*stares*

[conuly]

I hope this doesn't come out the wrong way, but...

Dear god, how many of youse guys are transgendered/ambiguiously gendered/whatever????

I'm now up to four people on my friends list (that I know of). And I love you all dearly, and want everyone to be as happy as is reasonably possible. I just didn't know so many of my friends were... whatever the word is (I'm still not sure about that). Kinda like when I realized so many of my friends were religious, but different. (Actually, it's a tossup about which surprised me more.)

I mean, I understand why so many of my friends are autists, because I actively seek out autistic friends. And I understand why so many of my friends are bi, because most people are. But I'm a bit surprised at the number of people who identify as transgendered/whatever. I understand vaguely why various people are trans, but I'm not sure how chance led me to have more trans friends than I realized. Unless my view on statistics was completely effed up.

Yeah, this did come out wrong. I mean more along the lines of "wow, I'm surprised, I wasn't expecting that" not "OMG! UR ALL FREKES!!!!1111oneoneeleventyone!!!1". Once the surprise at the numbers wears off, I'll be back to my normal non-caring benevolence.

Incidentally, if you want to tell me anything revelatory, now would be a good time.

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[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

I don't currently identify as transgendered (I have in the past thought about the possibility), but I'm definitely very atypical in my gender expression as compared to most females and have had doubts about whether I was meant to be female at various times throughout my life.

Some people would call this transgendered or ambiguously gendered, but I've pretty much given up on those terms to describe myself. I share a lot in common with transpeople, but in the end I'm just me. <shrug>

[conuly]

And we wouldn't have you any other way. Which is my favorite platitude.

[rho]

Labels are for jars, not people.

(this from someone who is fairly undeniably some species or other of trans-something-or-other, but has also mostly given up on the search for an adequately descriptive term.)

[conuly]

Labels are for jars, not people.

Don't be stupid. If we didn't label others, how would we know whom to hate?

[rho]

Of course. How silly of me.

[conuly]

A born cynic, I am. Did you know wolves kill coyotes, and lions kill cheetahs? They're not competitors, but coyotes and cheetahs have to hide their young to avoid being killed.

Humans aren't much different. Look at the poor Neanderthals...

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[info]rho
0 seconds ago

Cool.