Ground vs. Air (and questioning folk trying to land)

[Butterfly]

Ground vs. Air (and questioning folk trying to land)
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Austen Crowder
May 19, 2010 10:30 AM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/ground_vs_air_and_questioning_folk_trying_to_land.php


In the air, the rhetoric has gotten to be pretty horrible, especially as far as trans folk are concerned. There's something about trans inclusion that brings out the worst in people. After seeing just how much trans-bashing the mainstream media is willing to accept in the name of "fair and balanced," I'm not terribly inclined to immerse myself in the debate.

On our end, trans people are painted as eternal victims of circumstance and bigotry, and few other narratives work their way to the surface. Seems that everywhere I look I see being trans as this huge load to bear, or this unthinkable taboo that should obviously be shunned by the public.