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Originally Posted by Bionca
I bet most TGs feel this way. Unfortunately, legally most places will only recognize gender change after SRS. Nevermind the fact that SRS is only one treatment for GID. So for lots of women SRS simply makes life easier. That leavs out poor women, young women, women who appreciate their penis sexually, women who could give a shit about their crotch. You know the vast majority of Transwomen.
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I'm not so sure that most TG feel like this - I think that the vast majority of trans women are totally happy with their genitalia. Luckily! SRS is a brutal thing.
And obviously SRS should NEVER EVER be a legal necessity for peoples' legal gender. That's a fascist point of view that completely neglects the fact that gender identification happens between the ears and not between the legs.
The happyness or not with one's sex organs is a personal matter. If a woman truly feels that she needs to cut her dick and be castrated to fulfill her gender identification, then so be it. But that should NEVER be the legal MO. NEVER! And it's a CRIME that some states and countries keep that as a determining factor.
I've known quite a few trans women over the last few years, and my experience is that if you can make it clear that her penis is NOT a symbol of masculinity, that her penis can indeed be a symbol of her femininity, then she may feel more at ease with herself. I know that I may at times be pretty alone with my point of view that a penis is as much a feminine symbol, but none the less I believe it to be true.
It all happens in our minds and not between our legs.
And that is what transsexuality is basicly all about! An understanding that gender identification is personal and has nothing to do with genitalia.
Peace!
H