26 August 2011
An Argument to Replace Trans-
Posted by Jenn Ifer at 1:19 AM
http://cistotrans.blogspot.com/2011/08/argument-to-replace-trans.html (http://cistotrans.blogspot.com/2011/08/argument-to-replace-trans.html)
Jennifer Boylan's op-ed in in the August 12, 2011 New York Times generated several comments from people within and without the trans [1] community that highlighted how the vocabulary and semantics around gender [2] are often barriers to understanding and clear communications. Long before I began to look for gender information in the late 1990's, there were heated discussions within the trans community around the vocabulary and nomenclature describing trans people and the trans experience. These debates ranged from scholarly discourse to vitriolic, personal attacks, and they continue today.
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This got me thinking. We really do need a better vocabulary with a regularized semantic underpinning before we'll see larger gains as a community. The current gender dictionary is simply too imprecise and generates more confusion than clarity.
I personally would rather refer to myself as Genderflex. This sounds better than flexgendered. Its the difference of using gender as the word and not a pre- label being used. The importance, the significance of what we are talking about is the beginning of the word.
I'm not sure how that would work out with other terms and people who are under the Trans umbrella.
I agree that getting rid of the use of trans could change the perspective of the general population.
Ativan
I think we should change it to 'waffles' because who in the hell don't love waffles?
Great, now we can have arguments about who's a waffle and whose only a pancake. Or who is more pancake than who. Or your not a waffle, your only a pancake wearing a waffle pattern.
I've always hated the prefix "trans" applied to these things. I'm not changing anything, just seeking treatment for a medical problem. I've always been me, and always will be me, regardless of what anyone else may say. There needs to be a proper medical term for it, not psychological because it is not a mental problem, it is a physical problem.
The article's "polygender" makes sense for people who do not identify as simply female or male, but the other terms proposed I think are pretty far out there.
Quote from: tekla on August 27, 2011, 12:40:01 PM
Great, now we can have arguments about who's a waffle and whose only a pancake. Or who is more pancake than who. Or your not a waffle, your only a pancake wearing a waffle pattern.
They have not fins or scales. Therefore, they are an abomination.
Oh. wait... waffles and pancakes are of the land, not of the sea.
(Robyn puts Leviticus away.)