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A Transgender Woodstock?

Started by Butterfly, February 04, 2012, 12:46:17 AM

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February 04, 2012, 12:46:17 AM
A Transgender Woodstock?
The Gazette
By Jillian Page
04 February, 2012


http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/02/04/a-transgender-woodstock/


"Transsexuals are often gender-role revolutionaries because they show that gender is a fiction."

That's a statement from feminist and activist Gloria Steinem in an interview on a site called TimeOut Chicago.

I'm not so sure that transsexuals can be viewed as gender rebels or revolutionaries. The way I see it, transsexuals are people with gender dysphoria who identify as the opposite of their natal sex. It's not a matter of rebelling — it's about survival by aligning body, mind, soul and official paperwork. Once done, many of us drop the transsexual label — I am woman, as regular readers have heard me roar time and time again. I don't feel like a gender revolutionary.
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