Self-inflated Importance

Why do the people in the transcommunity think so highly of themselves? I'm just curious because there are so few pre-, in- and post-transpeople, mostly transwomen, publically out and fewer active in the transcommunity with respect to the total number of transpeople who are transitioning and the many who have transitioned going back two to three decades.

I'm not arguing the transcommunity is important and they've made great strides for all transpeople, well, most have as some are the best example of who and what's wrong with transpeople, but they seem to have a self-inflated view of their importance to all transpeople.

I say this because the vast majority of transwomen transition without the help or even the need for the transcommunity and on a small percentage have needed or used the legal rights and protections afforded them through the work of the transcommunity.

Many of the legal strides haven't been by the transcommunity or people in the transcommunity, but by individual for their own reasons, often due to discrimination or rejection for something with their transition, their work or their life.

And even when you look at the strides of public and active transwomen (mostly self-identified transwomen), you'll see their work isn't so much for the community or to help other transwomen, but for their own careers, often saying, "I'm out to help others in the community as a role model."

Well, as many transwomen might say, "Stop and don't.", meaning stop acting so self-important and don't act like you're a role model, it's not helping others, just themselves. The best role models are every transwoman for herself.

A transwoman today can completely transition under the medically supervised care of a physician and/or specialist, get her surgery and then her documents changed, and never once attended a meeting of any transcommunity, never once met with public or active transwomen, or had any association with other transwomen.

It's that easy to do that today, some in part from the work of the transcommunity, but not all and not always as it's been a progression of other factors which provides for safer and easier transition these day if you have the money, which leads to their one failure.

That is their failure to get insurance companies to cover transitions. While many employers and some state or local governments cover transition expenses through self-insurance or special coverage, the insurance have almost all refused to cover it.

And that's where the transcommunity can serve transpeople the most, especially now under the Affordable Care Act for health insurance for almost all people in this country. That would be cool, but they seem to be self-absorded with the own self-importance than try, and better succeed.