The Chop

Another common myth about Trans women is “the chop”, the idea that Sexual Reassignment Surgery is nothing more than lopping your penis off. This one is closer to my usual style of humour in comics, extreme sarcasm!

Trans Myths in the Movies

Gender and Sexuality are not linked

Sexuality and gender are not linked. I don't think I can put it any more simply than that. If I were pushed to clarify a little I would ask anyone to tell me if homosexuality and paedophilia are linked, or if any particular group of people were more inclined to share the same sexual preferences than any other group of people. It's pretty silly when you think about it.

In my experience, I've met a lot of bisexual or pansexual trans people. I myself am pansexual (attracted to all genders and sexes) and I put this down to being more open to different things since coming out as trans, as I've identified as gay and bi in the past. However I've also met many trans people attracted to only one sex, or none at all, so there's no reason for me to believe that being trans directly affects someones sexual preference in any way, it's entirely down to the individual.

I'd like to add to this post that if you feel that I'm forcing any kind of agenda on you, or making you uncomfortable in any way, there's a simple answer to this, don't read it. Because I'm going to be doing this a few more times. The reason I am being so forward about this is because these are issues that not only affect me, but all of my trans friends. These myths about transgender people are harmful to all of us and are a part of our daily lives. Not a day goes by that I don't get asked about personal things like what I mentioned above, or face ignorance and misinformation spread by the media that seeps into everybodys heads and they take as truth.

Unless you get asked constantly when you're having your dick cut off, what's under your clothes, or have your sexual orientation questioned when you want to use your preferred restroom (this happened to me at work), you can't possibly understand how damaging misinformation or a lack of information is. This is why I am making these posts and if you don't like them, the internet is much easier to tune out than the rest of the world.