People are people..

Day four – people are people. Those who are reading my blogs may know something about my past, and well, my present as well.

There is a difference between gender and sex.
Sex determines ones biological characteristics. ( male or female )
Gender - how one identifies in society. ( dude or chick )
While I find the term ‘transgender’ cacophonous, it would be the simplest LABEL to put on me. (I also detest labels.)

This implies my admittance to having been born biologically female, and acquiring the gender/identity of male. It is not easy to admit to this because I am never questioned about how I represent myself nowadays, unless something is brought up from my past.

It’s just something no one wants to discuss usually – it’s like asking anyone else bizarre and ignorant questions about their personal lives. BUT when someone is respectful and would like to learn about something they may not understand, I am more than willing to open up and explain to the best of my abilities. Some may not agree with it either, but hopefully we’ve evolved enough to live and let live. It would be nice to learn things and respect one another and coexist.

I am here in this contest to hopefully somehow help subsidize the seemingly insurmountable costs of my personal endeavors. It has not been easy. I signed up for this contest assuming that I am interesting enough of a guy, and a competitor who likes a new experience.

Of course I expected drama – that’s the moral. But personal attacks are simply indecent – no matter who they are aimed at and for whatever reason. Today’s events are almost a blur – everything happened so fast it was just there and done with by the time we all wrapped our heads around it.

I would honestly just like to see this game played within its boundaries. Of course its about conniving alliances, but when there are blatant rules being broken, it becomes a mess.

I’m trying to be understanding about this. I was really hurt by a lot of things today, and I won’t even mention them here because it would probably be extremely embarrassing for those who were initially provoking me.

I didn’t want to share my history with the rest of the house, but I think I’ll have to. It makes me seem dishonest and shady like I’m hiding secrets, but all I can do is just hope everyone here understands that people are people.