I also want to continue the transgender topic we discussed last week. Although I haven't met any transgender people in my life, I think they are just normal people who wish to pursue their happiness like everyone else. They are admirable in some aspects to me, as they may encounter difficulties and confusions with their inborn gender and people around them put pressure on them to obey their gender roles. It also requires courage for them to make the decision to transform their gender because they have to say goodbye to their past, or maybe say goodbye to their family and friends who do not support them, and begin a new but unpredictable life with a new identification card. Sometimes I feel puzzled on my life too: who am I? What shall I be? Thus I understand that the transgender people once also want to find the answers of what and where their true selves are. Eventually they solve the problem with progress.
There's also something I didn't have chance to talk about last week. Some people have negative views on transgender people because they violates the law of nature as they changed their biological identity. While there's a trend that people are favoring neutral attires and appearances today. Some women refuse to wear dresses and some men begin to use make-ups. Perfectly femininity or masculinity is hard to find in today's society as people are opening their minds and accepting the advantages from their opposite genders. So why can people accept a pretty looking man with long hair but feel uncomfortable with a M to F transgender woman? I think it all depends on the boundary of people's acceptance. There's a bottom line for everyone to accept people who are "different" from others, but what's the difference anyway? Transgender people are also people. It's better to know more about others' life and experience before we judge them, or just don't judge.
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