Static on the radio

[Shana A]

Static on the radio
February 7, 2010

http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/static-on-the-radio/

Potential triggers: In this post I talk about certain issues arising from our being misgendered following a serious accident or death. I realise that some readers may find the topic disturbing and would respectfully suggest that anyone who feels these subjects could be triggering to them, to please not read this post.

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little light's recent post at Questioning Transphobia, "is a dream a lie if it don't come true / or is it something worse" (password protected) was a powerful illustration of a problem faced by too many of us; that of the validity and authenticity of our identities as perceived by too many cis people. It is too often the case that we are considered to be, to paraphrase Queen Emily, "'really' a man/woman/whatever gender we were assigned at birth" (via QT).