That Kind of Transsexual

Ms Ersoy is Turkey's best known diva, adored across the country.

She was already one of the country's most popular male singers when in 1981 she underwent a sex change operation.

Cool. Told you things were different outside the good 'ol USA. And now she's a political activist.

I know it's so last decade to refer to people like myself and Bulent as transsexual, but I much prefer the term to transgendered. Look at me, being elitist already! But I can't help it.

I Googled 'transgender support' and was disgusted at what I saw. Sites for men wanting to dress up as women... sites on deportment... sites selling stage makeup masqurading as nomal woman's makeup... sites for gay men to hook up... and that's just the first page!

Now lest you think I've suddenly become snobish to my own people, I was disgusted by those sites even before I was conscious of the woman I am. They give transsexuals a bad name.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN WHO WANTS TO WEAR WOMENS CLOTHES AND A WOMAN TRAPPED IN A MAN'S BODY.

The former only fantasizes about being a woman, the later IS a woman and makes all of the changes she can to correct things.

I never identified as the former, yet we're all lumped together into one giant freak-fest. So, just for the record, no, I'm not a drag queen, no I don't like putting on my wife's clothes, no I don't fantasize about being a woman. I feel like a woman, I think like a woman, and I am taking steps to make that a reality, HRT, living full-time, etc.