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Wow... I can't believe this is twelve years ago already (thought it was just ten). I can't say that my life turned out badly in the end, but the first six years in particular were quite tough, but eventually life settled down. You wouldn't recognise me now. Got me a bright green fauxhawk, wear a black leather jacket and army pants. Always grateful to you Jenni for your help and friendship at the start of my journey xx

Dumber than Killian Jones abusing Emma.

Ground Breaking work Jenni then, and still!

Poor women ...

This video was really helpful. I am getting ready to come out at work and your experience has really encouraged me. Thank you.

I thought some of the questions were a little difficult to actually answer or answer truthfully? but I appreciated that he was trying his best with all the hypotheticals ??.

Hah hey Ev!

love the song :)

this is a wonderful initiative,this kind of violence and discrimination is so heartbreaking and wrong.Peace and love to all <3

damn,i just found out about this now,well done! what a great thing to do.

One of the saddest things not mentioned in this, is that Intersex Activist are trying to get laws to stop the surgical assignment of gender in infants, and to stop necessary genital "corrective" surgeries in children. Stopping intersex genital mutilation is one of the biggest differences facing intersex people that LGB and transgender do not deal with. Transgender people fight for surgeries they want, and intersex people are fighting to stop surgeries they do not want. Especially in infants or children who can not give consent. Please remember some of the worse human rights violations happening on this planet are still happening to intersex babies. In the form of aborting us at birth, and nonconsensual surgeries. Transgender issues typically deal with gender identity and gender expression; where intersex is about biological sex (genitals, reproductive system, chromosomes and hormones), and both not conforming to the expectations of the typical male or typical female. Thank you! www.anunnakiray.com

Cathy, best wishes and good luck with your life

Great informational video, Thankyou for sharing this, it's better nowadays that coming out as trans in earlier years is a lot more expectable than in my earlier years. Thankyou cheers Brie

Great interview. He's very articulate and seems approachable. I think he'll do really well with presenting the education sessions.

That's a great way to outline the means Oil and water . Very understandable. How about two - trans women ? Is that considered Gay or Lesbian? I'm Trans MTF Aged 42 , Australian With Klienfelters syndrome XXY ( inter sexual)

Its probaly a good idea to network with other transgenders .to help u find your way ,good luck to u

Thanks for telling a little of your story Xe.

Thank you Bek for sharing.

Not fitting either gender stereotype doesn't mean you're outside of the gender binary... You're old enough to know that, but somehow you don't. I am baffled.

Hi Rivenrock, I guess for me growing up in the 70s with WWII generation parents I experienced limitations in expectations and choices that perhaps don't make so much sense now, fortunately. Reading back over Christine Northrup's Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom names some of those challenges. Not being like other mums is something I really notice when I'm with other mums, it's almost impossible for me to take part in the way mums communicate with each other, I have more of a masculine communication style. I feel like an intruder in women's only circles. The desire to be 'fully human' is about being given the respect to respond in my own way, rather than having to respond to a barrage of assumptions about who I am and what I need to do. Don't worry about the pronouns, I find the 'I thou' a richer way to communicate, and this is all new to me too. The reason I found I needed to speak out about this is that the experience of gender is so rich and diverse, and acknowledging the reality of the spectrum and the range of experiences can help to set us all free from living out a stereotypes.

Thank you rivenrock for your comments. I am sure Carolyn will answer them very soon. It is half past midnite here at the mo'. Hope you are finding this channel useful. higz x

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neutral_pronouns

IS there a non-gendered pronoun that isn't 'it'? 'It' seems derogatory. In person I could ask someone what they preferred.

I wish people would give a few concrete examples in these videos (a couple of people have). I'm really interested in watching them and understanding the experience of non-gender conforming people, but at the end of this video, I wasn't sure what that was for Carolyn. What does it mean, for example, to work at 'becoming fully human'? What does fully human mean? What's a way she (I'm going with a female pronoun because Carolyn is usually a female-gendered name, sorry if that's wrong) isn't like other mums? What's a time discernment came into play? That kind of thing. I really appreciate that people are willing to share their story and this isn't about criticising their videos. It's about the fact that without examples it can be difficult to understand what someone means when they are using unfamiliar terms and explaining experiences that are far outside your own. Gender is a very straightforward matter for me. Those parts of myself that would maybe fit more stereotypically with male gender or be considered masculine just feel like a part of me. They don't cause me to feel not female or less female or more male or really to think about gender at all. It's easy to get my head around the idea of a transgender person who identifies more on the binary, but opposite to their birth sex, but gender fluidity or being agender still feels really counter-intuitive. But of course that's my issue, based on just how simplistic my experience with gender has been, and I don't need to understand gender non-conformity to accept it or to believe people's experiences, but I would like to try to understand, which is why I'm watching the videos.

Interesting. Good examples and explanations.

yay Thom.....Nice video.....

Now I see so much more, thank U JA

So understand Ashley, the understanding is important I too have travelled some of those KM too!

You are lucky you found yourself so young :-)

Nice interview good luck Cathy

you are a great lady :) counselling would be a great job for trans people, I absolutely agree with you there XD Peace and love

I hope things turn around for you. I work with all guys ( I'm a gal) so I know what you mean. It's like an underlying hatred for different people. Hang in there, dear!

Is binky cute too?

Thanks

This is great. I missed the first half!

I knew you would be over there, I don't know I think about it.

Canberra........

Also I would like to thank all the people who have taken the time to make a video......

Thank you Stein for taking the time to make this video.

Hey cheekylad21 I can tell you that I am trans neither myself or TranzAustralia would lie about that. I have no problem going for a drink but I'm not inclined to have a long distance relationship.

Hi cheekylad21, I'll get in touch with Ashley and see if she is single or dating at the mo' and if she wants to get in touch. I'll let you know the outcome in a couple of days. Thank you for watching TranzAustralia CZcams channel HUGZ Jenni x

YOU LOOK GREAT

Thanks for being so open about the whole process. You give the rest of us hope. Hugs Marina

Thanks for this video.

Hi Daniel, thank you, you spoke from the heart, it is not easy to do.

Thanks for posting this. What a wonderful speaker she is. A gift of the Gab no doubt (sorry I couldn't resist it)!

shut the kid up already,, I can hear what she is saying

Thnx HOA and thnx Helen - Hugz

HOA - Thank you very much - Hugz

Love you Jen!!!!