In Denmark I think it has more to do with our laws. Most of the trans* people I know pas really well. In Denmark, trans-sexuality is still a diagnose. You still have to get sterilized to be legally the gender you prefer, though we are finally working on that ancient law. We only have one clinic that is allowed to diagnose trans* people. One clinic that has a monopoly on the government sanctioned treatment (we have free healthcare in Denmark). One clinic. In the entire country. Let that sink in for a moment. If they feel you are too mentally ill to receive treatment, you won't, even if it's you being a trans*person that's the root of your depression/anxiety/etc. If they feel you're not 'sick enough' (read: not trans-y enough), they can deny you treatment as well. One fucking clinic. The Danish laws infantilize trans*people, and to make matters worse, we've just gotten a bunch of new rules so it's even harder to get the treatment you need.Ben Lyons said:Do you think that it perhaps because being homosexual is not something thats ( always/clearly) visible, whereas being trans is much more visible?
Note thats not a statement but a question.
Sexuality is kinda something that confuses me, and probably I'm going to receive a lot of flak for this, but there does seems to be gay ( sexuality ) and gay ( culture ), and these are not the same thing, sure there may be an overlap, but not everyone who is gay is 'scene' and I'm sure not everyone who is 'scene' is gay. For my own part I'm attracted to humans... thats about as far as I can narrow it, 'bi' doesn't even come close. ow does Bisexual cover a pre-op FtM having a relationship with a Drag-Queen?
I wont comment on the sexuality bit as I feel it's futile to try and set that stuff in stone when I believe it's a very fluid thing.
Though I will agree there seems to be a gay culture. It makes sense though. Put a bunch of people together who share nothing but their sexuality, isolate them (by choice and society) and a specific culture will emerge. That's about the only thing I can say about it though. Sorry, no profound words of wisdom.