Transmen - Where Are You?

[write_or_wrong]

I am curious about how unsymmetrical the world of transexual people seems to be.

It's common to read about transwomen, "gurls," cross-dressers, and all manner of people born with a penis who now identify, and/or wish to present, as female. Some just use clothing to signify their new identity, some use hormones to make some changes appear, some have top-surgery because it's the next easiest way to change their appearance, and some add bottom surgery to complete their image. There is even a surgery for minimizing the Adam's apple that might otherwise tie them to a previous gender.

On the other side of the spectrum are those born with vulva and vaginas who wish to identify as, and/or present, as male. Clothing, hormones and breast-reduction surgery are also options for them, and bottom surgery is possible but more involved. But why do we seldom hear from or about them? I did a Lit search before posting this, to avoid repetition with previous threads. And the results were so scarce, and so dated, that I decided to ask again.

Where are you guys, how are you doing, and what would you like the rest of us Litsters to know?

 

[write_or_wrong]

Well, it has been about 100 hours since I posted this, and there have been about 100 views of this thread. To me, that suggests the reason I never read about transmen is because there aren't many. So much for symmetry in nature.

 

[nottee_1]

I also am curious about the amount of trans men on Lit.

I wouldn't mind getting to know a couple of them...

 

[write_or_wrong]

I hope everyone can tell I was being totally serious with the question, not looking for a hook-up or anything.

But now that nottee_1 has brought it up, I do have a fantasy about sitting at a sports bar watching a game, chatting with a guy next to me, and feeling his hand on my leg. Being bi, I would enthusiastically agree to moving to a more private venue for further explorations where I would be surprised, but not unpleasantly, to find out what he was hiding in his pants.

 

[Nulloguy]

I'll chime in since I'm on that spectrum, but stuck in the middle. People with gender dysphoria are often uncomfortable with answering such questions. I'm guessing that may be the reason nobody is responding.

Another reason is, often when one does respond, they are likely to get a flurry of undesired/unwanted attention. People with gender dysphoria are routinely asked about their bodies, their lives, basically everything. That's an intrusion above things the average person has to deal with. As such, most will not want to encourage that by responding.

 

[write_or_wrong]

Thank you very much for that. Although I never meant any disrespect, I can now see how a receiver of my question could feel quite differently about it than I intended. Lesson learned. Thanks again.