[Dianna1395]

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I don't think, many will dispute that... But still, they were brought up the "wrong" gender... So, they will still have issues to overcome even if they could win beauty contest's as a female....

Yeah - I've tried to explain it to people in the past, and they... Can't comprehend.

I try to explain it as:
We act normally, and get reprimanded for it. People laugh, or call us names.
So, we learn to filter what we say and do. Within a brief period, it becomes second-nature to second-guess. We filter everything we do and think and say to make sure we pass the "gender test" of our peers. We hide the rest. (Freud, Repression, much?)

I've only tried once or twice, and I don't think they understand it. At least with LGB, it's external: who they are attracted to. We can't even use these terms, as our issues are internal, and we're essentially hermaphroditic. We aren't "male" or "female" so much as "masculine" and "feminine." It's not just the penis that shouldn't be there, or the breasts that should be there; it's that the brain's components don't work according to the OEM manual for "Male" or "Female." Like Gir, the robot from Invader Zim: A box of spare parts was tossed in, and whatever works, works. (Sometimes Zim does what he's supposed to; sometimes he misfires. I know I raised some eyebrows when I commented on a girl's nail polish... She was wearing Construction Cone Orange, for f*ck's sake! How could I NOT comment? Not appropriate, even at a pro wrestling event. Garish! )

Don't worry about the Yankees. (Carpetbaggers, Yankees, etc: The people who want to mind YOUR business. Their nose is so far up your tucus you choke regularly. Think NSA...)

Just live life to the best (Breast? ;-) ) you can. Be the best YOU you can be.
You can't explain color to the blind. And until the foundation of the house is squared away, you can't true the walls anyway - it's just not going to work. It's like arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

We're working on the foundation, in a house that's already built for us. We can fix the biggest flaw, and then work on the other issues; or, we can conform to the blind "experts" who have pre-conceived notions, and want to make US fit THEIR ideals, and ... Live much the same way we have been living.

I've done that in every arena of my life, so I'm not willing to keep doing it. There's nothing down that road, Neo. ;-)

-Dianna