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Are you comfortable with Transgender Women in Womens Spaces?
Yes 67%  67%  [ 72 ]
No 7%  7%  [ 8 ]
Don't care 26%  26%  [ 28 ]
Total votes : 108

Kara_h
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29 Dec 2008, 6:42 am

release_the_bats wrote:
I think that anyone who identifies as female should be welcome here.

Thanks. :)

release_the_bats wrote:
There are plenty of men who contribute interesting posts to this forum too, and I see no problem with that, unless the thread specifies that it is for women only (per forum rules). I think it's great when men post threads here asking questions in a genuine effort to understand women better.

What does kind of annoy me is when men write posts that contain little content that goes beyond complaining about their own experiences with women, or women in general - just trying to provoke people. We have plenty of forums on this site. If a man wants to vent about his unpleasant experiences with women, he can post in the Haven, Love & Dating, Random, Social Skills, Adult Forum . . . there are plenty of options.

Yes, they can give us new perspectives. Being aspies, we do need to be told/asked rather than somehow observe it ourselves.

I thought the responses from the men to the sticky at the top of the forum were hilarious though. An immediate cry about injustice to a simple request that threads marked 'women only' in the women's forum should be, well, women only.


release_the_bats wrote:
Also, I think we should definitely be welcoming to those who are in the process of questioning whether they might be trans (either mtf or ftm). There is a lot of discussion about gender here, with a range of experiences and opinions expressed. Such people could find this very useful.

I recently had joined a women's aspie mailing list and realized something that is helpful to aspie trans people. Not having absorbed the 'rules' of a gender since birth our initial exposure to little things like smiling and sitting is being told that stuff or reading it. Gee, does that sound like an aspie who does not know that same stuff? :)


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29 Dec 2008, 11:52 am

I have no problem with transgender. In fact, Isis was one of my favorites on America's Next Top Model.



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29 Dec 2008, 12:58 pm

chamoisee wrote:
I have no problem with transgender. In fact, Isis was one of my favorites on America's Next Top Model.


Thanks, and yes, she was great. Would have been lovely to see her advance more, since essentially the shoots she did not do well on were the ones she had more challenges on then the rest!

Oh well, if you saw her on Tyra's show she still got a reward for her efforts. :)


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29 Dec 2008, 4:17 pm

Hi.

I identify myself as female. I dont believe anybody even questions it.
If somebody does, they better be prepared for a long-winded argument about it, lol.

I think, that I'm as entitled to use women's spaces as every other person, who identifies themselves as female, is.

There is a small picture of me on the left, as my forum avatar, for the record.

PS. first forum post :D



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29 Dec 2008, 4:44 pm

Mirath wrote:
PS. first forum post :D


Welcome!


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30 Dec 2008, 6:06 pm

Mirath and Kara,

I see you are both new here. A warm welcome from the TS wing of WrongPlanet!



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30 Dec 2008, 6:37 pm

Thanks for the welcome!


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31 Dec 2008, 3:39 pm

Doesn't bother me at all. Honestly I don't really understand gender roles to begin with, so as long as someone is playing by the rules and being sensitive to specifically female issues (in this case) I'm happy with them throwing their opinion at me whether they were born female themselves or not. I think you already showed you were trying to be sensitive by asking the question, so you're particularly welcome in my mind!

It goes for the real world too. I don't mind if a MTF uses the same bathroom as me or anything like that. It's cool.

Kismet



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02 Jan 2009, 1:17 pm

I think as long as you aren't acting overtly "male" that you and anyone else, male or trans, is welcome in the Women's Forum. I respect the gender spectrum.



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17 Jan 2009, 5:27 pm

IMO, your past doesn't matter, it's who you are now that defines you. I'm very impressed that you were able to identify what was wrong and have the courage to change yourself. I know that it couldn't have been easy for you, either before or after. You have my full support to post anywhere you want, including the Women's Discussion forums.

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