Ha, re TMI. When you know, it's very obvious, huh?
Don't feel bad, there are times when I do the same thing, and I'm a reasonably young person. So I don't think it's dementia, I think sometimes your brain just doesn't do things every once and a while, especially if you're distracted.
I like the word cisgender! that is a cool word, and much better than what's commonly used: normal.
Sometimes I think the biggest hurdle to groups getting accepted and being able to talk about themselves is not having a word for people of the mainstream who aren't affected by the same thing. So for transgendered people, being able to call non-transgender people "cisgendered" instead of "normal" really helps them have a way to describe themselves and others without having to automatically categorize themselves as being "abnormal" just by virtue of being opposite those described as "normal".
Wouldn't it be great if one day being transgendered was considered as normal as being cisgendered? I think so.
Oh, congratulations on getting married :-). Is there a date set, yet?
Not a date yet because of complications with the venue not getting back to us about available dates (GRRRRRR!). But thank you.
I aspire to one day be able to say that I've passed my 22nd anniversary, and congrats on that. Because getting married is easy, staying that way is what's really the accomplishment, so my hat is off to you and your spouse for making it work. Especially since half the couples that get hitched can't seem to!
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Date: 2009-03-03 01:04 pm (UTC)Don't feel bad, there are times when I do the same thing, and I'm a reasonably young person. So I don't think it's dementia, I think sometimes your brain just doesn't do things every once and a while, especially if you're distracted.
I like the word cisgender! that is a cool word, and much better than what's commonly used: normal.
Sometimes I think the biggest hurdle to groups getting accepted and being able to talk about themselves is not having a word for people of the mainstream who aren't affected by the same thing. So for transgendered people, being able to call non-transgender people "cisgendered" instead of "normal" really helps them have a way to describe themselves and others without having to automatically categorize themselves as being "abnormal" just by virtue of being opposite those described as "normal".
Wouldn't it be great if one day being transgendered was considered as normal as being cisgendered? I think so.
Oh, congratulations on getting married :-). Is there a date set, yet?
Not a date yet because of complications with the venue not getting back to us about available dates (GRRRRRR!). But thank you.
I aspire to one day be able to say that I've passed my 22nd anniversary, and congrats on that. Because getting married is easy, staying that way is what's really the accomplishment, so my hat is off to you and your spouse for making it work. Especially since half the couples that get hitched can't seem to!