What is this
"Community" of which you speak?
Did I get automatically signed up when I transitioned?
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On HA there are a lot of Ts women who work/have worked/intend to work in the sex industry in some guise,
be it Whoring, Porn performing or in a 'behind the scenes' part of the Job.
There is certainly a loose Confederacy as we all share to varying degrees, common themes.
And I'd suggest that many of us hang around the Ts label rather a long time, for commercial reasons.
If you expand 'Ts community' to the wider world, this breaks down even further:
Other than the "Professional Transsexual", other Ts women often move through the Ts stage of their lives far faster,
and get on with 'being that woman' leaving the bad ts memories far behind.
Yes I've friends who have a Ts aspect to their lives, be it running up to transition through to having had SRS ten or more years ago. The Ts common starting point made us aware of each other but that's all.
I'd say we are friends despite the Ts stuff. The vast vast % of Ts women I know or am simply aware of is staggeringly huge. But they are no more than names and faces. I share nothing in common with them and consequently have zero sense of community.
The term "sister" from total strangers, creeps me out TBH.
And anyway, the clue is in the name
Transsexual
That is a changing, moving target, somewhere most are in before they move on with their lives.
...IMHO
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