One of my main characters is a transgender. Born as a female but identify more a male. Since I am not a transgender, it'll be helpful to get information from the real one. Can anyone help?
Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, but "transgender" is an adjective to describe a person, not a noun referring to them. So your character is transgender, not "a transgender," but could be "a transgender man."
Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, but "transgender" is an adjective to describe a person, not a noun referring to them. So your character is transgender, not "a transgender," but could be "a transgender man."
Go to the source. Join a forum, like you did with this one, only for/frequented by transgenders. Explain who you are and what you are looking for in joining. I'm sure people will be more than helpful to open up to you if you're honest.
Honestly, this should be moved to Ask an Expert. Frankly, it is a little offensive to find this bit of cis privilege down here.
Go to the source. Join a forum, like you did with this one, only for/frequented by transgenders. Explain who you are and what you are looking for in joining. I'm sure people will be more than helpful to open up to you if you're honest.
You didn't read the thread, did you.
Nominalizing an adjective is a way of treating a person as a thing. As explained upthread.
Moreover, you didn't read the stickie. The one mentioned in big letters at the top of the forum. The one that says Skip Reading this Stickie at Your Own Peril.
You might want to do that now. While you still can.
I read the sticky, and I apologize - I sincerely was not trying to be offensive in any way, at all. What I meant to say with my post is that if the OP wishes to write about individuals who identify as transgender, then joining a forum for those who identify as transgender might be profoundly helpful in properly writing such a story, because hearing about experiences from an individual who identifies as transgender is going to bring far more truth to anything said individual has experienced than "hearing it from someone who is friends with a member of the LGBTQ community." I was NOT, NOT trying to offend or dehumanize anyone, and I gravely apologize if it came out that way. I tend to write quick responses as I don't always have the most time to elaborate. If my shortness was taken as anything other than shortness, I sincerely apologize.
THIS times a thousand. Such a bad suggestion.I would also strongly advise against joining a forum for trans people solely to ask them questions about their experiences. These online spaces are escapes from constantly having to explain/justify themselves to cis-folks.