To be surprised that so many on here claim to have never met/seen anyone who is transgender?

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Where I live in Britain I meet and see transgender people all the time. So today I was out and saw two people who were obviously transgender. I also meet people through work and other occasions.

Ah ha ha, And you ignore it all once again.

I'll repeat forever.. what's that Latin term......?

Submission from LGBT Youth Scotland to UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Commission.

"We recommend expanding the protected characteristic of gender reassignment to include gender identity and expression so that non-binary identities and cross-dressers are clearly covered. Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009 uses the term transgender identity, and may provide a useful reference point for expanding the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. "

data.parliament.uk/WrittenEvidence/CommitteeEvidence.svc/EvidenceDocument/Women%20and%20Equalities/Transgender%20Equality/written/19582.html

We live in a small town and I know of one child transitioning from F to M, autistic child. Also have come across one M to F nurse on the children's ward. So a reasonably high percentage given our area's small population.

Geez, now there’s a catalogue of hairstyles for “older lesbians”? Please share with us OP, I’m wondering if my hairstyle now marks me as lesbian or as cancer survivor or as chic. Nothing wrong with any of these but hey, let us in on the secret please.

We have a trans boy at school. I'd met him several times before I realised and that was only because someone told me. This is a girl presenting as a boy.

I've never met anyone transgender. Not a claim, just a fact.

I don’t get out a great deal, apart from work, School runs and dog walking but still no.

Bit worried now that people might think I’m transgender as I live in jeans and jumpers, feel highly uncomfortable in heels/dresses and when I do get the makeup out, I go to town and plaster the lot on.

people are people, I don't see gender Nothing wrong with this attitude surely? What is so bad about not noticing or caring whether people are trans or not? If they wanted us to know, they'd tell us. I take the same line with class, race etc. Not my business, not my issue.

One of my favourite people in the world is Shinata Sangha. Miss TV UK a few years back. She had her crown with her when she visited with my dsd and let my kids all try it on lol.

It is, as people often say, a lot easier for girls to present successfully as boys (and in particular for women taking testosterone to present successfully as men).
I would never presume to know if someone is trans unless they actually tell me. I can't see inside their heads.
For example, is the person I see regularly near my house, with long hair, male pattern hair thinning, and some feminine touches to their clothes a) a woman who has alopecia or b) a man who chooses to wear feminine clothing or c) trans?

The boy in my DS class who wears the girls' scalloped polo shirts/leggings and tunics on weekends, but has short hair - his mum says things like "other trans children" but tells him he's a boy and can wear clothes from the girls' section, and that boys can have dolls.
I'm not sure if his mum is using "trans" because she doesn't have another word for it, or if she's thinking he's trans but not going with full social transition yet.

FourPillars Don't be obtuse.

Not everyone is observant. I'm not. Very often something or someone has to be brought to my attention, I tend to walk around in a world of my own.

I have seen a couple of transgendered people in my life and knew one transvestite. That was when I worked in central London. However most people aren't either so not surprising people don't see many.