O hai etc
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/29/o-hai-etc/6/29/09
I'm mostly going to be blogging about trans rights - in particular the on-going revisions of the DSM, why immigrating to the US is a bloody nightmare if you're trans, health care, and why I don't like filling out forms.
Now, I hate to do this, but since trans threads on big blogs have a habit of turning ugly, beyond the obvious rules Feministe has right up front I'm just going to lay out some fairly basic cissexist comments I may reject:
Un-gendering. Trans people are the genders they say they are. A story about a trans woman means female pronouns, and male pronouns for one about a trans man. Don't use third gender pronouns (eg "ze" and "hir") on a binary identified person. For genderqueer people, they may use third gender pronouns, or they may not. If you're not sure ask (but don't be surprised if you get an exasperated response, this may be the eleventy billionth time).
