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Title: Transgender VS Transsexual, Round 2: FIGHT!
Post by: Shana A on June 03, 2011, 09:42:11 AM
Post by: Shana A on June 03, 2011, 09:42:11 AM
Transgender VS Transsexual, Round 2: FIGHT!
Cristan's Blog
http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/06/02/transgender-vs-transsexual-round-2-fight/ (http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/06/02/transgender-vs-transsexual-round-2-fight/)
Since my last post on this issue, I've met a few really cool folks in the "TS-not-TG" camp. I was fortunate enough to meet one transsexual named Zoe. We messaged back and forth for quite some time over FaceBook and she really helped me to better understand where she's coming from. And you know what, I 100% support her decision to self-identify herself as transsexual and not as transgender. The thing that seems to separate Zoe from the seeming majority of those in the TS-not-TG camp is that she's not a hypocrite, she likes facts and she speaks for herself instead of presuming to speak for all other transsexuals.
TS people don't identify as TG anymore
A big problem with the idea that TS people no longer identify as TG is that it's a demonstrably fallacious idea. NGLTF recently published the largest American trans study ever with over 6,000 respondents. In this study, they actually asked how we self-indentify. Care to guess how many self-identified with the term "transgender"? Ninety percent. Yup; as in almost everyone but a small minority.
Cristan's Blog
http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/06/02/transgender-vs-transsexual-round-2-fight/ (http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2011/06/02/transgender-vs-transsexual-round-2-fight/)
Since my last post on this issue, I've met a few really cool folks in the "TS-not-TG" camp. I was fortunate enough to meet one transsexual named Zoe. We messaged back and forth for quite some time over FaceBook and she really helped me to better understand where she's coming from. And you know what, I 100% support her decision to self-identify herself as transsexual and not as transgender. The thing that seems to separate Zoe from the seeming majority of those in the TS-not-TG camp is that she's not a hypocrite, she likes facts and she speaks for herself instead of presuming to speak for all other transsexuals.
TS people don't identify as TG anymore
A big problem with the idea that TS people no longer identify as TG is that it's a demonstrably fallacious idea. NGLTF recently published the largest American trans study ever with over 6,000 respondents. In this study, they actually asked how we self-indentify. Care to guess how many self-identified with the term "transgender"? Ninety percent. Yup; as in almost everyone but a small minority.
Title: Re: Transgender VS Transsexual, Round 2: FIGHT!
Post by: Ann Onymous on June 03, 2011, 10:36:06 AM
Post by: Ann Onymous on June 03, 2011, 10:36:06 AM
link was not working...
that being said, from the snippet that is posted, it is probably just as well...looks like another article where I would just get further pissed off by the TG-camp trying to marginalize those of us that have NEVER claimed the 'transgender' label and want nothing to do with it.
that being said, from the snippet that is posted, it is probably just as well...looks like another article where I would just get further pissed off by the TG-camp trying to marginalize those of us that have NEVER claimed the 'transgender' label and want nothing to do with it.
Title: Re: Transgender VS Transsexual, Round 2: FIGHT!
Post by: Robyn on June 05, 2011, 12:26:07 AM
Post by: Robyn on June 05, 2011, 12:26:07 AM
No need to 'claim' the label. Transgender is an umbrella term for all kinds of gender variant people. It can be used by all of us or not, but it is nothing to fight over.
The problem I see, lately, is that the news media is using 'transgender' when transsexual is more appropriate. And they are using transgender as a noun and even a verb instead of the adjective transgendered.
Oh, well, it is only a convenient label.
Robyn
The problem I see, lately, is that the news media is using 'transgender' when transsexual is more appropriate. And they are using transgender as a noun and even a verb instead of the adjective transgendered.
Oh, well, it is only a convenient label.
Robyn