No, that's true enough. I don't feel any particular identity with the transgressive subversivist approach while being perfectly OK with people who do - I did and do take hormones, and I did have surgery, and I have been known to wear makeup when I feel in the mood. I do identify as a woman, and not as a particularly butch one, while dressing in a way I feel comfortable which hasn't included a skirt in decades. My trans identity and my female identity have meshed pretty well over the years in a way that has nothing very much to do with passing or being other than out. The important thing is never to feel we have to be apologetic; that's one of the reasons I so admire Calpernia and want to talk to her some more.
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