-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Transgaf: 'cause boys will be girls (and vice versa)
- Thread starter lexi
- Start date
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
They hurt my feet. ;~; I know this from running around in some in a convention center for hours.
Jamie xxoo
Member
LOL cute. My sister in law's sister is my height, has a shorter husband, and wears heels as well. I've seen him faceplant some boobage.
Femmeworth
Banned
So you decided to finally join the winning team, eh Jamie? 
Don't worry, I think they are awful too.CHEEZMO™;36881381 said:
alysonwheel
Member
As someone of average height, I have to come down on the side of HeelGAF.
I love heels.
I love heels.
Video of our panel about transgender-related issues in gaming is now up! You can go watch it by clicking here!
Brian Griffin
Member
Just finished watching and it was really good, although kinda hard to hear at some points. It seemed to be pretty full in there too when the camera spun around during Q&A.
Femmeworth
Banned
Cool, will definitely check it out.
I suppose there are worse shoes you could like.
alysonwheel
Member
Looking forward to watching this some time this weekend, hopefully when I'm over my flu long enough to concentrate on something for more than eight consecutive seconds.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Just finished watching all of it, and really enjoyed it! I actually didn't know about that option in Dark Souls, so I guess I'll mess around with it a bit when I get the PC version of the game in August. It was also really nice hearing those stories from the panelists and hearing about their personal experiences.
Glad this one has better audio than some of the others, some of them are just awful.
Still haven't gotten a chance to fully watch it, or many others yet.
Nice meeting you and Charron though!
And at PAX for you:
Interesting stuff, thanks! The audio was a bit mushy at times, you were great though.
Wait... did we meet? You weren't the person in that picture, were you? The person hanging around that Aksys booth?
Jamie xxoo
Member
Watched a little but it's not really a topic I'm that interested in.
Kinda crushing on Chris.
Edit: thought it was really brave for everyone to get up and do a panel on this!
Kinda crushing on Chris.
Edit: thought it was really brave for everyone to get up and do a panel on this!
That's not me!
You are awful
I was wearing the GAF shirt / grey windbreaker and talking with PXG about Dust. I left early before you guys hit the bar(?)
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Hurrah I see alot of favorite things that I own! (PS3 equivalents anyways.) Including frilly maid head accessories.
You are awful
I was wearing the GAF shirt / grey windbreaker and talking with PXG about Dust. I left early before you guys hit the bar(?)
Look, I'm going to be honest hereI am one of the worst people in the world with names. I totally remember who you are, but I didn't remember by name. If I meet one new person, and have one new name to remember, then I have a chance to rememberbut even that's not a guarantee. *heh* I feel bad about it though!
Junior Miss Thing, this thread is for people who had/going through gender dysphoria to correct their gender through hormones and for women (and maybe some female to male transgendered people lurking) to offer advice and insight during the transformation for the general NeoGAF audience. Aroo, check your inbox.
alysonwheel
Member
CHEEZMO™;37002382 said:
Nope, I'd kinda say there are three distinctions:
Transvestite: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure. Not bothered about passing, will do stuff like wear stockings under their work clothes.
Crossdresser: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure, or because they just fit their personality better. May or may not want to pass but definitely wants to appear attractively feminine and will put a lot of effort into doing so. These people are fucking hot.
Drag queen: guy who wears women's clothes for performance. These people are also often hot but usually gay so not interested in me
I'm none of the above so yell at me if I got it wrong or mixed up
Ah sorry about that. I never considered crossdressing and drag to be a part of the TG umbrella. Thank you for the insight but my memory is a little foggy since I do not remember a trans guy making some posts. ^_^() I apologize to Aroo here.
Well if that is the case, I will be posting here somewhat more often. Also I agree with CHEEZMO and alysonwheel on the distinctions.
Starcraft cross posting:
http://esfiworld.com/news/scarlett-overcomes-top-pros-gender-stereotypes-ipl-4
http://www.eclypsia.com/en/news-102.html
Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3C9gCL3UM
Scarlett gets sponsored and played very impressively in the open brackets.
http://esfiworld.com/news/scarlett-overcomes-top-pros-gender-stereotypes-ipl-4
http://www.eclypsia.com/en/news-102.html
Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3C9gCL3UM
Scarlett gets sponsored and played very impressively in the open brackets.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Werd.
8BitsAtATime
Member
Wow she's cute!
Nope, I'd kinda say there are three distinctions:
Transvestite: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure. Not bothered about passing, will do stuff like wear stockings under their work clothes.
