Tranny Rock And Roll

[MelissaM]

Still being the investigative one, I found this article.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2005-10-12/news/feature.html

It's really interesting, especially to me. A quote that made a lot of sense to me:

" The average Joe, she says, probably gets his ideas about transgendered identity from Jerry Springer testimonials, which have a common plotline: You discover you're a woman trapped in a man's body and come out, then go through this series of operations until you look like the woman you've always conceived yourself to be, marry a nice man, move to a house in the suburbs, and voilÃ*, your suffering is over. "People are comfortable with that," she says. "You still belong to a specific gender -- you were just assigned the wrong one."

You know what? That was ME. I guess I am growing - understanding even. The pantyhose don't make you want to be a woman, you just enjoy wearing them. The heels don't make you gay, you enjoy the way they look.

I'm not always the quickest student. ;) But I do learn.

[Jamie M]

I'm always happy to see people learning what makes us tick however, I think that Jerry springer and shows like his have a lot to answer for to the trans communtiy on the whole. Lets be fair , as much as they may protest ther innocence shows like this are all about sensationalism. the weirder they can make it , the more viewers they'll get. So why have someone just coming out to theie SO , when they can have someone coming out to their SO and then telling them they are having it off with the whole gay population of new york whilst sacrificing virgin gerbils on a drug high induced by snorting talcum powder produced by aliens from the planet omicron persii 8 !!

However , i digress. The essential point you raise is of course entirely correct "The pantyhose don't make you want to be a woman, you just enjoy wearing them. The heels don't make you gay, you enjoy the way they look.