Transgender Article

[asterroc]

FYI, here's a lengthy Newsweek article on transgender. (Is there a noun form of the word? or should I have said "transgendered people" or "transpeople"?)

Comments

[rosefox]

The closest noun is "transgenderism", but that's problematic for a lot of reasons.

The photo gallery is sort of odd. There are only, what, two men? and they both look miserable.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Do you know if FtM or MtF is more common? I liked that it was a mix of gorgeous people and butt-ugly. :-P

[sammka.livejournal.com]

I counted three men, and they still all looked miserable.

I've heard that FtM and MtF are about as common, but it's difficult to tell because there seem to be generational disparities (in my experience, anyway), and definitional issues. In my experience there are about equal numbers of people who actually permanently identify as alternate genders, but a whole lot more female-bodied people who choose to identify as "genderqueer," buck the gender divide entirely, or use alternate pronouns. Perhaps I just see a lot more of them.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I suspect it's easier to live as partially transitioned FtM than MtF. There may also be a selection effect, that people who are either FtM or MtF are more likely to be out about it.

[sammka.livejournal.com]

Also possible. Of course many of the people I'm thinking about wouldn't describe themselves as "partially transitioned" because they have no intention of transitioning, or don't yet.

[sammka.livejournal.com]

I think it's ok to say transgender issues, transpeople, or transgender people. "Transgendered" is also used to refer to transpeople but I have heard transpeople object to it, so I try to use "transgender."