PART 3: TOP VS BOTTOM DYSPHORIA IN FTM TRANSGENDER/TRANSSEXUAL MEN
PART 1: http://ryancassata.tumblr.com/ post/12618362704/ftmsurveyPART 2: http://ryancassata.tumblr.com/post/12623083140/part2
THIS IS PART 3
SURVEY INFO:
SURVEY INFORMATION:
101 people were surveyed of all ages on November 9th, 2011 & November 10th, 2011.
ONLY people who identified as female to male (FTM) transgender/transsexual were surveyed.
The purpose of this survey was to prove that all transgender FTM people are different. We all have different goals, plans, and fears for/about transitioning. There is no right way to transition. There is no wrong way to transition.
What is shocking to me is that most FTM people that took this survey were more fearful about how other transgender men would judge them vs. how society would judge them. This is something that we need to work on as a community. It’s sad that we have so much judgement inside of our own community. Accept all transgender FTM people even if they have a different method of transitioning.
As you can tell by the survey no matter how you are transitioning or what choices you make it your transition there are other people out there making the same choices. Do not be afraid to be yourself.
Survey by Ryan O. Cassata (www.ryancassata.tumblr.com)
Thank you to all who participated!
I am really, really surprised by these results. My top is nowhere near as bad as bottom. 18% a flat out no?! Bottom dysphoria gives me fucking panic attacks and causes more fucking stress in my life than I can handle. I find it hard to fathom how you can have absolutely no bottom dysphoria if you are trans. No offense, I really just don’t comprehend.
that’s due to a wonderful thing called individuality! i’m most definitely trans and i probably fall into that 18% these days (although i didn’t participate in this survey). not that i feel like i have to justify myself, but because i feel like i’ll explain it from my perspective… i’ve been on t for 5 years now, i had surgery almost equally long ago, i’m very secure in myself as male and i’ve been living as such since i was a teenager. my genitals feel pretty irrelevant to my gender these days. i don’t see them as in conflict with the fact that i am a man. maybe a lot of society would, but i’m past the point of caring about that now.
couldn’t say the same for my chest pre-surgery, that was something i could never get my head around and caused me a lot of difficulty. but that’s just how it is - we’re all different. if we were all the same it’d be pretty weird. if anything i think we should be happy at least that 18% of guys don’t have to hate that part of their body, and that 3% are totally okay with their chest.
as someone who now doesn’t really have to deal with body dysphoria it’s a hell of a lot nicer this way… instead of questioning those people’s transness, maybe it’d be better just to think of the positives of the situation. we shouldn’t be hoping the figures are 100% for dysphoria. it’s a lot more preferable that people could possibly tolerate or maybe even like their bodies, surely.
(via purpleglittercock)
