hello you lovely people of the social my
name's Kate and I'm here to talk about
something you may be hearing more and
more about these days and that's trans
people wait trans people like you guys
are new and stuff you know i' only
recently just heard of you trans people
have been around for years many many
many many many years it's just that
issues pertaining to trans people
haven't really been in the public
mainstream until the past couple of
years I'm here to help you understand
things just a little bit better now you
see I'm actually transgender myself but
what does that mean well transgender or
trans means I didn't identify with the
labels assigned to me at Birth you see
what happens is when you're born a
doctory type takes a little cheeky look
at your genitals slaps a male or female
on your birth certificate and send you
on your Mar letter way this is your sex
not your gender I okay Kate you've blown
my mind explain well you see your gender
identity actually comes from somewhere
else not down there but up here you see
gender identity isn't something you can
actually see it's more something you
feel deep down inside you see for Trans
people our gender identity
differentiates from the sex we were
assigned at Birth now it's not like we
were born in the wrong body there's
nothing wrong with the body I was born
in it just needed some tweaking think of
it like this you've got dark hair but
you always wanted blonde hair okay so
you go out buy some hair dye and dye it
and when people say why did you dye your
hair blonde you don't go I was born in
the wrong body my hair should have been
blonde no you don't you're just like
well this is what my body should be like
so I made the change that's how trans
people are doing adjusting things to fit
with their identity not harming anyone
just doing it for ourselves we I'll
start with a blank Suite it's just that
some bodies need a little bit more work
than others now I didn't actually catch
being trans from anywhere it's not like
I didn't get a vaccination as a kid and
you know was out one night and bumped
into someone who was transgendering
transgendering not a work and then
suddenly became transgendered again
transgendered not a thing
nope okay you're so silly like who would
say such stuff you would be surprised
you see it all the time in mainstream
press and media you don't have a pal who
comes out as gay and then you go got G
transgendered is not a word you should
use when talking about trans people you
can call them trans or transgender but
please no more transgendered so whilst
I'm here how should you define a trans
person now apart from being defined as a
human being which we all are I am a
trans woman now there might be some
terms out there that you've heard such
as male to female or female to male and
you know what if you want to identify
yourself that way that's fine who am I
to stop you but for many this term is
problematic as it puts the emphasis on
the before and implies that gender is
binary wait hold on wait what gender is
binary there's only male and female
right actually it's a really big
Spectrum you can identify anywhere on it
and that's okay you can do that
there's even people that don't identify
as male or female they're what's known
as nonbinary and they kind of go by the
pronouns them and they wait okay so
people are what transitioning yes people
are transitioning something to note
about transitioning as well is it has no
end point the finish line is whatever a
trans person makes it for themselves
we're not all rushing down some sort of
Road chasing after surgery because a lot
of trans people won't even have surgery
now this doesn't invalidate them and who
they are because remember kids genitals
do not equal gender remember that
assignment at Birth thing now this list
I have gave you is not exhaustive there
is so much more but this is just a kind
of little starter guide as to some of
the terminology that you'll be hearing
from me but there is one term that you
should know and it's important so listen
up if I'm transgender what about people
that don't transition if you're not
transgender it means that you're
cisgender wait what no no labels labels
not into labels what you doing to us how
dare you say such letters on the BBC
calm down calm down don't get me wrong I
understand for some people it's a lot of
information to take in like when you
find out that Darth Vader is actually
Luke Skywalker's father like mind Bown
CIS is just the opposite of trans you
see the word trans from transgender
comes from the Latin word meaning the
other side of t comes from the Latin
word meaning this side of so trans moved
over say stayed po that's it really
we're not being mean we're not slurring
you it's just a definition so learn to
love being sis just don't be mean about
it
okay boom make a fortune
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