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Call for Trans Women's Quotes & Anecdotes

Started by Natasha, December 18, 2008, 05:29:06 PM

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Natasha

December 18, 2008, 05:29:06 PM
Call for Trans Women's Quotes & Anecdotes

http://juliaserano.livejournal.com/11847.html
Julia Serano
12/17/2008

I am currently working on a web article that I hope will raise awareness about th e ways in which trans women are often "hyper-sexualized" in our culture. And I am soliciting quotes, anecdotes and insights from the trans feminine/MTF community in order to help convey the impact that this sexualization has on our lives.

Of course, all women face nonconsensual sexualization (e.g., cat calls, sexual innuendos or harassment, sexually explicit remarks about our appearances, objectifying comments or depictions, sexual violation, etc.) to varying degrees. But those of us who are trans women sometimes find that strangers and acquaintances tend to be far more explicit, hardcore and/or debasing in their sexualizing comments and behaviors when they are aware of our trans status than when they presume that we are cis women (i.e., non-trans women).
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