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There was once a transwoman who lived in an enchanted forest. The forest that she lived in was visited several times a year by Spirits of the land. These Spirits were angry at the transwoman because she longed to change her village by means of spreading feminism. The transwoman spoke frequently with the village leaders and fought them on many issues that pertained to the acceptance of transwomen within the society. The world outside of this village had come to accept transwomen and had provided security for them within the world.
The transwoman had a run in with the Spirits of the land and one of the Spirits who was against trans rights as he saw it as unnatural. The Spirit waved its hand and placed a curse on the transwoman. The curse would not allow the transwoman to transition until she had true love's kiss. The transwoman was taken aback by how much pain the Spirit wanted to give her.
“Why have you cursed me so Spirit?" She said
“You are a disgrace to this land and are not welcome in this village. My fellow Spiritual ancestors have acknowledged your presence as a threat to the way of life for our people,” the spirit replied vehemently as he looked at her.
“I understand that your vile heart has no place for feminist teachings. This is unfair to punish me when your heart is so darkened that it has no room for love,” the transwoman said.
“Do not preach your dark magic of transformation to me, cursed child. I had to enact this curse so that you could do no more damage. When true love finds you then you shall be free of this curse and the ancestors shall see if love truly exists for such a creature as you,” the spirit replied.
“Very well. I shall find true love and it shall set me free. You shall see that feminist teachings are not to be frightened of,” she replied and with a swish of her hips she left the spirit to go find her love. The transwoman searched far and wide with many thoughts about where to find the man of her dreams. She dated several men but each one left her when she explained the curse to them, each of them telling her, “I can’t be with a man who wants to be a woman who can’t transition.”
The transwoman did not expect, however, that she would find a woman who met those qualifications. This is how that happened.
One day the transwoman was walking along her garden’s path. She swayed her hips even though she could not transition into a woman yet. She saw a woman standing at the end of the path watching her. The woman’s name was Faith and she was seeing the transwoman not as a man but as a woman.
Faith saw how the transwoman seemed unhappy but soon walked up to the transwoman to introduce herself.
“Hello, my name is Faith. What is your name?” Faith asked.
“My name is Yoncé. I am sorry if my appearance has disturbed you,” Yoncé said.
“Your appearance is beautiful. I was wondering if you would like to walk with me. I was on the way into the shops of the village for some perfume,” Faith said looking Yoncé in her eyes.
“Sure, I will come with you. I am not sure why, but I have a good feeling about you,” Yoncé said.
Yoncé and Faith walked to the shops and as they did they talked. Yoncé told Faith of the curse that she had been placed under and how the only way to break the curse was by finding true love. Faith listened intently and felt the pain and the heartbreak in Yoncé’s heart.
Faith began telling her that she was attracted to females and that she too had been ostracized by the village elders'. Faith was given the choice to either leave the village or find a man who could love her. She had been searching for many years and eventually just decided to stay single as it would spare her from the village elders' wrath. Faith revealed to Yoncé that she had stopped on that garden path because she found Yoncé to be a beautiful woman even though she had not transitioned yet.
“You have been so nice to me. Why did you invite me to come with you this evening?” Yoncé asked.
“I knew you could use a friend. I wanted to get to know you better,” Faith replied.
“So, tell me, faith, how do you feel now that you have gotten to know me better?” Yoncé asked.
“I definitely believe that we could have something new and refreshing to bring to the council of elders if you would go with me?” Faith asked.
“I could think of no greater pleasure. I am glad that I have met you. Do you think the council will think of friendship as a form of true love or are you saying that you want to date me?” Yoncé asked.
“I would have to say that you are too beautiful for me to not want to date you and I think that true love exists in many forms, but after getting to know you, I want to experience more of what your life is like when you are able to transition,” Faith replied with excitement.
Faith and Yoncé traveled to the office of the council of elders and were standing in front of the council. They remained hand in hand awaiting a verdict. The council had listened to their plea and were considering how their village would react and also were concerned with the amount of protections that when placed would protect the villages virtues and values. The council soon came to the verdict that Yoncé could indeed transition and that the two woman could continue dating. Faith and Yoncé left the council’s office and were continued teaching feminism to every person within the village.
Author’s Note: I took the two ghost stories that I read about two weeks ago and created this story from those I looked forward to writing something that had a transgendered person within it to demonstrate the struggles that transwomen face within the idea of dating and when they cannot transition it makes things a lot more difficult for them. Transgender rights are another passion of mine and I really hope that things can get better for gender nonconforming individuals as well as transgendered people.
The stories that I used were Inuit Indian ghost stories. These stories are very interesting in that they discuss a child that travels to a spirit realm so that he cannot be lame anymore. His family does not miss him because of his lameness. The spirit realm is almost the inspiration for the transwoman’s garden. I did not want to create a negative ending so instead I wanted to change the society at large.
The other story was about a man who killed his uncle and lost his wife due to the ghost of the uncle that was tormenting him. This led me to the idea of the torture of not being able to transition for transgendered people being similar to a ghost that was tormenting the man who killed his uncle. The Ghost is the village leader oppressing not just a transwoman but also oppressing a lesbian due to feminism many times men are resistant to the idea of a woman who can lead or a woman who can make decisions for herself. This plays into the idea of heteronormativity and chauvinistic language that we categorize today as sexism and discrimination.
I know that sometimes it can be hard for a transgendered individual to find themselves and I know that it can be difficult to not have the means to transition. This is almost a fairy tale designed to spread hope to the transgendered individuals of the world even though this is only being used for this class. I hope you enjoy.
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