Welcome to b00b-B-gone, the club for all those listed in the "interests" section of our DA ID. We exist to provide support and information for the afore-mentioned when it is otherwise hard to find.
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News (you can request stuff be posted here.)
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"Homophobia (ect.) is just ignorance

I Stole this from DephiledPixee who stole it LifelessRose who stole it from ~Shaynesoutlet who stole it from ~GayAssSmurf69 who stole it from ~CancerOfPassion who stole it from ~Fallen-Angel16 who stole it from =Evernightxxx who stole it from ~PhantomofthePyramid who stole it from ~setloveaside

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love."

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hey-- how is everybody??

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well everybody, my computer is back together, and i can now carry on with this project. and a note to the administrators, i need your help!

#jack
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first of all you guys, this club exists to (as stated in the mission statement) provide support for all you tranny kids. so if you ever feel lost or overwhelmed and need to talk to someone who gets the picture, dont hesitate to send us a note or an email (b00bbgone@aim.com). and if you feel weird sending a note to us two and not knowing who you get, put the name of who you want to talk to in the subject. so far its only kia lola and me, jack. that brings about topic number two, but before i move onto that let me point out that you have a wide range of non-administrators to help you out if you rather not send the note here.

second topic: WE need help too. of course we need emotional blahdy blah n stuff, but im actually talkin about help running this club. i am very schooled-out and a running on 2 hours a night here, and im sure kia is having similar problems, so if we could have a third administrator who knows theyll dedicate some time to this club, and knows how to act on the subject, it would be excellent. what would really absolutely LOVELY would be if we could get an MTF, androgyne, or intersexed to be an administrator, because both kia and i are FTM and we would like to have this site thoroughly cover all sides. that brings about topic number three.

advocacy! we need more actual members, and again, especially MTFs. ideally we could have a section in the journal for androgynes. maybe even an intersexed section. the reason we havent touched on these two groups is because were just going with what we know. we JUST added the MTF section, and we still need more action from you guys. of course if youre nervous about going public, dont feel obliged, but if you dont mind and would love to help this little community, feel free to kick some uber-arse by updating us or helpin out.

ALSO -pantpant- im gonna try to get some school- and work-related links up about keeping safe and helpin out your fellow trannies beyond the cybercommunity. ill try to further transfer more information from our collection of resources so you dont have to poot around and try to find the answers to all your questions. as this pretty little page grows, well try to expand it into perhaps a website, or several organized journals, cause i have so many more links to post that would currently crowd the page. i could type forever about ideas i have, but ill save you guys and put the rest up as i fill out this brainchild.
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you know, if you have any personal experiences, stories, news, or ideas youd like to share, just tell us and well post it right here, in the news section.
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What We're About: Gender is more complex than the expression of maleness or femaleness. The complex journey towards one's own personal gender expression is explored and transgenderism is explained from different perspectives and different levels by different people from all over the world. Gender and Sex are very separate things, though the terms are often considered interchangeable by the less aware. Sex is physical form and function while Gender is a component of identity. There can be considered to be some legitimate overlap; the brain is structured in many sex-differentiated ways and is the seat of identity (Search for "gender dysphoria" on Google. You will find most formal/official sites state Sex and Gender are determined by separate hormone-distribution periods during the developement of the fetus within the womb.) However, with regard to the dilemma of the transsexual, the difference between sex and gender are the very core of the issue.

A transsexual person, born to all appearance within a given physical sex, is aware of being of a gender opposite to that physical sex. This conflict between gender identity and physical sex almost always manifests itself through early awareness of "something being not quite right", and is the cause of enormous suffering. It is common for transsexuals to be aware of their condition at preschool ages.

However, in this group, we believe that even people who have not followed through with sex-changing surgery (such as the administrators) need just as much support, so we are here to invite those pschologically sexually opposite of their birthsex (surgical status matters not) and, of course, all our wonderful supporters!

Best informational literature mentioned to us so far:

Self-Made Men by Henry Rubin
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society by Holly Devor

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us and My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein

Submitting Works: One of the two administrators will gladly submit your work of anything that represents the transgender/transexual topic under the few conditions:

1. It is on the actual topic.
2. Anything against transexuality or deviantART rules will not be posted.

Joining: all you have to do is state wether you rather be under FTMs, MTFs, questioning, supporters/"know nothings", or affiliates. If you'd like to help administrate please send a note.
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1. If you rather talk in private with one of us, just e-mail or drop a message by the club's AIM address "b00bBgone". Bloody hyphens.

2. If you have any general questions about transgenderism or transexuality, the question and answer will be posted in a FAQ. Your name will go unmentioned unless you have publicly asked the question (that's your friggin' problem.)

3. If you're obsessive-compulsive like jack and wanna correct an error, O GOD PLEASE TELL US. This also applies to adding information, like links or tips, to the site.

4. If you have a deviation you would like to add to the gallery, send us a link.
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links

1. The Transitional Male: [link]
2. The FTM Network (UK): [link]
3. FTM Australia: [link] and for Sydney: [link]
4. Transman.org: [link]
5. FTM International: [link]
6. Transexual Roadmap: [link]
7. "Gender Identity & Transgenderism": [link]
8. Transgression Cyberzine: [link]
9. Transsexual.org: [link]
10. Home of Transsexual Women’s Resources: [link]
11. Transsexuals throughout history: [link]
12. Dr. Michael Brownstein, MD: [link]
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members thus far: 77

Administrators:


Androgynes:



Crossdressers:

Physically Sexless:

FTMs:



Intersexeds:

MTFs:


Questioning:


Supporters and "Know Nothings":


Related Affiliates:
>for those of the androgyne gender!

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