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Quotable quotes

Written by Sean on Friday, September 29, 2006

I was watching tv last night, as one does from time to time. It was an episode of CSI, where transexuals played a major role. Two were killed, rather gruesome stuff. One was the killer. Many were "interviewed". And one of them said something that made a lot of sense to my transabled brain.

Visas and passport stamps

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, there are more similarities between transexuals and transabled individuals than not. Many of the things transexuals say about themselves or their experience resonates within me.

Here are a few things that were said by transexuals or transgendered individuals:

From the CSI episode:

My body is like a foreign country and I’m stuck in it without a passport.

Seems pretty self-explanatory. We’re in the wrong body. We’re stuck with no way to fix. No passport, no visa, nowhere to go.

From a transgendered meeting:

I’m living the Truth by telling a lie

This isn’t the first time I mention this one on the site. My truth is that I am a paraplegic. The only way to function as I would like to be perceived, short of surgery, is to tell a lie.

I am no proponent of dishonesty, but society doesn’t leave us many options.

From an online conversation with a transexual (paraphrased):

Transexuals are permanent residents, where crossdressers are just tourists.

This one could be applied to transabled vs. pretenders. I don’t like the somewhat negative connotation that the word tourist evokes though. Perhaps traveller would be more appropriate. Many pretenders are in it just for "fun" and that upsets many people in the disability community. I’m not sure I necessarily like the attitude of some of the pretenders I’ve encountered. OTOH, many pretenders have a rather respectful approach.

And there are those pretenders who pretend because they are transabled and their only means of dealing with it effectively is by pretending. Are we "just" pretenders?

And last, but not least, a quote from someone who is transabled, and not transexual at all, picked up while watching a documentary:

I don’t want to die, but there are days where I don’t want to live in a body that doesn’t feel like mine.

So, yeah. I’m not suicidal, but heck, there are days, I just can’t be bothered living. Oh hummm.

Tags: Transabled, Transexual, Transgendered, Crossdresser, Pretender