Trans Bashing Revisited: Trans People in Non-Trans LG Spaces
February 20, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/02/20/trans-bashing-revisited-trans-people-in-non-trans-lg-spaces/The discussion that we had last week with the post Why Do Some Lesbians Bash Trans Men? was so engaging and enlightening for me that I thought we might continue it from a slightly different angle.
Some of the commenters mentioned that trans women are not always welcome in lesbian spaces and can also be the targets of verbal bashing by both non-trans lesbians and gay men. The same is true of trans men with relationship to non-trans gay men.
Of course, there are plenty of homophobic trans people out there, but the power differential tends to favor non-trans people in most situations, so fewer non-trans lesbians and gay men are likely to feel marginalized by homophobic trans people. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It just means that the ramifications of trans homophobia might not be as great or extensive as the ramifications of gay and lesbian transphobia in a community that bills itself as LGBT.
