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[Shane for Wax]

I have a lot of problems with Buck Angel but I complain enough about people I don't even know personally.

With that said, in the span of like a week I had three people on my dash being asked about their genitals. I just want to know what kind of person decides it's a good idea to ask about what's in someone else's pants like that.

[Katsuro]

I have a lot of problems with Buck Angel but I complain enough about people I don't even know personally.

With that said, in the span of like a week I had three people on my dash being asked about their genitals. I just want to know what kind of person decides it's a good idea to ask about what's in someone else's pants like that.

People who are very good friends lol?

[Witchyjoshy]

I have a lot of problems with Buck Angel but I complain enough about people I don't even know personally.

With that said, in the span of like a week I had three people on my dash being asked about their genitals. I just want to know what kind of person decides it's a good idea to ask about what's in someone else's pants like that.

People who are very good friends lol?

Pretty sure that kind of question happens in private then

And people who are very good friends generally don't do "Asks" on Tumblr.  That's more commonly done by following strangers on Tumblr.

[Shane for Wax]

I wouldn't have been as annoyed if it was something being done in private. But this was public 'so do you have a cock or a vagina?' shit. Anonymously, at that.

[Katsuro]

Well The Master's question didn't specifiy who would think it's okay to ask such things in a public forum, it just asked who would think its okay to ask such things.  Although that would be implied by the preceeding text, but it was just meant to be a throw away joke, I wasn't expecting a critical analysis of it lol.

Edit: Just for clairty, the above is meant to be light hearted.

[Auri-El]

How about a salad instead?

All joking aside, a woman shouldn't be expected to serve a man.

Not funny, dude.

[Ultimate Paragon]

[Captain Jack Harkness]

The quick and dirty explanation, as I've always understood it, is that trans means the genitalia you were born with does not match up to your perceived gender. A transman may have a vagina, but everything in his head tells him "I AM a guy, my body just got it wrong."

It doesn't necessarily have to be genitalia either, since many trans people don't actually go through with "bottom surgery."

That's why I added the last part. Lots of transmen will have vaginas for the rest of their lives, it doesn't mean they aren't men. And lots of transwomen will always have their penis, but it doesn't make them any less a woman.

Also, highlight.

I guess a lot of my confusion comes from not really knowing any (at least, openly/as far as I know) trans people in person.  I mean, what does it mean practically?  I guess part of my confusion comes from blurred gender lines and gender roles.

About all I really seem to understand from my rather limited interaction with trans people is that it often seems to involve preferred physical appearance and preferred bathroom usage.  I'm not sure if there's something that's more basic that I'm not grasping.  Like I said though, I guess I have a hard time not viewing gender itself as a social construct with a blurred line separating things.

I suppose that what I'm saying is "the quick and dirty answer" only gives me a vague understanding.  Probably just my human brain trying to put some kind of concrete/solid characteristic to what being trans means.   Like I said though, even with a definition I feel like my understanding is poor.

To put it another way, could a trans person do something that makes them not "truly" trans?  If so, what?

I'd like to add that trying to get a clear idea from Wikipedia lead to a bunch of articles with issues; even then the articles tended to contradict themselves or point out that there's conflict in definition.  In other words, it was confusing as all fuck and just had me cussing at my computer.

Interestingly/intriguingly enough, there were things about intersex/cultural/brain differences in my reading.  Those were enlightening/intriguing.

tl;dr:  All this reading to try to understand the definition of transgender managed to both intrigue me and give me a headache.

[R. U. Sirius]

[Ultimate Paragon]

I am so reposting that.

[Ultimate Paragon]

[wrightway]

[Ultimate Paragon]

[kefkaownsall]

I hate that meme

[Ultimate Paragon]

I hate that meme

Why?