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Between the Ears
Laughriotgirl of laugh riot has a very interesting post up at the moment exploring how she feels and can express where exactly her sense of gender might be. And just why it is untrue to say that every trans person completely and only absorbs the gendered messages and training of their apparent gender as a [...]
Also posted in Trans woman
Tagged feelings, gender, gender identity, gender role, trans woman
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Once More Unto The Breach
Further to my last entry, Elana is continuing to fight a good fight on Feministing with this post. I seriously doubt I will comment, I’m not even sure I want to read the comments that much once it gets going. But kudos, Elana, for a very, very, pertinent and well made point. And for continuing [...]
Also posted in Feminism, General
Tagged cissexism, Feminism, opinion, prejudice, privilege, trans misogyny, trans woman, transgender, transphobia
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Feministing and Unchecked Prejudice
I really would like to like Feministing. I’ve tried to. As others have called for boycotts to draw attention to transphobia there, or organised open letters to point out the ableism, blogged about the racism, I kept reading, kept wanting to find good in it. Thing is that sometimes there is. It’s a big site [...]
Also posted in Feminism, Trans woman
Tagged ableism, cissexism, Feminism, homophobia, opinion, prejudice, privilege, racism, trans feminism, trans misogyny, trans woman, transphobia
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Just Because
Just because you aren’t racist, doesn’t mean you never have a racist thought or say something racist.
If you aren’t homophobic, you will still sometimes express a bigoted sentiment.
Even if you are not sexist, sometimes you will say something or believe something that is.
If you don’t fear trans people, it doesn’t mean you don’t have transphobic [...]
A Funny Thing
A funny thing, but it’s taken me a long time to adjust to the idea that I pass as cis. I mean, it’s been going on for over a year now but I still don’t expect it. It still surprises me. Not only that but I find I feel guilty towards other trans people who [...]
Tagged feelings, life, Trans feminism, transition
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Seriously?
In the last week my blog has attracted more spam than usual to certain posts. One reason comments from new people are set for me to approve before appearing. An increasing number have been trying to get links to “shemale porn” posted in comments.
Quick quote from wikipedia on that word shemale:
In LGBT communities, especially amongst [...]
Also posted in Trans woman
Tagged blogging, cissexism, prejudice, trans misogyny, trans woman, transphobia
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