What Are You?

[Guest Elizabeth K]

I am posting this in the General Forum because I would like input from everyone.

I was at a meeting the other day and met some wonderful people.. One of the guests said she was once asked 'what are you?' - not at that meeting but in a university setting. She is actually not TS but her boyfriend is FTM. She defined herself as multi-racial (whatever that means) and bi-sexual, and a grad student in biological studies. We had a great talk - but that "what are you?' question bothered me afterward. It had bothered her too, obviously, when it happened originally.

SO

Topic: what would you say if asked "what are you?"

Do you include age, heritage, gender, economics, education - just what?

To make it fun - PLEASE LIMIT YOUR ANSWER TO ONE SENTENCE.

It will be okay if you want to add more - but anything added should be informational and not really part of the answer.

The intent? To see how you evaluate yourself - and assume everyone already knows you are a human being - so be more responsive than that.

Troblemaker Lizzy

[Guest Zabrak]

I'm Kyle(AKA Zabrak) - a bisexual transboy.

[Sally]

OK, Lizzy,

I'll start this off. As to the human being part - never assume, I could be a thousand monkeys with a thousand keyboards and having finished writing Hamlet find ourselves with a lot of free time!

I would be the very definition of the Renaissance Man if I were not a MTF Transsexual, wanting to learn everything, do everything and help everyone while remaining an incurable romantic with deep religious convictions and a thousand other different facets - a jewel of great worth, take the time to know me.

How was that?

Love ya, Troublemaker,

Sally

[Guest Zabrak]

As to the human being part - never assume, I could be a thousand monkeys with a thousand keyboards and having finished writing Hamlet find ourselves with a lot of free time!

Love ya, Troublemaker,

Sally

LOL

[Guest Little Sara]

what would you say if asked "what are you?"

A female soul confined in a human body trying to make the most of what life has given her.

[Guest Zack L]

What am I?

I'm awesome! =D

Best answer ever. =P But when explaining my gender to my friends I generally say "I'm a transman! Like superman, but less cool powers and more misunderstood."

But if asked that question I'd definitely say I'm awesome.

[Guest Elizabeth K]

OK, Lizzy,

I'll start this off. As to the human being part - never assume, I could be a thousand monkeys with a thousand keyboards and having finished writing Hamlet find ourselves with a lot of free time!

I would be the very definition of the Renaissance Man if I were not a MTF Transsexual, wanting to learn everything, do everything and help everyone while remaining an incurable romantic with deep religious convictions and a thousand other different facets - a jewel of great worth, take the time to know me.

How was that?

Love ya, Troublemaker,

Sally

Hummmmm - why am I not surpised... twelve monkeys for sure... a thousand different facets possibly, long winded probably, a jewel of great worth certainly.

[Guest April63]

I am a child of God.

That's the answer that came to mind when I read the question. It's a really a great answer. It makes us all sound the same, which I guess is kinda boring, but at the same time, equally good and equally loved.

April

[Sally]

Hummmmm - why am I not surpised... twelve monkeys for sure... a thousand different facets possibly, long winded probably, a jewel of great worth certainly.

I'm a trumpet player, I can read the opening sentence in the Bear by Faulkner in one breath and it's about three pages long!

Long winded!

Just kidding. About being angry not about the reading aloud of long sentences!

Trying to keep this short - firing a couple of hundred monkeys!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Elizabeth K]

I am a child of God.

That's the answer that came to mind when I read the question. It's a really a great answer. It makes us all sound the same, which I guess is kinda boring, but at the same time, equally good and equally loved.

April

APRIL - you always amaze me - WONDERFUL answer - says it all!

[Guest April63]

I try my best

So, are you a child of God?

April

[Sally]

I believe that I am a child of God and that brings me great comfort.

April, did you ever start that blog you were thinking about?

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest April63]

Sorry Sally, but nope, I never started it. Who knows if it will happen. I do want to try it, but I don't know if I'll actually ever get it going.

April

[Guest Cody_T]

I am a writer.

It's amazing how well that can really sum up a person and a personality

For any other writers, I was reading a book about writing and came across something I found really funny. (it's paraphrased)

When you ask a writer what their hobbies are, they'll tell you reading, and then maybe basketball and knitting and drawing- and they'll be lying about everything but the reading.

[Guest Sashel Trace]

They say I seem a bit selcouth, quite soricine in satire, but I suggest a surrogate, a supposition of the soul which seems to desire solitude, seeking a silvicolous lifestyle…but see here, I am sanguiferous, and if you seek a simpler specification, I am sanguine and serene, a sophisticated scoundrel, yet subject to the swallet of spirit, keep in the sacrarium of solace, yet never to survey the significant sensations sought in society; therefore, by serendipity I see what sign I seek, a scrow scribable to screed, a scrimure seeking skiamachy, all secure in sabaton: surely I speak of my own satisfaction; a sortie strife to scialytic, keeping as stimulus, not with surquedry, for stiver holds not sooth, but slander and subterfuge, and so I say surely this concoction of semantics swings askew of its seminal scheme, so simply said, you may call me S.

I assure you that is one grammatically correct sentence, and all of the words exist ^^.

[Guest jessw76]

What Am I? A human being. I am me in all my glory good and bad-- loves, jess

[Guest Linus Thomas]

I am a cigar smokin', geeky technical training vegan US-transplanted Canuckian trans boy.

How'szat?

[Guest Zack L]

They say I seem a bit selcouth, quite soricine in satire, but I suggest a surrogate, a supposition of the soul which seems to desire solitude, seeking a silvicolous lifestyle…but see here, I am sanguiferous, and if you seek a simpler specification, I am sanguine and serene, a sophisticated scoundrel, yet subject to the swallet of spirit, keep in the sacrarium of solace, yet never to survey the significant sensations sought in society; therefore, by serendipity I see what sign I seek, a scrow scribable to screed, a scrimure seeking skiamachy, all secure in sabaton: surely I speak of my own satisfaction; a sortie strife to scialytic, keeping as stimulus, not with surquedry, for stiver holds not sooth, but slander and subterfuge, and so I say surely this concoction of semantics swings askew of its seminal scheme, so simply said, you may call me S.

I assure you that is one grammatically correct sentence, and all of the words exist ^^.

Wow. That's a lot of S's. XD

[Guest Kelly Ann]

I am just visiting...Earthlings are sooo interesting

[Guest Zabrak]

I am a cigar smokin', geeky technical training vegan US-transplanted Canuckian trans boy.

How'szat?

I like this one.

Agreeing with Linus once again!

[Guest RainBird]

I'm a happy outgoing girl who loves life, art, family/friends, music, storm chasing, nature photography and random rambling

I love froggies too, froggies are cool!

xo

[Guest Jackson]

I'm just a good old-fashioned Southern boy.

[Guest Christy.dancer]

I'm a 17 year old high school student who hates calculus and likes to run and occasionally dance but sucks at it.

[Guest shalini]

i will answer"iam a cross dresser well behaved and well settled"

[Guest April63]

Aww, what's wrong with Calculus?

Eww, cigars. Stinky and not healthy. But if that's what you want to be, I can't stop you.

April