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- From: haker@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Haker)
- Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
- Subject: Re: Tough questions.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.034118.20981@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 03:41:18 GMT
- References: <BxMLBz.Duz.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1dvo4qINNkvf@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <Bxs1tq.8AM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Anthropology dept.
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- In article <Bxs1tq.8AM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Michelle Fiera <ap.6443@cupid.sai.com> writes:
- >
- >This makes 3 of us. The recent conflict going through my head has
- >been whether or not the fact that I'm ocassionally sexually aroused
- >while wearing women's clothes means I'm therefore not a TS. I've
- >finally determined that who or what I get sexually aroused by is
- >completely distinct from my gender identity. All
- >these discussions really are great! I hadn't talked to anyone about
- >any of these feelings until about a week and a half ago, and I've
- >already learned so much about myself..
-
- I guess I'm number 4. Another conflict I have with the current psychological
- perspective is not just that gender identity is not linked to sexual
- arousal, but that sexual orientation is not linked to sexual identity.
- While this is obvious to the non-TS (its called homosexuality), the
- psychologists (well mine at least) feel that I should be attracted to
- men and not women if i'm a m->f TS. I'm bi with a leaning to women.
- I guess that would make me a lesbian traped in a man's body?!
-
- P.S. I am so glad this group was formed. While i'm personally comfortable
- with myself, and not to terribly afraid of it having repercussions on
- my career goals (i'm not using an anonymous service), I have had no one
- to openly discuss feelings and experiences with. Thank you all.
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- Michael/Michelle H
-