Being transgender isn't trendy. Transphobia is.

Me at 13,  2008. I just came out as LGBT and had an identity crisis where I would change my identity from one stupid fake sexuality to another
Me at 13, 2008. I just came out as LGBT and had an identity crisis where I would change my identity from one stupid fake sexuality to another

Being transgender isn't trendy. It might be trendy to identify as trans, but these people don't typically transition. They usually call themselves non-binary and go by they/them. They aren't trans they just crave an identity and have misinformed and sometimes sexist idea of gender. Many of us true transsexuals don't tolerate these people appropriating our label and espousing nonsense.

Transphobia is what's trendy. It's sad. Things used to be much better for transgender people. Sometimes I miss how things were 10 years ago. Sure trans people had no mainstream representation except as a joke or a perversion. But at least otherwise LGBT-friendly people weren't brainwashed into thinking we're a problem and hating us for it. In my teens I never saw transphobic memes and I never got stereotyped. Now that trans stereotypes exist (SJW, Democrat, made up pronouns) I miss simply being called a fag and told I'm going to hell. I used to actually wonder "Why is homophobia so big but not transphobia? People are afraid of gay marriage so why not sex changes?" Well Im not asking that anymore.

People take a minority of "trans" kids who aren't really transsexual but going through identity issues or they take whole men who don't even look or act like women and say that all transsexual women such as ElizaPam, Kim Petras, Jazz Jennings, etc. are like that. People want to attack every single transsexual for the actions of these non-binary and grown man weirdos.

Instead of it being a problem with an individual person its a problem with all transgender people. It's not "All predators are a threat to all women." Its "All trans women are a threat to all cis women." Well I assure you I am a threat to NO ONE, and I should not be hidden from children. I will have a child some day. I'm a woman even if you see me as some R rated vulgar faggot.

I began my transition at 14 and at 15 I began hormones. It wasn't until 2021, 11 years after I started hormones, that my state of Tennessee banned minors from medically transitioning. The news that minors are banned from transitioning in my state has damaged my soul because if this happened 10 years ago I wouldn't be here right now. And sadly, I think that's the point even if they won't admit it.

Being transgender isnt trendy. Transphobia is.
Me at 16. Look at how much happier I am. I had never been happier in my life than when I could be something I love. I had started taking hormones the previous June in 2010. I was 15 and could not take 3 more years of growing into a man. I was either going to have fun as a teenage girl and preserve my ability to pass or I was going to die

Nobody transitions for ulterior reasons. They would be making themselves transgender by transitioning. They would give themselves dysphoria until they detransitioned. This happens. I've seen people who aren't trans try to transition. They simply stop trying. Actual trans people like myself try detransitioning, being trans is horrible we don't want to be this. Caitlyn Jenner didn't transition for money and attention and Jazz Jennings didn't transition because she was pressured to by her mom. We transition because we're trans and we have to transition in order to feel normal. We feel weird when people think we're normal then people think we're weird when we transition to try to feel normal.

Transitioning doesn't solve anyone's problems. It creates many, many problems. Transitioning ruined my life. I could be living a million times better if I wasn't trans. Nobody encourages it and society doesn't promote it. I really don't understand this idea. Aside from people on the internet nobody ever says anything nice about me being trans. Guys hate us because we give them conflicting feelings. Girls hate us less but a lot are still mean and it hurts when they rub in the fact that I'll never be what they are, as if they're offended and defending themselves. I am in no way a threat to cis women and I know I'm not a woman, that doesn't make me a man.

Facts:

-We gain nothing through transition except comfort and freedom that other people already have.

-Nobody is going to throw that comfort and freedom away to transition because it's "trendy"

-We often lose everything, including friends, families, homes, etc. in order to gain comfort and freedom.

-We aren't told we should be trans by anyone. We're told we shouldn't be trans, often in very mean ways. By our religion, society, family, friends, peers, therapists, politicians, gaggers, and ourselves.

-Giving us positive mainstream recognition isn't the same as promoting us or pushing us on anyone. When I was a kid I felt so sad and alone that there was never a portrayal of girls like me unless it was as a joke, a prostitute, or a pervert. It made me VERY sad. I always dreamed of the day there would be a trans Kardashian! Then in my early 20's we finally got treated like PEOPLE!! 🥰 yet that's considered a problem 🥺😭

Being transgender isnt trendy. Transphobia is.
Me at 27. I've been living as a girl/woman for half of my life. I never was a man just a boy. I never needed any face surgery, laser hair removal, no wigs or makeup or filter. I'm a woman and I pass as a woman and people see me as a woman and treat me like a woman and have no problem with me. I've been living as a woman for half of my life and never was a man, just a boy. My passability is both due to genetics and the fact that I never went through male puberty for more than a few years. Being a teen girl was fun and exciting and I have had many experiences to show me what being a woman is like and has shaped how I think about gender issues and relations. I am very happy I transitioned when I did and I love the woman I've grown into. I'm nothing like these whole men that decide they're trans then go into women's spaces or scream and punch things for being called sir.
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  • A very eloquent and coherent post, and I agree.

    It's a shame that we live in a society where people trying to be themselves or live their best lives, face so much opposition and get called "trendy", but hating something is considered "thinking for yourself". Nothing actually more trendy than being an asshole in this world. Miserable pricks, all of them.

    There's no way that anyone LGBT+ could be trendy when they're all part of small minority. It's just the fact that some of you exist, breathing up their air, that gets them all in a tizzy. Calling transgenderism trendy is just code for anti-trans sentiment. Trendy as insult is always just code for no one should ever do this, or that, because I don't like it.

    Anyways, fuck em. Just do you, and you never owe anyone an apology for that.

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Most Helpful Girls

  • Yup indeed. I hope more people realize this. Trans youth need support and guidance, not to be ostracized.

  • You are pretty tranny 🙂

    • Thank you ☺️

    • 😘👍🏻 keep it up, ignore the homophobes.

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  • Trans-activism is helping nothing right now, considering autogynephiles have hijacked it; it's these heterosexual males claiming to be "transgender lesbians," inserting all the identity politics into the topic -- and looking pretty hideous while doing it. TRUE trans-women like you, Kim Petras, Jessica Alves, and Eden Estrada are women to me -- but the activists are hurting your cause. By the way, you're very good looking. 🔸🔥🧡🔥🔸