Welcome to the world of being TG. You are not this or that enough.
You see Len, FTM and MTF pretty much go through most of the same crap. Granted our ultimate goals are opposite but along the way there is the coming out, the occasional ridicule, other TG saying you are not trans enough, etc.
Of course other things to look forward to -
"What the hell is that?"
"Oh so you are transgender? I used to work with this one TG but in his case, you could never tell he used to be a woman (kind of like when you do anything and the one-up club likes to discredit your progress. )" Of course us MTF get the "I knew this one TS but with her you could never tell it was a man".
Not sure if this is common for the FTM but sometimes we get MTF who think they are more passable than what they are and want to discredit the rest of us lowly trannies cause we are not serious/passable/etc enough. Seeking validation within the GLBT community is the worst.
Labels - yeah those are good for canned goods. Like ravioli!
The point you need to get is where you just mingle in everyday society. People might know you are trans but are not going to sit there and discredit (well, some). No, instead you are just another human being trying to make your way in the world. You will actually get a lot more respect in the vanilla world. No one is going to hold you to a label, what surgeries you had, your DNA, etc. I know this cause I live this full time yet I am not totally passable. Yet no one treats me any different. You too will get there.
The only thing I might say is that when you go full time in your chosen gender, the world tends to hold you mostly to the standards of that gender.
FERGOT - Isn't it funny how that at SOME point in all our lives, people want to tell us we are not (whatever gender) enough? Young men are taught how to be "real" men, trans go thru this from their peers, and I assume women went through it at some point.
