Marian
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Hi Girls
Today’s’ news.com has a much more detailed story about why Adelaide Barrister David Stokes became Heather. Apart from the recent feature article in a news magazine in South Australia, which I unfortunately have not seen , not much detail has been reported on Heather. The link below together with more images, reveals more interesting information.
And information that many of us will find relevant.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Girls
appended below, please find a follow up news story to the one I posted a while back in regard to how Heather Stokes, the Adelaide based barrister; and formerly ‘David Stokes’ is going.
Gutsy Lady. Bless her.
Regards
Marian
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Chloe
You ask a very interesting and profound question. And very thought provoking it is too. It would certainly be very difficult to express our allegiance, our disposition and inclinations to whatever gender we feel best with if that were the case. We would have to either make do with our innermost thoughts to provide us the comfort we seek and or try and make and or mimic the outward most expressions and manners of our preferred gender to a greater degree than some of us do. Or can do.
Your perspective on this further considered, then clothing differences are very important; or at least for my case. If I could look the same as my preferred gender from a features point of view then that would go a long way in the absence of clothing that distinguished. But it would be a more difficult challenge in the absence of the accoutrements.
It begs the question though and that is: if we had been brought up in a world where everyone dressed the same, then would some of us have not been influenced to cross the gender divide: much less thought about it.
And then again those qualities and attributes of the opposite gender that we are drawn to may still make for a compelling desire to emulate.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Jeorjette
You are right, with attention to such detail the photographer would have made a more compelling argument.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Pamela
I think your right. Just a bit too wooden in their disposition. The girls are obviously more naturally comfortable in whatever attire they wear. And it must be great to wear whatever clothes you like and still look good or natural in them.
Take care.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Chloe
Glad you liked the article. Now that you mention it I had not blinked much of consequence in seeing the ‘girls’. Their capacity to wear ‘anything’ and get away with it has been normailsed from my perspective. I have definitely been conditioned to respond such. But the boys certainly were more conspicuous to me. and your point about going to greater lengths to empathise with the girls I can relate to.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Abbie
We worry about the prejudices these days, but those girls would have had their share of concerns in the past. Brave souls all. I am so grateful we have TgR and the immediacy and capacity to interact that it provides to us.
Regards
Marian
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Hi Brenda
The Aurora school board backed down on the 19th October and rescinded their policy: a win for the extremists who said that that transgender individuals “suffer” from a “mental and moral disorder.”
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The Illinois Family Institute who demanded this back flip also referred to transgenders as “disordered,” no less.The only saving grace was the comment in the article from the American Psychiatric Association wherein they sated that “there is nothing inherently unhealthy about being transgender, and that the appropriate treatment for youth with gender dysphoria is to support them in expressing their gender identity – which is just what this policy helps parents and teachers do.”
Hard to believe that such discrimination would be tolerated in a society which claims to be a proponent for universal rights. America has a long way to go yet. As does the transgender community in terms of rights, and recognition.
Regards
Marian
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Thanks for the feedback Brenda. Looks like you were way ahead of the later research on the subject matter. And that is one hell of a transition rate.
Regards Marian
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Hi Nicol, I could not agree with you more. The before and after shots: media intentions notwithstanding, were relevant for those of us who are in that age bracket and or who sometimes struggle with ‘appearances’. That she decided to make that transition when she did, and with a high profile career is one of the most courageous examples I have seen in recent times. Regards Marian