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Fun Feminist Says: Transphobia’s Not Funny!

Started by Shana A, July 07, 2009, 11:10:12 AM

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July 07, 2009, 11:10:12 AM
Fun Feminist Says: Transphobia's Not Funny!

June 30, 2009 by Sungold

http://kittywampus.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/fun-feminist-says-transphobias-not-funny/

A few weeks ago, in comments on my post critiquing the term "sex class," Lisa Harney and Sunflower both prodded me to think and write more about transgender issues. While I feel like I need to keep offering disclaimers that I'm no expert in this area, I just read something that's so obviously disrespectful toward trans people that I'm going to stick my neck out and say: hey! this is plain wrong.

In a list of "10 Reasons to Suspect You're Not the Fun Kind of Feminist (Part I)," redmegaera writes:

    6. You don't describe yourself as being "cisgendered" and you are a woman who hasn't had and doesn't plan to have sex-reassignment surgery, hormone injections or a double mastectomy for cosmetic reasons.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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