85% of Connecticut is Transgender...  Close Window

SAY WHAT???

Typically when one refers to Transgender they call up negative stereotypes and images, which are amplified by Media’s negative sensationalism of the Trans-Identified person and community.  In reality however, Gender is and has been fluid throughout civilization.  We have only to look around us: at work, at home, on the street, at church and even at the mall to realize that the Gender Stereotypes of masculine and feminine are routinely challenged.  Stereotypical gender conventions are:  Women wear dresses, Men wear pants, Women have long hair, Men have short hair, Girls play with dolls, Boys play with toy guns, Women are sensitive, Men are tough, Women are weak, Men are strong.  Yet reality is: Women can have short hair, Men can have long hair, Women can be tough, Men can be sensitive, Girls can play with toy guns, Boys can play with dolls, Women can wear pants, however, Men still cannot wear dresses without being ridiculed or worse!

So in reality maybe 15% of Connecticut residents exhibit the conventional gender stereotypes of Masculine and Feminine while many, including our youth, TRANSgress the GENDER Binaries and are by definition ...

TRANSGENDER!!!