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A Pharmacy For Womyn- Just In Time For Michfest!

Started by Shana A, August 24, 2009, 07:57:38 PM

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Shana A

August 24, 2009, 07:57:38 PM
A Pharmacy For Womyn- Just In Time For Michfest!
Posted by Fannie at 9:30 AM

http://fanniesroom.blogspot.com/2009/08/pharmacy-for-womyn-just-in-time-for.html

A women's pharmacy in Vancouver has a woman-born-woman policy that excludes transgender women. Many bloggers have been writing about this, so I will link to Questioning Transphobia, which provides a fairly comprehensive roundup of summaries and reactions around the web.

I, of course, oppose this pharmacy's exclusion of transwomen just as I oppose Michfest's similar "womyn-born-womyn" policy. Given that transgender women (and men?) experience sexism and misogyny and, on top of that, experience the additional burden of pervasive transphobia, I think that transgender people are among the most oppressed in our society. It is a given that conservative members of society would malign and reject transgender people, but I find it more unfortunate when liberals, radicals, and progressives do as well.
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