Missing the Transgendered Feminine Experience

Sometimes I just want to scream.
I should be more patient when I receive a comment such as this. "I'm glad you get to dress up and go out and party; Ive done it a couple of times."
Really?
I replied "I did get dressed as a guy recently and went out and partied."
Then I calmed down and told the person the depth of my transgender experience. I am not playing dress up.  It's nice your wife has participated in your fantasy of being a girl but lifestyle and fantasy are vastly different creatures. If you are into labels, when your fantasy becomes your lifestyle you have moved from crossdresser to transgender.
If nothing else I should be content to be an educator. Hopefully the person I chatted with walked away with a whole new appreciation of transgendered life.

Check this wonderful transgender journey!

Transgender Spotlight- Janet Mock

Janet Mock is a beautiful and extremely successful transgendered woman. Quite possible though, her most impressive attribute could be her decision not to go "stealth" and disappear into society.
Her article in the "Huff Post Gay Voices" tells her story of telling her boyfriend she was born a boy.

Telling her boyfriend is one thing, telling us is another.
She has also lended her efforts to public support campaigns for young transgender people.
Coincidentally, Nicole the young transgendered twin we featured in a recent post came out of stealth mode to help others also.
If you were able to read the entire article about the Maine teen, you learned she actually went to a different school for a couple years without telling anyone.
Now she speaks to others about her past and has even helped to try to push through anti-gender discrimination rest room bills through the Maine legislature.
"Back in the day" (way back) when I was younger, most transgendered people I knew just made their transition and simply disappeared.  Their life, their choice and that's fine but having the courage to speak up about the transgendered experience really separates the women from the girls.
Lighting the path for the future transgendered boys and girls is huge!