Yes, I am totally aware of that, but you'd never know it when 99% of all trans woman pictures and video feature those who have kept their penises
Indeed.
Those are the ones who are casted by porn sites.
It's weird having to explain that I'm trans and have a vagina, sometimes.
Most men seem to assume all trans women have a penis.
I once received a reaction from a guy that went as follows: '' well, you're cis now then aren't you? Why still label yourself trans. You're a complete woman now. "
This dude was a bit ignorant.
He didn't seem to understand the journey it took to get here.
Yes, I'm a complete woman but I'm also trans. Those are not mutually exclusive. I didn't stop being trans after my surgery.
Suggesting different is almost a disservice to the hard journey that I went through.
Transitioning has been completely re-defined unfortunately with so many people identifying as trans without wanting to put in the effort of a full transition.
Most people identifying as trans nowadays are just attention seekers who changed their Facebook name and announced their new pronouns and maybe dyed their hair blue or purple at most.
When I transitioned, in the early 2010s, transitioning meant something. You had to see a therapist for 6 months before being allowed to start hormones and you had to at least desire having gender reassignment surgery.
Those who wanted to live their life as dickgirls were instantly turned away and labeled fetishists.
Nowadays the non-medically transitioning group is biggest.
That leads to those of us who medically transitioned being understood much less by society, sadly.