Day 23 - What stereotypes are put on
trans people
Wednesday 24th April
I think that people see us in ways that
fit with their prejudices.
They see us as gay men or women that
can't accept that we fancy people of the same gender as us and so
transform ourselves into the opposite gender to satisfy our own
sexual needs.
They see us as men or women that have a
thing about the clothing of the opposite sex and who go to extreme
lengths to satisfy that desire.
They see us as drag queens.
After my partner's sister had seen me
for the first time after I'd transitioned I found out that her
response was “it wasn't as bad I'd expected.” What she'd been
expecting was some over made up, badly or tartily dressed person.
What she got was someone wearing no more make-up than some women I
know and wearing jeans, tee-shirt and sweater, which was similar to
what she herself was wearing. That was her impression of what I would
look like and was influenced by people she'd seen on TV or in the
street. The reality was completely different.
Most people think that they know how we
will appear, how we will behave. Most people walk by us in the street
without even realising it.
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