Transphobia in the Gay Community

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Transphobia in the Gay Community
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
July 20, 2010 11:30 AM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/07/transphobia_in_the_gay_community.php


Recently, an icon of gay activist history, Ronald Gold, posted a transphobic diatribe on The Bilerico Project. I had looked forward to learning something from Mr. Gold about our history, and I certainly did, though it is not what I hoped for. The post hurt many of our readers across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity. It received literally hundreds of comments describing the pain they felt. Like many readers, I was very disturbed by the post. I woke up in the middle of the night struggling for a response.