*chuckles softly* Trust me, I can appreciate it. And those with half a clue will immediately understand, while my 'butchered at birth' seems to prompt an onslaught of questions, layman's legal advice, and pity. The first two I can handle.
The third leaves me wishing for a sawed off double-ought with rocksalt loads.
TF only recently expanded to LiveJournal; it's been around in mailing list form for years, though I very rarely speak up anymore. The dominant vocal minority are all gender warrior types these days; they want to be as inventively outrageous and abnormal as they can possibly be and somehow make the public accept them. I just want to be what I need to be and be left alone; this isn't a political fight for me, it's just an attempt to live. After the fourth or fifth flame burst over my moderate stance (and accusations that I was somehow selling out), I'd had enough. *shrugs* I'm not going to beat my head against someone's brick wall. Most of the TF folk are quite lovely, though, just a handful that seem to believe shouting is the answer that make it difficult for others to coexist.
The 'DNA resequencing' reference ties to the 'butchered at birth' that I try very hard not to use nowadays. Born intersexed, the birthing physician took it upon himself to decide that boys were somehow more valuable than girls... and never bothered to inform my parents of his subsequent entry into the Asshole of the Century pageant. Puberty, at least the male form, never arrived; another overzealous physician decided to 'fix' me with a series of massive testosterone boosters. The end result is anything but pretty.
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Date: 2005-12-07 11:23 pm (UTC)Trust me, I can appreciate it. And those with half a clue will immediately understand, while my 'butchered at birth' seems to prompt an onslaught of questions, layman's legal advice, and pity. The first two I can handle.
The third leaves me wishing for a sawed off double-ought with rocksalt loads.
TF only recently expanded to LiveJournal; it's been around in mailing list form for years, though I very rarely speak up anymore. The dominant vocal minority are all gender warrior types these days; they want to be as inventively outrageous and abnormal as they can possibly be and somehow make the public accept them. I just want to be what I need to be and be left alone; this isn't a political fight for me, it's just an attempt to live. After the fourth or fifth flame burst over my moderate stance (and accusations that I was somehow selling out), I'd had enough. *shrugs* I'm not going to beat my head against someone's brick wall. Most of the TF folk are quite lovely, though, just a handful that seem to believe shouting is the answer that make it difficult for others to coexist.
The 'DNA resequencing' reference ties to the 'butchered at birth' that I try very hard not to use nowadays. Born intersexed, the birthing physician took it upon himself to decide that boys were somehow more valuable than girls... and never bothered to inform my parents of his subsequent entry into the Asshole of the Century pageant. Puberty, at least the male form, never arrived; another overzealous physician decided to 'fix' me with a series of massive testosterone boosters. The end result is anything but pretty.