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Intersections of Disability and ->-bleeped-<-

Started by Butterfly, October 15, 2010, 05:45:31 PM

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October 15, 2010, 05:45:31 PM
Intersections of Disability and ->-bleeped-<-
Questioning Transphobia
Written by staticnonsense
October 14th, 2010 at 7:51 am


http://www.questioningtransphobia.com/?p=3273


I've been avoiding the trans community for a few years now. The pushback I get is too much for me to handle, and I've never been able to get the support I need from a community that really should get why having this support is so necessary. This wasn't always an issue – it only started showing up when I became to understand that I am also mentally disabled. Even moreso when I started to come out about that fact, a part of myself that I didn't see as having much relation to me being trans. Just, yanno, an extra tidbit of information. Which isn't exactly true. I'm noticing that yes actually, my disabilities are a major factor in why I identify as trans. That shouldn't be a problem, right?

Apparently it is.
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