Oooo, nice thread. I want in on this :) (I also don't like the way it started but I admit I got kind of heated over Horizon's responses too.)
@Angelos17:
To members of the Community.
Was there a specific trigger in your life that spurred you towards your LGBT orientation?
This may help others understand the possibly diverse journeys
For anyone who has visited my art page, you're probably already seen a more precise answer. Basically, I always "knew" but I didn't really accept it. Well, for gender anyways. I was raised in a rather gender neutral household so my femininity wasn't a problem or a question until school. So saying, I finally reached a tipping point after college, and after I learned more about things, and just finally accepted it all.
For sexuality, I've always been attracted to all sorts of people. I really don't have any specific things I can tell that attract me to people, sometimes it feels random. I've been attracted to me, women, sometimes people who aren't clearly either…but I didn't think about it much until I found I was a transgirl.
@MetaMario:
I'm sure the age of snaps fingers knowing what you want to identify as varies from person to person, but generally….it's safer/easier to have these procedures (hormones/surgery/etc.) post puberty, no? (in the sense of health concerns)
It's really hard to say. From what I've read, bodies develop based on hormones, not chromosomes. And I can definitely speak that given the chance or knowledge, I would have pursued hormone therapy before puberty (which I had really late anyways, and sometimes wonder if I skipped the majority anyways). Surgery is the really tricky one, all I can say is it needs to be done safely, no matter what age. At the least, if someone is 18, at least it can be said that they legally made their own decision.
@MetaMario:
To add on to this, I'm sure there are cases were someone wishes to identify as X, but not have any work done at all. Within the community, does this tend to be seen as being….less legitimate?
It probably does to some people, but not to me. I can't speak for anyone else's circumstances or choices. Besides, a transgirl looking manly, or transman looking feminine isn't the problem. There's still a lot of binary going on, and so many people believe that men and women have to look or act a certain way, or they aren't "real" which is terrible.
@taboo:
_I don't really like labels and I'm ok with someone being like "you're definitely not ___!!!!" because I feel like I don't really know.
Yea this is related to what I'm trying to say. Labels should help with understanding when you don't know anything, but not used to put people in "boxes".
@Carmilla:
I have questions about something else but similar, which hasn't been brought up yet I think, what do you guys think about demisexuality? How exactly is it defined?
Demisexuality is defined as being sexually attracted ONLY to people you want to be romantic with. Like, Sex outside of a committed relationship just doesn't feel good or satisfying. Or even desired. I think it's perfectly valid.