A Great Read ... from Lynn Conway ... Wow!

[Guest Lacey Lynne]

If:

A website said:

The thing that makes these women "successes" isn't how far they've gone in their careers, or how much money they've made, or how pretty some of them are, or how well known some are as entertainers. Those accomplishments are very meaningful, and show that transitioning doesn't have to hold a woman back from achieving traditional social measures of success. However, the real successes we find here are ones of the heart. They are successes in living "life in the large". We see it in the happy faces, and sense it in between the lines of their stories. These are the successes of women who have survived and corrected their earlier transsexualism, and gone on to find joy and comfort and peace in their lives.

Taken together, our stories will gradually help change people's views of the transsexual condition. After all, we are happy and productive contributors in all walks of life: as doctors and lawyers, as scientists, engineers and programmers, as airline pilots, as entrepreneurs, managers and office workers, as university professors and students, in politics, in education, in law enforcement, in the skilled trades, in modeling and in entertainment. The realities and completeness of our physical gender transformations cannot be denied. Many of us are wives, lovers or partners in long-term loving relationships. You can put a compelling human face on the transsexual condition by browsing the websites linked from these pages, which contain information about the experiences of these successful women.

Lynn hopes that these women's stories provide hope, encouragement and role models to others, especially to those young transsexual girls-to-be who are facing gender transition. As teenagers they (and their parents and loved ones) need to learn that a complete correction of their gender condition is now possible by applying the knowledge gained by the pathfinders who have gone before, and by exploiting the miracles of modern medicine. They also need to learn of the profound advantages of undergoing gender correction while young, as opposed to living in angst in the wrong gender for decades and then finally transitioning, in desperation, late in life. If parents can just learn to see that their transsexual child is really a "girl with a physical problem" rather than a "boy with a mental problem", then that child's future is especially hopeful. With parental love and support, a young transsexual girl can now reach for her dreams, and go on to live a full and joyous life as a woman.

Then:

Would you want to read about it? Yeah, I think you would, and you should!

Enjoy Lynn Conway's profiles of TRANSSEXUAL WOMEN'S SUCCESSES:

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSsuccesses.html

Lacey Lynne

[Guest Svenna]

Thanks, Lacey...

I need to focus on positive outcomes...

Love, Svenna

[VickySGV]

I ran across that site over a year ago, and have gone back to it several times with young friends who were feeling a bit on the blue side. Great stuff

[Sally]

It is very good to see some of the successful trans women as the news tends to find the least successful or those who have been attacked - negativity seems to fuel news more than positive stories.

It is important to remember that these women were successful because of their own hard work - it was not handed to them because they were trans or even before - it was earned.

Transitioning is not a guarantee of success in any field - that is determined by the effort that you put into it.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest AiAmAngel]

You're just now seeing this site? Lynn Conway is the woman who made me feel like it was even possible for women in my sitch to enjoy a healthy marriage, even after all she went to. Its probably the site I cite most for technical information.

[Michelle 2010]

Angel honey, many people who read this site are being exposed for the first time to many things. Its a valuable service sometimes to post stuff, even questions we may know the answer to ourselves, if it helps others in some way, right? For every person who posts here there may be a hundred who lurk or are too shy to join. They too can benefit from such postings.

Huggs

Michelle

[Guest Shari]

Lacey,

Thank you for the gentle reminder to look up instead of down. It's true that we are more visible today because of some of these women. They are all beautiful (and so are you).

Hugs,

Shari

[Guest Leah1026]

I discovered her website back in 2003 and used it extensively. In fact I still use it today in my advocacy work.