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Jesse · 08-03-2012, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nadeest

To be more accurate, many transfolk, both men and women, do not want others to know their birth name or past life personal info.

It is dangerous for both transmen and transwomen to be outed. I am certainly prejudiced on the subject, but I think that in a lot of ways, it is more dangerous for transwomen, out there. Then again, I could certainly be wrong.

I've been outed before, in a hospital that I had never been to before, by the doctor that had sent me there for a test. He had agreed, prior to this, not to use my birth name for anything except for pay purposes. Yet, when I went for my MRI, the appointment was in my birth name, and the clown didn't think that he had done a thing wrong.

Nadeest,

I apologize. It was not my intention to leave transwomen out of the picture, but I certainly did so.

The danger and humiliation factors are there for all transpeople indeed. Not to mention the lack of inherent privacy issues in general.

Again, my apologies to you and the other transwomen,

Jesse

Nadeest · 08-03-2012, 11:02 PM

Eh, it happens, Jesse. I didn't think about transmen when I first started transitioning, though I had known one before I had even known that I was ts. When I first started transitioning, I was way the heck up north, in a very rural area. There were no other transfolk around there for support, though there were some that were there, in stealth mode, from what I was told.

Transmen didn't really come into my consciousness until I moved to Houston, and started hanging out at the TG Center here. Then I started learning.

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08-03-2012, 11:02 PM	#2
Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077998	Eh, it happens, Jesse. I didn't think about transmen when I first started transitioning, though I had known one before I had even known that I was ts. When I first started transitioning, I was way the heck up north, in a very rural area. There were no other transfolk around there for support, though there were some that were there, in stealth mode, from what I was told. Transmen didn't really come into my consciousness until I moved to Houston, and started hanging out at the TG Center here. Then I started learning.