# How often do you see transgendered people?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-transgendered-people/838333 "2019-08-08T03:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-transgendered-people/838333/81 "2019-08-10T21:59:16Z")

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I know about 1/2 dozen cross dressers. I know one guy that I have no idea how he would identify. Big strong guy about 6’4" Hairy face and hairy legs. He wears mens polo shirts with a ballerina tutu and some kind of glittery type ballerina looking shoes. Talks to men about men stuff, football, golf etc. Pretty well accepted as he has been around for a while. Not the least bit feminine. Sometimes I think he may dress like that so he can kick somebodies ass if they say something. No one to my knowledge has ever mouthed off to him LOL.

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-transgendered-people/838333/82 "2019-08-11T02:12:08Z")

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Every day counting my son. Pretty much every time I go to my corner Walmart grocery, and I’ve talked to him so often he felt comfortable telling me one day he’s not allowed to wear his binder to work because it’s “too distracting”. I offered to report this discrimination but he said no, he didn’t want to lose his job. That bothers me a lot.

Also my son’s best friend is trans, and they have a group of mixed trans m/f friends they hang out with, which is awesome. I mean it rarely even comes up when they hang unless they’re talking about troubles they face. They’re all 13-15 and my son is the only one in the group whose parents know, although I don’t know how they couldn’t. But they’re Christians and not the liberal so I get it.

I was quite surprised at my son’s new school I went through the "I know my son’s records say he is a female named … he is actually a male named… and many of the teachers let me know that there were quite a few trans students at the school and two teachers told me they had trans family members. I love how they offer that information. Seriously. I was prepared for uncomforable shifty eyes. My brother said he has at least a dozen trans students at his high school too and they have a support group after school. Gives me hope. 🙂

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