a2nstyler: i can't really say how i'd react to a situation where i witnessed someone going through the gender reassignment process over the course of our friendship. i was thinking more along the lines of someone i just met (and therefore only know as their current gender), and if finding out they were born with different anatomy would be a dealbreaker for me. even so, my response is the same: i wouldn't automatically walk away. love, attraction, and even acceptance can be quite unpredictable.
SvnLyrBrto said:
I like my boys to be very slightly effeminate, and my girls just a bit on the boyish side anyway. Androgyny is hot.
first of all, hell yes. secondly, i think this raises an interesting point. i believe androgyny is the ultimate expression of someone who is truly "trans" gender, as in they actually
transcend gender. they don't conform to the behaviors, the attitudes, and the norms mandated by traditional gender roles. disregarding that whole system of belief and action, to me, is rising above gender.
conversely, those that identify as "transgender" seem to be more obsessed with gender than almost anyone. some of them just try so hard and it's painfully obvious. sometimes the only thing more obnoxious than an ultramasculine macho man is a FTM transsexual trying to play the role of an ultramasculine macho man. i feel for them because it can't be easy, but frankly i don't think those folks are transcending jack shit. if anything, they are the
most entangled in the gender mess and the
most chained to the masculine/feminine dichotomy.
androgynous people reject the gender paradigm altogether, and in my opinion that is a far better example of genuine transcendence.