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It is a powerful feeling being a part of the transgender community, or, the chosen ones (which I will explain in a later post). Recently I had a great comment through the Medium writing platform. It comes from fellow writer “PL James”:
“I always find I beat a drum. This drum is about embracing my trans-ness. I did always want to be pretty and slight like a lissome girl, but I am not. I have had too much of life dominated by testosterone…but like you, I lost a ton of weight, and am super-happy about the results of diet and exercise…and can be happy that I am beautiful…not in a classic way, but in a unique and transgender way…and that is fine because we are different…and our own experiences as trans people make us a tribe of our own…and that is the tribe whose standards I wish to be measured by. Yours in “transterhood”
First of all, it’s a pleasure to be a part of your “trans-sisterhood” and thanks for the comment. I so agree many of us in the trans community have adjusted to our own standards of beauty as we present ourselves to the world. Years ago, I was invited to participate in a photography project which focused in on the differences in women. Even though I was scared to death to do it, I hitched up my “big girl panties” and went forward with the project. I felt even though I was far from the prettiest woman in the collection, at the least I would have the chance to…
