http://genderblogs.com Transgender Considerations Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://genderblogs.com/trans-relationships-etc/ http://genderblogs.com/trans-relationships-etc/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:48:33 +0000 transidentitythief http://genderblogs.com/trans-relationships-etc/ How do people feel about the interchangeability of the words transgender and transsexual? I have always winced at the word transsexual and I really embrace the word transgender and I’m not sure why. I would consider myself trans to a certain extent but include neither suffix. Nor am I really ‘out’ as trans, people assume my identity for me which is super irritating but at the same time much less difficult than explaining how complicated I am. Blogging is nice because of the anonymity I can maintain. I have been dating someone for about 9 months, she knows me as butch, lesbian, never look at or touch a guy and I haven’t told her about my thoughts on transitioning. She has a history with a transman, but prior to that was the typical platinum straight type. I want to tell her about all of the things I’m dealing with, but even after 9 months we aren’t that serious and I’m not sure we will be for a long time if we ever get there. Should I tell her? Should I wait until I think we might be going somewhere? Relationship advice is something I have always been really awesome at giving, but I’m awful at negotiating my own relationships.

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