To any anyone who identifies under the trans* umbrella

So I’m doing a final presentation for my class and I could choose almost any subject so I chose to do Trans* 101 type of presentation. I thought it would be really informative for my classmates and keep up the awareness that LGBT is not only about sexuality.

So part of what i want to do is interviews. I write up a questionnaire just now and it’d be great if some people identifying under the trans* umbrella would volunteer fill it out. I asks about your experiences being trans* (which include recalling negative experiences, dysphoria, and other fairly personal information).

A couple of important notes:

• You do not have to participate if you don’t feel comfortable.
• You do not even have to answer all of the questions if you are not comfortable with any particular ones (just mark them if you didn’t answer them on purpose).
• Please tell me if you think I have written any overly invasive/hurtful questions in general. I want stories and experiences but I don’t want anyone be hurt in the process because of any insensitivity.
• If you have any questions about the questionnaire (clarification details, questions about the circumstances of my assignment, anything really), feel free to ask me in my ask box.
• If you participate, submit the finished questionnaire in my submissions (at the top of my page).
• Don’t reblog this. I’m only giving an 8 minute presentation at most and I’m also putting in general information too so I only need a few interviews.

Questionnaire under the cut (hopefully).

1. What is your first name and how old are you?

2. What is your gender identity?
3. What are your current circumstances (concerning friends, family, work, etc. and they intersect with how you are trans*)?
4. How did you feel before figuring out your gender identity and that you were trans*?
5. What led you to finding out your gender identity and that you were trans*?
6. Was it difficult? How did you deal with it?
7. How did you feel afterwards, figuring it out?
8. If you have come out to anyone, how did they react and how did you deal with it if it was negative?
9. What is dysphoria like for you? How do you deal with it?
10. How do you deal with cissexism/transphobia around/towards you?
11. Do you have any advice for any cisgender people on how to be supportive and not cissexist/transphobic?
12. Do you have any advice for any kids who are questioning their assigned gender or are trans* and closeted?
13. Any other comments or stories you want to talk about?

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