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Title: Privileges of Non-Transgender People
Post by: Shana A on October 16, 2009, 10:06:09 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 16, 2009, 10:06:09 AM
Privileges of Non-Transgender People
October 15, 2009 by p2son
http://petersontoscano.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/privilege-of-non-transgender-people/ (http://petersontoscano.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/privilege-of-non-transgender-people/)
I write this from over 10,000 feet as I travel to Phoenix for TransForm Arizona, an event that will unite the LGB with the T :-D
My friend Zeke, a cook Quaker in Boston, has spent a lot of time thinking about gender. Perhaps Zeke will share some of the journey at some point, but recently Zeke posted something on Facebook that I asked if I could share here at the blog. It is a Cisgender Privilege Checklist.
I heard the term Cisgender for awhile and had no idea what it meant other than non-transgender. According to Wikipedia,