Tgirls have always been with us - the woman above is identified as a transgender person in the 1940's. She lived full-time as a woman although she was genetically male. We'd call her a transsexual today but back then she was probably called a transvestite and was perhaps arrested from time to time for simply living her life.
Technology changes but human beings are pretty much the same. A recent story brought to light transgender girls from thousands of years ago - when we found a genetic male who was buried with women's things in a women's style burial. We shouldn't be surprised.
As long as there have been human beings, we have had T* sisters. And I'm sure acceptance of transgender/transsexual people has waxed and waned over the centuries. Don't assume "it gets better" as human history shows more of a pendulum than straight progress.
So here we are. We still have some crazy whacked-out nuts who want to burn us at the stake, we have a few who accept, a few who are curious and a whole lot of others who just kind of shrug and move on. Nothing has changed except the technology we have available to us.
This brings me to my thought for the day: The universe might not give a flying #&*#@ about us, but we should care about ourselves. Life is short, girls, and it isn't waiting around for us to make up our minds about things. It is better to do something than to sit around and wait for something to happen. If you get it wrong, big deal. At least you took a shot, right? So try something else. As long as we're alive, at least we have a chance at being happy.
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