Famous Transsexual Model

[Guest Lacey Lynne]

Of course, many of you know of famous Brazilian model, Lea T.

We are always saying society needs to learn that we are not perverts and not whackos. Education. Exposure. Honesty. This amazing transwoman is living these attributes largely.

A must-read topic for people like us.

SPECIAL MODERATOR REQUEST:

Mods, yes, I know the rules. One pic of Lea T. here is borderline questionable. I urge you to temper puritanism this one time. Why? Playground members and guests must, I repeat ... MUST ... read this very fine entry by Lea T. for the good of themselves and for the good of the transsexual community. Thus, I beseech you, kindly let them read this thread.

Thank you in advance ... Lacey Lynne

My fellow transsouls, this one's for you:

http://www.afterellen.com/people/2011/02/lea-t-wants-everyone-to-know-shes-transexual

Check out all the discussion entries following the main article. There is major hope for people like us, everybody. The point? If possible, be out ... be proud ... be careful. No, it is NOT easy. Yes, it IS worth it.

Respectfully & Humbly Thanking You Muchly Lacey Lynne

[Guest Ann Onymous]

Check out all the discussion entries following the main article. There is major hope for people like us, everybody. The point? If possible, be out ... be proud ... be careful. No, it is NOT easy. Yes, it IS worth it.

And therein rests one of many issues as I see it. I did not do this for the sake of being a cause. I am not looking for a pedestal. If others want to assume such positions, so be it...but it ain't for this one. And I DID have that option when I transitioned 15-20 years ago in a profile position within a State agency...I declined it then just as I decline it now.

Admittedly, the fact that I am perfectly content to have woodworked many moons ago and that I choose to remain relatively 'stealthy' is hindering some aspects of a friendship with someone who is VERY visible in current media. But in that instance, it is a case of my not really wanting to be in front of cameras as much as anything else...I also do not need the added distractions from my professional career that come from being 'out.' As it is, I risk enough being very out as the lesbian I am...

[Carolyn Marie]

Thanks, Lacey, for posting this. It is a great piece, and the comments I read were, for a change, overall positive. There has been a lot of good things happening for the Community of late, and I hope it continues. While the vast majority of transfolk continue to struggle in various ways, these trailblazers do in fact make a difference in the long run.

Ann, your decision to be stealth is just as admirable as Lea's is. Every one one of us makes a choice that is right for us, and no one here would ever say your choice isn't absolutely valid. Being in the limelight, or even being active in the Community, is a very personal decision. It is not for anyone else to judge.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest ChloëC]

Interesting. I read a number of the comments especially the ones that tried to get into defining terms and sort of what it all meant and I remembered that I was reading on the internet earlier today a little article with a picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was about 4-6. And he was in a 'dress' and longish curly hair, and was wearing a version of MaryJanes. And the article said that when he was young, society made the norm that all children were put in 'dresses' and stayed there until boys were about 8 or 9 and then they went to pants or probably knickers and got their first haircut.

The real telling item in the article was that today!!! people absolutely have to KNOW one's gender from birth and practically demand that we appear as that gender. You know Pink and Blue and boy infant toys and girl infant toys and all the rest of that crap!

And it is. No wonder there's all this gender dysphoria going on. Practically straight jackets, if you ask me.

Hugz

Chloë

[Guest Lacey Lynne]

Everybody:

How I love you people!

For those of you who have replied, THANK YOU ... very, very much!

You see, I believe we must be out and about rather than woodworking, stealthing, whatevering. Why? Of course, education and exposure breed familiarity and understanding. Yes, indeed, I fully understand the dangers involved in being right out there. However, I'm here to tell you that I'm practicing what I'm preaching.

Today was the day of my professionally-done make-up make-over at the Clarins counter at Macy's at the mall ... the same mall I walk every single day. When Kate (my beloved make-up consultant!) finished with me, we took a few pics. The for-now wife will download them from the digital camera (hers) and use the photography software (on her computer) to upload them to PhotoBucket, and we'll post a few here at The Playground. That's NOT my point here, though.

My point IS that when Kate made me up, on went the wig, away went the baseball cap, out came the purse, and voila! Lacey Lynne was totally and fully en femme

IN THE VERY SAME MALL SHE WALKS EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Did I run out the door and leave that mall? No! I did nothing of the sort! What I DID do was stay another 3.5 hours, eat lunch very visibly at the food court, look around at all manner of womanly and girly things and simply had the experience of my iife!

Did some people clock me? No doubt. I looked at them, smiled and said, "Hi!" Then, quickly looked away, walked away and proceeding merrily along on my mall jaunting. By and large, I majorly passed. More on that subsequently.

One hilarious moment when was this girl (age 23) who talks to me at the mall everyday saw me bopping by and said hi using my guy name.

Well, naturally, I smiled, nodded, winked and walked away. On my next lap by her later on, I did The May Kay Ash Technique and kindly requested that she use "Lacey" in the future when greeting me. She immediately understood and is cool this way. It's gonna happen. No worries.

I'm alreadly telling people there are many transsexuals like me, that we are not perverts, that we are not weirdos, that we have a medical condition, see doctors and that THIS is its cure. Then, I say:

"Have any questions? Just ask me!"

Yes, I'm KNOW some of them will ask rude and ridiculous questions, and they will! However, I will answer them with grace, class and style with a polite smile and good manners. We must deal with the general public as they really are (often times appalling rude and outrageously stupid) and proceed accordingly. Do their asinine questions sting me internally? Certainly. However, I can take it and consider that sting a small price to pay to educate and inform them. Now, I'm nobody special. If I can do it, many of you can do it too.

Naturally, none of us HAS to do this; however, it behooves SOME of us to do this ... in order to educate the populace which was eventually yield us their understanding, tolerance and, dare I say it, respect.

One person cannot change the world? Think again. Yes, they can. Imagine what MANY people can do. Well, if Loopey Lacey can be right out there, so can some of you. The choice is yours. Some day, some way, some where, some of you WILL to this too

... and the worldwide community of transsexuals will be way the better off for your kindness and courage.

To conclude, verily, verily, I say unto thee, my fellow transfolk:

"Be out. Be you. Rock ON!"

Those of you so inclined (and there sure are a few of you) will do so. Here's saluting you and thankin you in advance:

Hale & Hearty "Cheers!" to You! Lacey Lynne

[Guest AiAmAngel]

She is this odd combination of not that passable yet extremely beautiful?! Seriously, I could read her in a second but in that sort of "who cares, she's WAY pretty" kind of way