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Society does accept Transgender
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Sounds as though you are having an excellent experience and I envy that. For me I have found that people I am close to are very reticent to accept that this is not some sort of mental disorders. My partner is not dealing with my situation well at all , I will not even bother to tell my brother as I have seen his attitude to this matter before, strangely a long time friend of his came out to him shortly after I had worked out who I am , his attitude to his friend was to use some favours and cut her off.
I have found the flipside to , my daughter has no problem with who I am and my experience limited as it is as a public female has also been no problem . That though I find makes up nothing for the lack of support from my partner who is the one person who I really care about.
Guess it is like anything in life the experience is different for every one. -
Sounds as though you are having an excellent experience and I envy that. For me I have found that people I am close to are very reticent to accept that this is not some sort of mental disorders. My partner is not dealing with my situation well at all , I will not even bother to tell my brother as I have seen his attitude to this matter before, strangely a long time friend of his came out to him shortly after I had worked out who I am , his attitude to his friend was to use some favours and cut her off.
I have found the flipside to , my daughter has no problem with who I am and my experience limited as it is as a public female has also been no problem . That though I find makes up nothing for the lack of support from my partner who is the one person who I really care about.
Guess it is like anything in life the experience is different for every one. -
I have been full time for the last 4-5 months and most of the time i find that what i feel about myself is very much projected to the outside world (eg if i feel strong, feminine, confident, etc) then these thing are projected to others and they respond to me as if i am a strong confident feminine person.
Everyone has a bad day and i find that when im feeling ugly, fat, masculine looking, or any other feelings that i consider negative for me personally then people pick up on this and reflect this back to me. On these days i have to work a lot harder by trying to project what i believe myself to be. On these days i find its amazing how many people you can win over with a smile.I forget who but someone on here said you have OWN your chosen gender and i think this has been true for me on my journey.
The general public, work colleagues and customers have been pretty good with me (however i do live in a big city) and have known my customers a long time when i was presenting as male.Its family that can be tricky because you really cant (unless its a last resort, but this has consequences too) choose to disassociate from them if they have an issue with your gender identity.
There seems to be so much variation in what we each experience, and i feel for all of you that have had bad experiences or live in areas where people may be less tolerant or understanding. I do believe this is changing overall in society, but maybe it will take a little longer to filter through to some areas.
Good luck to each of you on your journey
Alison
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Hello , I have found nothing but Acceptance in my Transition at work and in General Community . Family have not been accepting and both my Sisters have disowned me and Mum and Dad disowned me when I was a teenager ! I am divorsed but my Oldeste Son 25 is O.K with my transition and tells everyone I’mm still his Dad and still the same Person ! Yes there is a lot of Negative Information about Transitioning but if you honest with yourself and everyone its a good Experience .
Regards Ella
