Guys: When you're around your "straight" friends & the topic of transsexuals come up?

[jedimaster]

If i'm among proven closeminded people of the kind you just cannot have a decent conversation with, then i keep my mouth shut. But as youshouldtrythislol said, I don't really mingle with disrespectful people generally speaking, either.

Still, people will always surprise you. They who you believed were openminded tolerant people might have only harsh things to say about TS and those around them, perhaps the subject of TS is precisely the one they are not tolerant about. Happens with everyone, nobody's perfect.

So just...... whatever you say... or listen..... take it with a pinch of salt, but i do believe it is our duty to enlighten about TS subjects because there's so much ignorance and prejudice still about it. Hopefully this veil is already being slowly lifted, but we got to keep going.

[flabbybody]

It's our duty to educate and inform the ignorant and misinformed.

I've run out of energy trying

[boner]

I usually just make an off-hand comment like I've seen a few that were pretty convincing. I might take a little shit for it but I just shrug my shoulders. I think a lot of straight guys would find themselves attracted to tgirls if they didn't know what was up. Once they found out, some of them might freak but the fact that they found a tranny attractive sticking in their head is a guarantee. Some of them might even end up here!

[bte]

The topic rarely gets bought up around my friends, because they don't think about it. However if they talk about one of my trans-friends then I always put 'em in their place.

[FreddieGomez]

you have the nicest titties

[traumatism]

its rare the topic arises in a bad way with people i know. mainly because they know i am friends with a transgendered gal who is going through the first stages. im also friends with her sister too (gg) and have been for some time.

if people ridicule the liking of transgendered women i just normally respond saying people cant help what attracts them and what doesnt. its built into the persons dna so to speak

[BeardedOne]

I've run out of energy trying

Yah, but we never really give up.

Most of the people I deal with either know of my proclivities or would not be all that surprised on discovery, so it's not really an issue most of the time. Though I am not especially 'out' at work, there are some that I talk to from time to time that either know or have guessed that I am at least bi, if not pansexual. One woman I work with was in the military and was in Thailand for a while. It was only natural that ladyboys came up in conversation from time to time. If she noticed that I spoke of them =TOO= intimately, she never mentioned it.

I recall that one morning banter brought the term 'shemale' to the fore and I said that it was a derogatory term used primarily in the porn industry. One of the guys asked "And how do =YOU= know that?" and I gave him 'the look' and he sat back and said "OH!" and the conversation wound its way to other things.

Yah, there are some people that spew all kinds of negative shit through their lips, and I'll tolerate just so much of it and try to educate them somewhat, but beyond the old dog/new tricks analogy, some of these people are just going to remain old dogs.

Yet some, while understanding to a point, are just being honest to themselves. I spent a lovely weekend with one of our ladies recently wherein we both had a great time. During that time I introduced her to a number of my friends and business associates, all of whom were polite and upbeat. In the days following our social foray, I got some feedback that was all positive, but some was critical as to how well (Or not) my date 'passed'. On reflection, I don't think that's all that different from a friend's comment on how gawdawful your date's choice of evening wear was.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, some people that chatted with us never had a clue as to the gender variant of my date. So, it's all relative.

Being a hermit, I don't have a lot of social interaction outside certain, limited circles. Based on that, I don't find myself in a lot of situations where I'd be in a group that was either uneducated or intolerant of gender variants or alternative lifestyles. If the conversation went down that alley, I'd more than likely trend towards education and tolerance.

Not like anyone's really listening to me, anyway.

[blckhaze]

Im the designated tranny radar
Im starting to think they like it and just want to be aware more so than are against the idea

[speedstick112]

Everyone hates having to educate ignorant people. But sometimes it pays off. I think you can do it with or without disclosing a personal connection to the issue. When people say they don't approve of trans people for some reason, I just say "why do you care about what someone does to their own body/life?". Or whatever follows.

I knew a really dumb, pseudointellectual chick once. She said I should seriously reconsider the surgery because "it hurts a lot." You gotta give up in that kind of situation.

[JoePitt]

[CENTER]Please don't be offended by the term "straight" I am just using it to illustrate a point.

Does anybody really get offended by the term straight?? Really?

When with my friends, I usually don't say much except to jump in with a quick joke or something to keep things moving. Always been a believer in the old saying : It's better to be thought a fool and say nothing than speak and remove all doubt. So when TSs come up, I mainly stick to my usual pattern. I'll say something like Speedstick said if something truly offensive comes up though.