Another Nasty Email Worth Sharing

[SplitDik (imported)]

I find most arguments are based on simple misunderstandings, or simple differences in terminology.

In this case, the person seemed to think that you were using the word "eunuch" for transgendered people. Obviously we're not, and obviously she did not understand that there are people with a eunuch orientation that are not transgendered.

Secondly, the person assumed that "eunuch" was a derogatory term -- but we're working hard here to reclaim that word as a real description of a sexual orientation/gender.

It is quite amusing how people have hot buttons and go off without even understanding what is really going on. It just makes me laugh really.

[Sherry (imported)]

When I first started my process back in 1999 and decided to make castration my first step, I received little help from TS in getting information on castration. So I turned to the eunuch community for advice and information, and they instantly assisted me.

I've seen many kind TSs have posted for a little while in places such as the alt.eunuchs.questions newsgroup on Usenet, and then leave the eunuch groups as they continued their journey. But I could not forget the kindness I received from the people of the eunuch community, and I just had to stay in touch. Even in this day, after having accomplished my legal and social transition to be all I was meant to be, I regret that I have not been able to maintain regular contact lately.

In contrast, I see fighting and superiority games among some of the trans-women. Just so I don't tar all with the same brush, I have contacted many kind and loving trans-women during the past several years, and just got back from a group meeting with such kind women. But as an example of what goes on in some trans-groups, I don't dare post in the Usenet group alt.support.srs, because I believe my plan to get penectomy and labiaplasty without the vaginoplasty would likely get me attacked by some there.

I can't believe that the author of the E-Mail or any trans-woman would accuse the eunuch community of equating with them. I, a trans-woman myself, have tarried in the eunuch community for years and find this accusation to be false and must take the time to refute it. I do realize that most in the eunuch community do not consider themselves transgendered, and I have even seen a number of persons in the eunuch community resist being labeled trans-anything.

I certainly do not feel insulted by this community, or any of the posts here in any way.

Sherry Joanne,

A decent trans-woman, and happy to be participating in the eunuch community.

[sag111 (imported)]

Sherry it is good to here from you again and i am glad your life is getting better .It is also good to here you are in a safer place now we wont have to worry about you so mutch but i will always keep you in my prayers your friend Sag111

[An Onymus (imported)]

For what it's worth, I might point out that there does seem to be some confusion about whether the hijras of South Asia (who are definitely considered eunuchs, and probably comprise upwards of 95% of all the eunuchs in the world) are to be considered transgendered as well as emasculated. Hijras who have been ceremonially castrated, have all the external male genitalia removed, they wear women's clothing, and they refer to each other by feminine pronouns. Many are also professional prostitutes, even though the surgery does not produce a constructed vagina, or even a pinch visible from the front like a woman has. I think that the legal system in India treats them as males. Jesus could probably fill you in on the subtleties of the situation