Crossdresser: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure, or because they just fit their personality better. May or may not want to pass but definitely wants to appear attractively feminine and will put a lot of effort into doing so. These people are fucking hot.
Drag queen: guy who wears women's clothes for performance. These people are also often hot but usually gay so not interested in me
I'm none of the above so yell at me if I got it wrong or mixed up
then I guess I like the drag queen category since I love the gorgeous Vis Kei singers/band members.
Femmeworth
Banned
I think the key difference between transvestites and crossdressers is that transvestites typically do it for sexual reasons. Though I'm finding conflicting information.Nope, I'd kinda say there are three distinctions:
Transvestite: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure. Not bothered about passing, will do stuff like wear stockings under their work clothes.
Crossdresser: guy who wears women's clothes for comfort or pleasure, or because they just fit their personality better. May or may not want to pass but definitely wants to appear attractively feminine and will put a lot of effort into doing so. These people are fucking hot.
Drag queen: guy who wears women's clothes for performance. These people are also often hot but usually gay so not interested in me
I'm none of the above so yell at me if I got it wrong or mixed up
I'm so glad she got picked up! Hopefully they can set her up with a better computer so she can stream her games, and obviously help her make it to more tournaments.
That's the way I've always understood it: Transvestites have the sexual connection to the cross dressing, while cross dressers do it for other reasons.
I just have to say that I LOVE how the second link don't even mention that she is trans =3
Bomber Bob
Banned
not always tho
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
I'm listening.
I thought that was the definition of a transvestite, though. If they aren't doing it for sexual reasons, then they aren't a transvestitethey'd fall under another term. That was my understanding.
JonathanEx
Member
And as with those definitions you could both or be all sorts of variations of detail. It can only end well.
Jamie xxoo
Member
If transition were a video game, it would probably be in survival horror genre.
The house of mirrors section would be epic.
Bel Marduk
Banned
CHEEZMO;37097345 said:
I've always thought transvestites were straight guys who have a fetish for dressing as women..
alysonwheel
Member
It'd be like Fatal Frame: the photo you take isn't necessarily what you see through the lens.
dream
Member
I know it seems like I only come by to show you guys interesting articles but here's another one: http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2012spring/article7.html
it's about how the medical needs of trans people aren't being met because most doctors aren't sure how to approach something this relatively new.
it's about how the medical needs of trans people aren't being met because most doctors aren't sure how to approach something this relatively new.
alysonwheel
Member
It's frustrating the way that never stops. I transitioned over a decade ago, SRS four years ago, etc. etc. My transsexual medical needs are pretty much done; I just need to have my hormone levels monitored twice a year to make sure my estrogen and thyroid hormones are in the right sort of ballpark.
My dad has hypothyroidism, like me, and he got an immediate referral to an endo who prescribed him right away.
When I was getting meds for mine I had to fight to stop my GP from referring me through Charing Cross (the London gender identity clinic) just because I'm trans. They don't even have any endos on staff! I'd been on the standard hormone mix they give to everyone ever since I went to them for surgery, and there's nothing they'd be able to tell me about my thyroid. And yet it took three appointments with GP and a lot of arguing before they agreed to refer me straight to an endocrinologist.
Actually getting the meds out of the endo was another matter. It took a fucking while.
When I wanted to try adding progesterone to my hormone mix and I mentioned it to my GP, he tried to put me onto Charing Cross again. After speaking with my endo and just hearing confusion I gave up and just ordered them from inhouse. Meh.
My dad has hypothyroidism, like me, and he got an immediate referral to an endo who prescribed him right away.
When I was getting meds for mine I had to fight to stop my GP from referring me through Charing Cross (the London gender identity clinic) just because I'm trans. They don't even have any endos on staff! I'd been on the standard hormone mix they give to everyone ever since I went to them for surgery, and there's nothing they'd be able to tell me about my thyroid. And yet it took three appointments with GP and a lot of arguing before they agreed to refer me straight to an endocrinologist.
Actually getting the meds out of the endo was another matter. It took a fucking while.
When I wanted to try adding progesterone to my hormone mix and I mentioned it to my GP, he tried to put me onto Charing Cross again. After speaking with my endo and just hearing confusion I gave up and just ordered them from inhouse. Meh.
Jamie xxoo
Member
I have had no problems with GPs or my gynecologist. They've been great. I don't really have special needs though, I just don't need pap smears for cervix cancer. My HRT now is just The Pill so that's easy. I've had standard breast exams and I don't need prostate checks because after a few years on HRT it shrinks to nothing, these sorts of issues are really only issues if you haven't fully medically transitioned.
The Null HypotheCis. This is a pretty interesting blog post.