Amy and The Island of Misfit Toys

I'm sure many of you have seen this old film, "Rudolph and The Island of Misfit Toys." I love this movie, and I've often likened myself to those poor cast-off toys. Like the Misfit Toys, transgendered folk just don't fit in. "We may be different from the rest, but who decides the test of what is really best?"

I wouldn't want to be stuck on an island somewhere with only other transsexuals or something. It's not that there's anything wrong with their company (I'm one of them, after all), but I want to be out in the world. I want to fit in somehow. For most transsexuals, the way they fit in is to go stealth. They'll do almost anything to prevent their big secret from coming out. And I don't blame them.

Others stay entrenched in their original persona that they built around themselves. The persona that fits with their physical sex. They'll let their real self out at home, or at tg-friendly gatherings or events. I don't blame them either. I lived that way for about 20 years, give or take.

I've moved off of that "island" quite awhile ago. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. That said, I'm proud to be a "Misfit Toy." I have one more thing to say:

We're a couple of misfits

We're a couple of misfits

What's the matter with misfits

That's where we fit in.

We're not daffy and dilly

Don't go 'round willy nilly

Seems to us kinda silly

That we don't fit in.

We may be different from the rest

Who decides the test

Of what is really best?

We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in.

Why am I such a misfit?

I am not just a nit wit!

I'm an adorable (?) reindeer

Why don't I fit in?

Why am I such a misfit?

I am not just a nit wit!

They can't fire me, I quit!

Seems I don't fit in.

We may be different from the rest

Who decides the test

Of what is really best?

We're a couple of misfits

We're a couple of misfits

What's the matter with misfits

That's where we fit in.