Natalie
January 1st, 2012
13 Myths and Misconceptions About Trans Women: Part One
http://skepchick.org/2012/01/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-one/ (http://skepchick.org/2012/01/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-one/)
Debunking myths is one of those things that us skeptics are supposed to do, right?
Okay then...
(my triskaidekaphilia isn't showing, is it?)
1. Trans women are just really, really, REALLY gay.
This one is impressively persistent, and unbelievably common. It was even pulled out recently while Lance Bass, an openly gay man, was guest-hosting Access Hollywood. The truth is fairly simple: gender identity and sexual orientation have nothing whatsoever to do with one another. A fairly common adage used to address this misunderstanding is "sexual orientation is about who you want to go to bed with, gender identity is about who you want to go to bed as."
My own preference in addressing it is to simply point out the existence of trans lesbians (that is, trans women who are attracted to other women). Problem solved. Let's go have tea and scones.
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Natalie
January 2nd, 2012
13 Myths and Misconceptions About Trans Women: Part Two
http://queereka.com/2012/01/02/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-two/ (http://queereka.com/2012/01/02/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-two/)
13 Myths and Misconceptions About Trans Women: Part One
God him/her/their self only needed 10.
"sexual orientation is about who you want to go to bed with, gender identity is about who you want to go to bed as."
Gender identity having nothing necessarily to do with sex whatsoever, this is more reasonably "about who you want to go to bed/work/anywhere as."