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Questioning Transphobia
Written by Lisa Harney
29 August, 2010


http://www.questioningtransphobia.com/?p=2878


A couple of weeks ago, little light said something to me while Lucypaw, little light, and I were sipping drinks under the gaze of an angry god and shouting so we could hear one another over the loud, loud music:

"Imagine what it would have been like for us if we had the resources available today when we were 16."

She didn't mean "Man, it really sucks we didn't have all this when we were younger," although I'll admit there's a bit of that for me. What she meant was, "look at how far we've come."  In the past four years, trans people online and off have been seriously finding our voices and finding each other, talking about oppression, about cissexism, transphobia, what it's like to be trans outside the accepted narrative. We've blogged in response to the most hateful things said about us, we've networked, we've created information for young trans people to find their way. We've gone beyond the "TS Roadmap" and Lynn Conway's transsexual successes. We've moved beyond just talking about how to get hormones and going to support groups.