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Monday, August 17, 2009

Character Study "Why do you want to change your body?"

Posted by Jesse Vernon on Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Are you perplexed by trannies? Fret no more—two hot transsexuals graciously answer all of your invasive questions, including

What’s your real name?

Have you had surgery?

What does your real voice sound like?

Are you a he or a she?

Thanks for the tip, Ethan.

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Time until some right wing wacko will claim that "Obamacare" will pay for sex change operations in 5,4,3...

Posted by Howard Dean on August 17, 2009 at 7:42 AM

great vid!

Posted by Madonna on August 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM

@ 1: "Pay for"? What do you mean, "pay for"? "Mandate" is more like it! Great vid. Best wishes.

Posted by Timmytee on August 17, 2009 at 8:47 AM

Interesting that none of the responses were serious answers, hence I'll conclude none of the questions are serious. Shall we all just get on with life now, wonderful.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on August 17, 2009 at 8:54 AM

Brilliant!!! Lovesit.

Posted by olechka on August 17, 2009 at 9:07 AM

At best it's a mildly amusing parody, but irrefutably a slap on face on our transgender community struggling for acceptance.

Posted by raindrop on August 17, 2009 at 9:39 AM

6:

Yeah? i dunno. . . I guess fun is fun and snark is snark. Not everything has to be a slight to the "community", no?

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 10:08 AM

I guess I like seeing trans peeps ANYWHERE that isn't the tired images mainstream media sensationalize - The middle aged, somewhat conservative "mans-man" transition to a woman. . . There are so many other ways to navigate the world.

FTMs - EXIST!

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM

If peeps like the vid. . . Calperina Adams did a "Bad Questions" video a while back. . . pretty funny:

http://www.calpernia.com/calpernia’s-list-of-bad-questions-to-ask-a-transsexual-person/

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM

i'd like to add "what's with trannies and neck bandanas?" to the list of questions.

Posted by rara avis on August 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM

@6 Oh the community! Won't someone think of the community!

Posted by Rotten666 on August 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM

@10 I always assumed it was to hide presence of / lack of an adam's apple.

Posted by Jenny from the Block on August 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM

@1: Actually, I believe that in Ontario, the provincial health plan does cover for sex change operations. I think it was announced last year that coverage would "resume" so apparently we've covered it before too.

At the time, the health minister said he expected only 8-10 individuals to qualify -- all applicants for coverage must undergo psychological evaluation -- and the total cost to the government to be about $200,000 a year.

So yeah. Fearmongering: sort of justified!

Posted by Gloria on August 17, 2009 at 11:06 AM

What I heard:
"Don't ask trans people any questions, as they despise and judge those not like them, and will only ramble narcissistically (and since there are no jump-cuts in real life, this will be far less entertaining and far more awkward than it appears in this video)"

Posted by stuckie on August 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM

@7:

True, thx.

Posted by raindrop on August 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM

@ 14:

Got privilege?

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM

@ 12:

maybe so. . . although you do realize everyone has an "Adam's apple" right?

(It's just that testosterone during male puberty makes it more prominent than the girls / women.)

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM

@11:

:) - right.

"If you've met one trans person, you've met one trans person."

Posted by trans i am on August 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM

This is a really good YouTube series featuring two trannies (one ftm, one mtf) who discuss a lot of transgender-related issues (and non-transgender issues). It's a little less sarcastic (but still funny) and a little more straightforward.

"Trannystar Galactica"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpSiBEZE…

Posted by lizzie on August 17, 2009 at 1:14 PM

They didn't ACTUALLY answer shit. That was annoying, and I just wasted 8 minutes of my life on it. I want my 8 minutes back.

Posted by Callie

on August 17, 2009 at 1:54 PM

@20 &14 um, i think the point was that they don't have to answer any of those questions and it's actually totally weird to ask a stranger what surgery he/she/ze has had on her/his/hir own personal gentials, or what their (ug) private personal history is, even if we cis peeps have some sort of curiosity about it. It's like if I made a video about people who ask me annoying personal questions about my tattoos or complaining about annoying customers at work, except a lot more loaded and like, even less of people's business. Maybe more of an in-joke than answering your questions about transexual issues. Hi Callie!

Posted by erin on August 17, 2009 at 2:15 PM

Okay, I wasn't expecting much, but that was so *cool*.

Posted by Feebs on August 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM

This is an adorable vid. So many funnies I'm not going to even recite them. I'm curious and ignorant about trannies, but I don't mind not getting serious answers. the "I don't understand the question" was an answer. I'm starting to realise now that being trans isn't always about being in the wrong body, but about not being enslaved to the gender society slaps on you because of your sex. I hope you two do more vids. but remember, Americans, what Oscar Wilde says about sarcasm.

Posted by Madonna on August 18, 2009 at 5:25 AM

Oh, and by the way, the Cuban government has started providing sex change operations to its citizens. You have to do a hormone test, and the government pays. Once US citizens are allowed to visit, I predict sex change operations will be one of Cuba's biggest exports.

Posted by Madonna on August 18, 2009 at 5:27 AM