Comments on: Raised Male, Born Female: Life As A Transsexual

By: fuyume

fuyume — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:47:40 +0000

Ralph sent me the link to this post after realising i read your blog. What an awe inspiring person he truly is. the world needs more people like him :)

By: Ariel Grimm

Ariel Grimm — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:41:06 +0000

I love Ralph! I remember when I first discovered Doe Deere Blogazine I read this article and enjoyed it. Little did I know one of my website’s regular readers Shybiker was the superstar himself! He is very generous and helped me pay for my cat’s hip surgery after she was hit by a car…

By: Suzanne C

Suzanne C — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:25:40 +0000

I’ve seen my fair share of transexuals (through the media mostly) and I have to say he looks fairly good!. The hands and feet are a bit large and kind of a giveaway but i say he transforms nicely. and awesome hair colour choice if i do say so myself! (redhead)

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:13:21 +0000

So I’m going back through all your older blog entries I haven’t read yet and was so glad to find this one. Kudos to you for bringing awareness to this issue so that maybe people will learn more and come to a better understanding. Our society has a long way to go, but you never know how little things like this interview might go a really long way. It influences one person for the better, who tells someone else, and so on, and then more and more people are educated and tolerant.

I first became aware of the term “transgendered” only a few months ago when I watched a TV movie about a transgendered teenager named Gwen Araujo and a Barbara Walters special on transgendered children. Seeing the four-year-olds living as the opposite sex was more than enough to convince me this is real. It wasn’t that I was ever intolerant before; I just wasn’t aware. Doing a little Googling afterward led me to discovering who is now MY FAVORITE ROCK BAND EVER, The Cliks…and Doe, if you don’t already know who they are, seriously, you need to look ‘em up. You will become addicted. Anyway, the lead singer is a FTM (female-to-male) transgender, is a super awesome nice guy, and is involved in animal rescue, which gives me even more reason to be a humongous fan of The Cliks. Their music will rock your socks off. Even the way cool stripey ones.

And Ralph, kudos to you for building up your confidence and living honestly, whatever that means for you…living honestly is the only way to live. You should be proud of yourself. It is unfortunate that your parents can’t be supportive…I believe parents should always support their children NO MATTER WHAT, whether they understand or not…but at the same time, it sounds like you are doing this in such a way that feels right to you and respects them, and I can respect that.

By: Tsuki

Tsuki — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:00:52 +0000

My husband is struggling with this same issue and his parents have no idea; they bury their heads in the sand when it comes to anything to do with him and not being ‘normal’, whether it has to do with health issues, sexuality, or anything. It’s pretty sad to see the toll this has taken on him, and therefore our family. The fact that we’re both bi-curious and unable to tell our respective families takes a toll that few people who haven’t experienced this first-hand realise. (Both our parents would have a serious FIT if they found out, and that’s to put it mildly. While his parents aren’t religious, they are very…traditional, all the same. My parents are very religious and sadly intolerant, despite raising me to be tolerant. Our son is slowly learning that there are different people out there and that yes, it’s ok to be different. That doesn’t stop him from spazzing over things he considers ‘not normal’, but he’s still young yet. ;))

I intend to show him this interview and maybe he can connect in some way to finding his own peace as Ralph has done. Thanks for sharing this with everyone in the blogosphere.