Just The Facts (May 21, 2016)

itspronouncedmetrosexual.com

I realize

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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender

http://www.belongto.org/resource.aspx?contentid=4580

One Or Two Tubes? (March 28, 2016)

harcourthouse.ab.ca

"In international news

An American woman

Is facing

Murder charges.

"After several guests

Have died

When they attended

A pumping party

At the suspect's home."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/shock-silicone-injecting-pumping-parties-form-5200107

We're told

By society

Women must look

This way

In fashion magazines

And the runway.

An ideal

That's impossible

For most women

Whether

We're cis

Or transgender

In having

The perfect bubble butt

And breasts.

For whatever reasons

Either

Lack of money

Genetics

Or poor self-esteem

These women seek

A cure.

Unlike

The Caitlin Jenner

Of the world.

Who placed

Their credit card

Upon the receptionist's desk

Able to buy

Any procedure

They want.

These women

Are desperate

Willing to poison

Themselves

By injecting

Raw silicone

Onto their bodies.

In pumping up

Their vision of femininity

At these underground parties.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note:  I remember, seeing a documentary on silicone pumping, during the early 1990s, during the summer, when I was home, from my university studies. Sadly, I can't find it, although, I do know, it was broadcasted on the local PBS station, in Buffalo, New York. The first time, I was introduced to terms, like transsexual, transvestites and t-girls.  It focused on a group of transwomen, who worked the streets. Myself, I have never thought of injecting anything, into my body, whether or not, it's medically prescribed to me, by a nurse practitioner or doctor, given my extreme fear of needles, and blood.