Stupid Media

I know this has been discussed, cussed and argued to death, but you would think the media would get it right when describing post-transistion women and now girls. And get it right when presenting the history and the perspective of themselves and their transistin. But I also know the media is about the story and more often the sensationalism than the truth and reality.

But there are times you have to shout at them, "What don't you understand?"

My case in point is an article about an interview with Kim Petras, article. The headlines reads, "Gender reassignment: 'I always wanted to be a girl...'", except she, as all transwomen and girls, don't want to "be" a girl, but as in the article, "I always wanted to live as a little girl." Semantics, but big difference.

Transwomen already know they're girls and women, they just want to able to transistion and live as one, to be legally and medically recognized as female. The article fails to convey that point, especially since they've written about other transwomen. But then what can you expect from some male journalist? Ok, kidding, but they're lack of professionalism and understanding is obvious.

The same applies to transmen (female to male transpeople). It's not about what you want to be, that's given. It's about how you want to life. And that's what the transisiton is for, to get through and get on with your life as you know yourself to be. You don't become the other sex/gender, because you already are, you just want to body to match.

While it appears a semantic argument, it's the essential argument in the description because this is where people ask, "So, you were a man (or boy in her case) and you wanted to be a woman (or girl in her case)?" No, not even close because they don't see themselves as a man or a boy, they're simply posing as one to get through life.

It's not about the body as the determining factor, but the mind, how and what it sees the person. It's documented transpeople self-identify as the opposite sex or gender somewhere between 3 and 6 from their interactions with other children. They don't see themselves as their birth sex and gender, but the opposite, and they see the contradiction with their body, and why they want to change the body.

So, if they can get it, why can't the media? Almost every time the media still confuses this issue about the person. And every time they get verbally pummelled by the transcommunity for misidentifying the person and misunderstanding the issue. And every time the media doesn't change except on rare occasion, usually by a journalist writing a different story.

Anyway, it's just a rant at the media. Kim Petras just wants a life and future as a girl and woman, and even if she knows she's the darling of the media for transpeople and doing an excellent job, she deserves that life and future. And without the media keep reminding her of the past and keep screwing it up.