Reclaiming the 'wrong body'
For many trans people the statement "I am born with the wrong body" and the action they take in order to "right this wrong body" cannot be divorced from the traditional beliefs about how a female or male body should look. It is these beliefs that trap us, rather than our bodies, writes Sass Rogando Sasot.
13 December 2010
http://www.thescavenger.net/isgd/reclaiming-the-wrong-body-56723.htmlThe parade of nations of the 2009 Copenhagen Outgames had just finished. Naomi Fontanos, my friend and the current Chairwoman of STRAP, and I decided to skip the program and to go back to our hostel to rest. Naomi, who served as the muse of the Philippine contingent, was wearing a traditional Filipino dress, while I was wearing a '50s dress.
While we were walking towards the train station, we encountered two bulky tall guys. One of them approached us and casually asked me, "Why is your chest so flat?" Then they walked away laughing. I was stunned by his rudeness. Before I could say anything, Naomi stopped me, and said "Sassy, don't mind them! ->-bleeped-<-s!" Scared, we ran towards the train station.
