Showing posts with label Defining transgender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Defining transgender. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 May 2016

Just The Facts (May 21, 2016)

As I read
The daily news
People are being confused
By the various usage
Of labels.

Within
The trans-community
Itself.

Never realizing
The term
"Transgender"
Is an umbrella heading
For us.

That covers
Many diverse groups:

Transsexuals
(Male to female/Female to Male)
Cross dressers/transvestites
Drag kings/queens
Gender queers
And two spirited.

Just to name
A few of the groups
Standing beneath
This growing umbrella
Of ours.

For which
I must apologize
On behalf
Of my community
To the cis-world.

For people
Like Lili Elbe
And I.

We are
Transsexuals.

Wanting to live
Our lives
Full time.

As our chosen gender
By having surgeries
To remove
Our offending genitals.

If medically
Or financially possible
That is.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: The following links, provide more information, about the trans-community:

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