It’s a big blog world out there and there’s a lot of people saying a lot interesting things. What’s more, there are many funny and intelligent people out there that don’t even have blogs. I know, I don’t understand it either. After all, what could possibly be better than writing a blog?
Why, getting someone else to write your blog for you of course!
This is the first in what I intend to be a series of guest posts. Some of them will be written by established bloggers, some by people who have never blogged in their life. But all of them will be write by people I admire in some way. When it’s boiled down to its very essence, blogging is all about showing off. Showing off our kids, our writing, our photos, or our knowledge. With my Guest Post Tuesdays I’m hoping to show off some of the cool people I know, both in the Blogesphere or the real world. I’m also hoping to expand the horizons of this blog a little, to get a few different perspectives and a few different voices.
Please let me know if you think this isn’t working out, or if you think a weekly guest post is too frequent a schedule. I’m playing it by ear here and any feedback will be most gratefully received.
So anyway, here we go…
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Transvestism – a Guide for Straight People
Hi, my names Becky, but mainly Simon. I’d better explain.
I’m a transvestite, and although I spend most of my time as a man, I tend to blog under my female alter-ego, Becky. My blog is over at www.beckysweb.co.uk. Good, got the plug in nice and early!
As a medium, blogging has become almost all-pervasive, but there is a certain degree of “ghettoisation” between the various blogging communities. So, for example, there’s not much crossover between the “daddy bloggers” and the “tranny bloggers”.
It doesn’t take too much effort to work out that Dan’s firmly in the daddy bloggers camp, he’s just confident enough in his own masculinity to read (and link to) a tranny blog. Even though he does like music by Ben Folds Five (which even Ben Folds himself described as “punk rock for sissies”) I’m pretty certain he’s as masculine as any nurse. Well, any bearded nurse.
Anyway, when Dan wrote to me asking to take part in this guest-blogging con trick, I thought it would be a great way to break out from within the confines of the tranny blogger community and educate the straight masses about some facts about trannies. This is my tranny outreach work, if you will.
Five Facts About Transvestites
- Transvestites are men who gain pleasure from wearing clothing of the opposite sex and/or emulating femininity.
- Trannies are cool and fun people to know.
- Think about all the men you know. One of them is a tranny. No not him, he’s just a bit camp. That other guy, the one you wouldn’t suspect at all. Yeah, him!
- Famous transvestites include Eddie Izzard the famous comedian, and Grayson Perry the Turner prize-winning potter. Johnny Vegas, whilst known for comedy and pottery, is NOT a transvestite.
- If you laid all the trannies in the world end to end, they’d fill up two Wembley stadiums to the height of Nelson’s Column, or the equivalent of 1000 London buses travelling to the moon and back for 10 years.
Five Misconceptions About Transvestites
- Trannies aren’t gay. Well, mostly. There’s probably a higher percentage of gay and bi types in the tranny community than the non-tranny community. Basically if a tranny says he’s not gay, believe him… if he tells you that no trannies are gay, don’t believe him, and start to suspect he might be over-compensating.
- Trannies aren’t mentioned at all in the bible. Except for a bit about men not wearing women’s clothes, but we tend to ignore that bit as it’s in the same chapter as stuff about not wearing poly-cotton fabrics, and the necessity of burning prostitutes.
- Trannies don’t have “Heroes-like” super powers. I thought once that I could control time and space, but it turned out I’d just had too much coffee.
- Trannies don’t all want to become women. Some do, but they call themselves “transsexuals”. The transsexual/transvestite thing is muddied by the fact that some transsexuals start off calling themselves transvestites. This is a bit like a caterpillar trying on the wings to make sure they fit, before the inevitable happens. A lot of transvestites aren’t caterpillars at all, they just like borrowing the wings.
- Trannies aren’t weird… well, mostly. I’ve met some pretty weird people at tranny clubs, but then again I’ve met some pretty weird people in my local shop. At least trannies don’t tattoo every inch of their body and buy two litres of the cheapest cider they can findÖ well, mostly. I’m sorry I’ve forgotten where I was going with this point.
So, there you have it. Consider yourself educated about trannies. If you require any more information I’m happy to take questions via email. I’m off now to find out how much Dan is paying me for this… bye!
Becky EnVérité
KingÃs Lynn, March 2008
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I was upset though to read that ‘trannies’ are without super powers. That’s very disappointing to hear and now I will have to keep an eye out for a transvestite comic book character.
The closest I possibly can think of may be Frank N Furter from Rocky Horror, he’s an alien..?
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I really enjoyed Becky’s post.
