Transness

Green recognized that there are “little beehives of transness” in a few major US cities and abroad and F2M individuals who take upon themselves the role of educator and activist

Clearly, these were folks who chose to view my transness as an “affliction” (despite the fact that I did not portray it that way myself).

Now though, I've been thinking more about the idea that one can be attracted to transgender men (or women) in part because of their transness, not (as mainstream culture seems to think) in spite of it.

My transness felt irrelevant to most of my informal, passing relationships. It was not something I discussed upon meeting someone.