Comments on: choices http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Michelle http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/#comment-80 Michelle Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:58:37 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/?p=35#comment-80 While I certainly agree that there are times when it would be advantageous to switch back and forth between male and female, if I'd wanted to do that I wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of transitioning, surgery, name change, etc., etc. I think I'd rather do what you did in your meeting - focus on making the world better for both sexes and reducing the times when we all wish we could switch sides to do something we can't do in the gender role of our choice. While I certainly agree that there are times when it would be advantageous to switch back and forth between male and female, if I’d wanted to do that I wouldn’t have gone through all the trouble of transitioning, surgery, name change, etc., etc. I think I’d rather do what you did in your meeting - focus on making the world better for both sexes and reducing the times when we all wish we could switch sides to do something we can’t do in the gender role of our choice.

]]> By: nexy http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/#comment-79 nexy Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:37:02 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/?p=35#comment-79 "<i>I half joke that I can’t because I need to be able to go back to male to buy tires.</i>" the last time i went into a firestone autostore, they told me my water pump was leaking and it needed replacement to the tune of $450. they showed me the antifreeze which, ummm, apparently had been leaking all over my engine compartment. this was after they changed my oil. i asked the gentleman that if the water pump leaked, wouldn't there be a pool of it under every place i parked, and wouldn't i be low on water and have to refill my radiator every now and again? i never went back there, and never had "trouble" with my water pump again. “I half joke that I can’t because I need to be able to go back to male to buy tires.”

the last time i went into a firestone autostore, they told me my water pump was leaking and it needed replacement to the tune of $450. they showed me the antifreeze which, ummm, apparently had been leaking all over my engine compartment. this was after they changed my oil.

i asked the gentleman that if the water pump leaked, wouldn’t there be a pool of it under every place i parked, and wouldn’t i be low on water and have to refill my radiator every now and again?

i never went back there, and never had “trouble” with my water pump again.

]]> By: Emily Grae http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/#comment-78 Emily Grae Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:45:56 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/?p=35#comment-78 Totally agreed. People at work sometimes ask me if I'm going to transition all the way to physically female. I half joke that I can't because I need to be able to go back to male to buy tires. They laugh, but sadly there is truth to it. There are a lot of places I get hassled as female, but I show up as male and things go smoothly. I hate playing that game, so I don't do it often, but if it's gonna save money or hassle it's sometimes worth giving in a little. Totally agreed. People at work sometimes ask me if I’m going to transition all the way to physically female. I half joke that I can’t because I need to be able to go back to male to buy tires. They laugh, but sadly there is truth to it. There are a lot of places I get hassled as female, but I show up as male and things go smoothly. I hate playing that game, so I don’t do it often, but if it’s gonna save money or hassle it’s sometimes worth giving in a little.

]]> By: nexy http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/#comment-77 nexy Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:51:37 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/?p=35#comment-77 agreed. it will be a long and difficult road. agreed. it will be a long and difficult road.

]]> By: Marti Abernathey http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2007/07/18/choices/#comment-76 Marti Abernathey Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:09:16 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/?p=35#comment-76 I don't believe that androgyny is possible in this society. People don't see a middle.... I don’t believe that androgyny is possible in this society. People don’t see a middle….

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