Through the power of reading responses to my other threads,I wonder if "the fear"..is really a fear of the labeling...If someone were to catch the closeted in a"****ty outfit" or discover someone shopping for women's shoes[one town over]..or discovered on the "commercial side" of this very website..They might be labeled or "branded till the end of time".. "Gay,queer,pervert,sicko,deviate,)nutcase" might be part of the label that peers place on them.. There is sometimes discussion on this forum of"missed teaching opportunities" that educate others rather than accepting the labels given so freely by the uneducated. As an advocate in forwarding Transgender rights via inclusion in human rights protections here in NE Florida,my personal reward is from being a teacher,or educator..Transpeople are most likely very good humans,and have the same basic needs as other humans and should enjoy the same freedoms and protections that other humans have! So,rather than "wave the big flag" or take a" die in the ditch,last stand", I choose to be the "live specimen in the glass case" for all to see AND use a two way communicator to carry on discussion that will help lift this broad brush that some feel paints us in one swift stroke! And I am not ashamed of doing so!