PS I so do take the ‘its all greek to me’ film competitions, its not my fault if you only pick low brow films *grin*
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 8:44 am
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 9:33 am
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 10:13 am
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 10:24 am
@ the wedding: beautiful photo! Never just say..have a slice..it’s like offering a hand and getting your arm torn off ;)
@ radioshow: Might give it a listen :) Always fun to attach a voice to a blogger.
@ it’s all greek to me: I really suck at this..so haven’t even tried.
@ guestblogging: very cool idea. Great job Becky.
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Great first guest post, btw!
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
BTW–did Becky call me ghetto?
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Becky: I suspect there’s a tranny or two with a ton of tattoos… Nothing at all wrong with some lovely ink. Thanks for the education!
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
The reason some transsexuals call themselves transvestites is because that’s how we often think of ourselves — for a while. Some transsexuals seem to know their true gender from earliest childhood, but most of us only begin to feel significant cross gender feelings around puberty. Then, we find there’s some relief in cross dressing. At that point, we do think of ourselves as transvestites. Later, we learn thst clothing no longer offers the relief we need, and we get hormones and, when possible surgery to bring our outward appearance into line with our minds — but that only comes later, with greater self understanding. It’s less a matter of getting a toe in the water than going through a stage of development.
The two terms are frequently misused, and cross dressers and transvestites sometimes refer to themselves as transsexuals, or non-op transsexuals. I’m not sure I’ve made things any clearer, but I hope so.
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I have though met a trans-sexual in her pre-op stage, she is a flatmate of someone I know ad if she hadn’t been quite so open about her condition then I would never have guessed, not in a million years, she opened my eyes to the fact that her condition was a medical one and not an attitude of mind, in the last two months she has now completed her gender change and is doing well post-op, its amazing, I can say nothing more.
Right, enough of my babbling, how the hell do I compete with this entry, I’ve got a couple of months to stun you all with something…
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Suzie x
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
This is a subject close to my heart, sort of.
I’m living near Amsterdam for the last 7 years and I’ve never seen so many arseless mini-skirts as I have here.
Also a good friend of mine blew me away (in a manner of speaking) when he came out about 2 years back. I’ve since spent a number of enjoyable evenings in the company of some good, and some not so good, but always fun and friendly trannies.
Be yourself, ALWAYS!
Great stuff Dan & Becky.
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Oh look, it worked, I got dragged to a blog I never knew about, tell it like it is Becky!
We’re here!
We’re men in skirts who may or may not be queer
Hmm, that second lines just not scanning properly.
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
ooooo it pulled in my last blogpost, thats clever, pity it’s not my most interesting one, thats probably this one http://gillianstuart.blogspot.com/2007/10/sex-n-drugs-and-blog-roll.html
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Dan – what a fantastic and totally un-steal-able idea!
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on Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Thanks for the opportunity, Dan. That was fun.
on Mar 25th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The World domination has begun…
on Mar 26th, 2008 at 4:23 am
bravo, becky! if you were american i’d mention obama will soon be in need of a running mate.
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on Mar 26th, 2008 at 6:25 am
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on Mar 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
And Becky’s blog is fun too!
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on Mar 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I manage it, but having two blogs helps :-)
Lee wrote:
“I will have to keep an eye out for a transvestite comic book character.”
I don’t know about a transvestite one, but a super-hero story called ‘Zenith’ in an old issue of 2000AD briefly featured a character called ‘Meta Maid’ who was transexual.
Rachel’s last blog post..Tranny Apathy – It Stops Here
on Mar 26th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Freiya – Thanks for delurking :)
Arjan – I imagine the “All greek to me” thing is made harder by it not being written in your first language. I’m thinking of retiring it soon anyhow. Don’t want too many “Theme days”
Avitable – Oh dear me.
Ed (zoesdad) – You know, I think she did.
CamiKaos – Thank you, i think it has worked quite well so far.
Samantha – Thanks for that, it’s always god to try and get some understanding of sub-groups in society.
Gary – I’m pretty confident that whatever you come up with will be stunning. Your blog generally is.
Phil – I’ll do one for you!
Suzie Tall – Jolly good!
Xbox4nappyrash – It’s interesting how many of the reader here have a friendship with a tranny. Becky must be right in her statement “Think about all the men you know. One of them is a tranny.”
Gillian – It sounds alright to me, but i was never much of a poet..
Bec – Steal away.
Stefanie – A sort of multi-purpous friend.
Becky – It did indeed. thank you so much for doing it.
Steph Angel – Becky dominating the world. I’m not quite sure how I feel about that.
bon bon – Bloody Americans have to get their election into everything. ITS NOT HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. SHUT UP ABOUT IT!!!
Ahem…
Sorry.
Whit – That’s fine Whit. I never think of you at all (bastard)
Miss Britt – Cool! what’s my prize?
And everyone should read Becky’s blog.
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Oh wait, that’s not at all interesting.
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on Sep 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
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