Maddie

I feel like I have already addressed this issue several times and you keep asking the same question. If calling it transapperance makes you happy then I guess call it transapperance. Granted Transapperance sounds like a Vegas stage magician that has a beautiful assistant named Zelda from Hungary.

I wonder if pancakes ever transition to waffles?

That you have an identity and it informs the way you dress.

Let me ask you a question? Do you dress in women's clothing when you go out usually? If you don't, then why not?

It's actually the other way around

Wasn't my point but I'm going to take the compliment lol

Back when I was a guy, I looked like a guy, I dressed like a guy, and I tried my best to act like a guy. At the time I also dated women because that is what I thought I was supposed to be doing. In spite of me looking like a guy the feedback I got from women that I dated consistently was "you don't act like any other guy I've ever dated" and when I asked further it was always the same answer "its like talking to a woman, you get me". lol. You can't "dress that up"

omg yes! I'm on another platform where I talk to eggs and of course I'm kind and patient but in my head I constantly think "did I sound this cringe when I was an egg?!" all the time now. lol

Here's another way to look at this the Buddha listed five aggregates that we identify with. The first of them is form which correlates with the physical body. Since the first thing the Buddha said that we identify with is the physical body then it would not be realistic to assume that it's not a factor in our identity.

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Why don't you go about your day dressed up as a woman?

The difference is, why is one changing their appearance in the first place?

A crossdresser is like gluing lemons to an apple tree LOL

Luke gets it LOL. He just described the difference between crossdressers and trans people.

You're free to think whatever you want, I'm not the guardian of your thoughts lol. To those know do not say, those who say do not know.

I know. Think about it a little bit.

It's called transgender not trans species LOL 😂

Is an apple tree still an apple tree before it makes apples?

Apples don't make the tree, the tree makes the apples. 😌

The worst transphobe I ever faced in my life was the one within.

Here's my issue with transphobic people though. Growing up in Texas in a very conservative and religious home I was taught that basically all lgbtq people were wrong and going to hell. As kids we just tend to absorb our parents' view so I actually thought this for a long time. This caused me to feel very sad for lgbtq people. It however did not make me want to go out and actively want to antagonize them or be mean to them. We can not understand something or even not to agree with something and still be polite.

Yes lol. It's not about the appearance it's about the identity.

I think that's why this topic tends to be so triggering for people, because it challenges the concept of our own identity and what do we cling to more then being or existence? According to the Buddha clinging to existence is the reason that we reincarnate.

Oooooh 😗.... Yes!

One side effect of transitioning that I'm not so keen about is that I used to be strong. Used to be lol.