Ive known a few customers and friends who were into this but never knowingly working with one.





Ive known a few customers and friends who were into this but never knowingly working with one.





I've knowingly worked with two, both pre-op.
Some customers fetishized them, and some were offended by their existence, but most didn't seem to notice.




most of you have probably interacted with transgendered people more than once in your life without knowing. Maybe even seeing a MtF's vagina and just didn't know because vaginoplasty has come so far. A transgendered woman is a woman. Psychologically and physically. You can think whatever you want in terms of "used to be a man" but guess what? She's not anymore!
as strippers, we're always looking for respect from people who look down on us because of what we do. Who are we to turn around and not respect someone and who THEY are? No one CHOOSES to be transgendered. I would bet that most people who are transgendered would give anything to be "normal" and not have to deal with things like hormone injections, voice training, surgeries to alter their bodies... Instead of saying "oh you're so brave to be who you truly are!" most people will, and even some people on here have, say negative and hurtful things.
remember who you are and how you want to be treated and how awful it is when someone disrespects you for who you are before you do the same.
this is like the people who say "I have nothing against black people. It's the niggers I can't stand."
You either have a problem with someone or you don't. You either stand beside someone or turn your back on them. It's as easy as that. I highly doubt that one girl will change the money at your club. It's just ignorance and thinly veiled bigotry.




There is an excellent novel on this topic by Chris Bohjalian titled "Trans-Sister Radio".
It follows the story of a schoolteacher in a small New England town who falls in love with a professor at the local college. As she begins to fall in love with him, he tells her that he has gender dysmorphia (that feeling that your body's gender does not match who you are inside), and that he is planning to have sexual reassignment surgery. She decides that she loves him (her), and will be there for her partner throughout the process even though she's never considered herself as a lesbian, or even bi-sexual. The book follows the couple through the whole transition, documenting both the physical changes and well as the changes in the attitudes of the small-town community towards the once universally respected schoolteacher (and the changes in her feelings about herself).
I love this author, which is the main reason I picked this book up in the first place. It is painstakingly researched, and I think the author does a great job of showing us the different perspectives of the characters; we hear from the schoolteacher, her daughter, her ex-husband, and of course the college professor herself. I think it's natural to be curious about something like this. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, not only because it was entertaining and well-written, but also because it helped me to better understand what it might be like to have to face the struggle of gender dysmorphia and gender reassignment.
I do have friends who are in various stages of the transition from one gender to another, and one friend in particular is very open and willing to answer any questions. Even so, the main question I would have is: "What is like to live your life feeling as though you were assigned the wrong body at birth, and having to make the decision on whether or not to undergo the transition as an adult? And what is like to confront your own fears and the fears of other people (both loved ones and total strangers) once you do decide to go through the surgery?" Even if I felt like I could ask someone to explain their whole life to me in order to satisfy my curiosities, how does one begin to answer a question like that? I think this is the kind of situation where a good work of fiction can help you to understand a real world situation better, even if you have direct access to someone in the midst of the situation.
Amazon link:http://www.amazon.com/Trans-Sister-R...0787089&sr=1-1
Last edited by Natalllia; 03-03-2012 at 08:26 AM.
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