In the development of masculine identity
it is important to be good in sports.
Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons
I watched Diane Sawyer's interview.
I realized there is nothing funny about transgender.
I do not understand it at all.
People say he can't ever be a woman because of XY chromosomes. He can make himself look like a woman -WHY?! - but biologically he will always be a man.
I get that.
So anyway - he will be a transgender man then. Right?
I don't know.
I can't understand it.
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Bruce Jenner is almost definitely an autogynephile/ sufferer of autogynephilia:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17951885
A longer, and less sympathetic, explanation here (its a blog run by a lesbian feminist):
https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/what-many-transgender-activists-dont-want-you-to-know-and-why-you-should-know-it-anyway/
you'd probably also be interested on the comments in this thread (about Bruce Jenner's interview on the same site):
https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/the-obligatory-gendertrender-bruce-jenners-lady-brain-thread/
There's a huge political machine pushing gender ideology, obviously, given the amount of attention he's receiving. It's left a lot of bad blood among feminists and gay people, just judging by what I've read online. I live in an area that has a large population of transgender people and out of the 7 or 8 I've met they were all clearly autogynephilic (identify as lesbians, don't attempt much to pass as female, disrespectful and affected toward women.) It was obvious the first time I met and tried to be friendly with one of these guys that he absolutely wasn't a gay man, or feminine in any way. He also made me uncomfortable with sexual comments, and creepily tried to bond over sexy lesbian sports stars (I'm not a lesbian and it was literally the first thing he asked me so he knew that.)
Just my two cents, 'cause I actually know something about this.
Love your blog btw :)
Ellie - I just discovered your comment thanks very much for the information. I never heard of autogynephilic - so I will investigate. Strange world.
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