Monday, December 05, 2011
On Being Transgender
Posted by Monica Roberts at 1:15 PM
TransGriot Note: Guest post from trans community builder Denise Norris
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-being-transgender.htmlThe Origin of Transgender
In the early 1990s, 'transgender' was repurposed by a various groups of transsexuals in the US to basically include anyone whose gender expression was non-conforming with society's expectations. There were several reasons for this and one of them was because people with atypical gender identities do not always identify as transsexual.
As we searched for our collective identity, we asked ourselves: "Who are we to judge another's gender identity solely on the basis of how they choose to express it? How can we know what is in the heart of another without knowing the person behind the presentation? Would we not achieve the height of hypocrisy to comment the same sins upon others to which we so strenuously object when others deny our gender identity and our desire to express it?
To us, the answer was obvious and expanded our associations to include crossdressers, drag, butch and every other non-conforming gender expression under the rainbow.
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