Opinions please

Alright, so I need opinions.

(I'm going to be using a male turned to female as an example so I don't have to mention it throughout)

I'm starting a story about a Transgender teen, and kind of want to do something similar here. Like, take an idol, and make them transgender, changed to their actual gender?

I'm saying this because I want to know if it would offend anyone, or if I should put a trigger warning on it. I mean, it's not mature, but a trigger warning could warn people who are Transgender that I really mean no harm.

I of course did my research on the topic. Being transgender isn't a choice, it comes from the brain. It's a disorder called Gender Identity Disorder, where the person is born in say a male body, but their brain is of the other gender. It can start as early as birth, or not become evident until later in their life. If it's say, a Transgender male (male, but wants to be female) they would want to go by 'she' and 'her' instead of 'he' and 'him' as defining pronouns.

Im not going to be able to stress this enough- being transgender is NOT cross dressing, and being transgender does not require surgery. Yes, many people choose to get it, but it is not necessary. They still think the same as any other girl. They wear makeuo, have long hair, wear dresses, and everything else normal girls do.

They can also get their testosterone lowered so they don't go through male puberty and do things such as develop an Adams apple, or grow facial hair, or anything like that. They can also get female hormones so they can develop beasts if they desire, but this is only if the signs are shown at birth.

That of course isn't all of it, and there is much more on the topic, but I do know a lot on the topic now that I've researched it, and I may write a story on here with a bunch of kpop groups mixed (I'll have the Kitten help).

I'm saying this in case it offends any of my subscribers, and there Will be a note on it if I do decide to write it.

 

That is all for my rant at the moment. 

Thank you.

~ZumiKitty

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MissMinew
#1
I've read a couple of SHINee transgender fics on tumblr and those authors usually only put warnings because of transphobia (or others alike). So I don't think you need a triggerwarning to write about the subject, but you could always warn your readers in the foreword if transphobia will be a part of your story.
It's nice to see that you do research on the topic though, so it comes off as close to reality as possible. I'm sure any trans readers you might have would appreciate it as well. c:
FullmetalTitan
#2
Don't mind me but it's lovely to see another author who cares to do research on their topic rather than just writing it off the bat. I've always been confused on the transgender topic so I thank you for bringing up those facts. I don't think it hurts for authors to research something if they know nothing about it-such as diseases like cancer as a main example.

Very few on here and other sites don't do enough research on it.
EriTay
#3
sounds interesting. especially since a lot of authors on this site take conteoversial topics lightly without thinking of how people irl are actually affected by it. like . its nice to read but its really fake. so it sounds like an interesting topic to me