From: Densie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 12:04:38 CDT
>I can't begin to tell you how moved, educated and proud I am of the
>individuals on the show I saw on TLC tonight. I watched the show on
>"SEX CHANGE," and was touched by each one of these stories.
Documentaries are made to sell documentaries. They will always tell the
most controversial stories they can find. Makes them interesting to
watch, but sometimes misleading.
>I can't begin to imagine the pain you suffered during these
>transformations.
Actually, the transformation is the easy part. The hard part is a few
years later, when you wonder what the hell you could possibly have been
thinking. For some reason, though, the documentaries always stop short
of that point.
>There is no choice when attempting to find the real you.
Big mistake there. He->she who goes through a transformation, surgery,
etc. with the impression that one HAS to do this will be in for a rude
shock later on. That lie to one's self is meant to justify the decision
to go ahead with what one wants to do in spite of social stigma.
"If this is something that I have to do, then I don't have to feel
guilty about doing it, right?"
"If I don't do this, I'll probably end up killing myself because I can't
live as a man."
Bullshit. It is a choice. Do it or don't do it as you wish, but don't
think for a minute that you have to. You're only kidding yourself.
Anyone who is having thoughts about doing this should see a good
therapist... not one whose specialty is steering people through
transformation. Better yet, make some friends outside of "the
community" and find something else to get excited about.
-densie
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