04-01 15:00:15 EDT (#)
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I guess that only counts if I give the rating I said I was.
+2 to make up for my omission.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-04-01 14:56:31 EDT (#)
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I had to stop reading.
You bored me, not to mention I don't care.
But I'll give you a +1 for being more open minded than me. I didn't know there were so many different types of faggot. As far as I knew, you either sucked cock or took it in the ass.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2009-04-01 14:52:35 EDT (#)
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all day, err'day