Help!

[singingtoearth.livejournal.com]

I am doing a survey of knowledge and exposure to trans issues at my school of social work. I am having trouble putting questions in a multiple choice format without putting my prejudices about what it means to be trans. I need at least two multiple choice. Any suggestions?

One idea I had was

Which of the following is NOT a possible DEFINITION of what transgender means?
A. Someone who lives as a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth.
B. cross-dresser
C. Homosexual
D. ?

C of course, not being right.

Any better ways to phrase this?

Help!

mwahahahaha!(please read)

[ampriskitsune.livejournal.com]

x posted to my lj, bi girls, transgender
I...*drumroll please*...have got a plot!!! *thunder claps* it involves lots and lots of people and whatnot and stems from my psych. group study that we are doing....I was reading up on the various methods of Systematic Desensitization, particularly the en 'vivo' process...this is a practice that is used primarily in helping people cure their phobias...it states that the more often you are exposed to something that you fear, the less you fear it...its the opposite side of the behavioral conditioning that leads to the phobia developing in the first place...'en vivo' merely states that is a practice you actually experience instead of, say, imagining what you are afraid of...you start small and work your way up until you are experiencing what you previously feared without the fear, or at least without the debilitating, thought stopping, panic inducing fear...anywhoo, i am reading up on this and i think, hey, what about homophobia??? we could do that to this too...and the people with it don't even have to be aware they are experiencing the desensitization process...and so, The Plot was born...i propose that ALL of us, the gays, lesbians, transgendered, bisexuals...the whole lot, start showing it more in public...nothing too gross mind you...not like, sex in the middle of the mall or anything...but holding hands, kissing, cuddling(hehe the single people could borrow a friend), going out dressed up for the mtfs the ftms and anyone else who feels like it, just being our wonderful unique special selves for the world to see....and eventually, something pretty damn cool might happen....people may learn that we are not so odd and wrong after all....different, but still human...they may even start *gasp* identifying with us....and the beauty of it is that 'en vivo; systematic desensitization is the most reliable and permanent method of learned fear reduction and learned acceptance that there is...you are more likely to stay unafraid of this then you are to stay not smoking and what not...it is a learned behavior! *is all excited* and so, i propose that in lieu of all that is happening recently (anti gay marriage, etc.) that it is time to make a stand...to do the most daring and shocking thing that we can do....BE OURSELVES!!!! and not be afraid to show the rest of the world exactly who we are...i know that i will be trying this and i hope the rest of you will join me too...*crosses fingers, extends hand*

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[the_borderer]

Crossposted to transminds and transgender

Yet again things do not look good for me

First of all a quick reintroduction. My name is Natalie, I am a 24 year old M2F transsexual and come from Carlisle, a small and very narrowminded city in the North of England. I am having difficulty coping at the moment, which I put down to me not having any friends or support (other than my counselling, which I only have another five sessions of before I have to start paying).

I have given up on finding help or support of any description in my local area. I spoke to someone at a place called Connexions (They offer various forms of support to young people) after being told that they would probably help even though they don't usually deal with people over 19. I was told that I am too old though. The only advice that he gave me was to try a crossdressers club in blackpool which is a bit late for me seeing that I am already full time and have been taking hormones for ten months now.

This seems to be a recurring problem. I have been searching desperately for help since about October last year but everywhere seems to have nothing to offer for me personally. I may be reducing my chances of finding help by only looking for help from LGBT groups but the reaction from straight people when I have tried other groups is that they didn't like what I was doing and didn't want to know me. Now some of the local gangs of charvas (Violent young men and women) know about me and occasionally go out of their way to harrass me. I am looking at moving out of Carlisle as soon as possible, as no-one seems interested in my wellbeing.

In the meantime, I really need to find somewhere safe for me to meet people, that is reasonably close (About 100 miles away is realistic) and has good public transport to Carlisle.

Any suggestions anyone? Quite seriously, we are talking life or death here. I don't know how much longer I can manage on my own.