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Title: Gender is different
Post by: Natasha on July 19, 2013, 04:10:14 AM
Gender is different

http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-is-different.htm (http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-is-different.htm)
7/15/13
Julia Serano

As a white person, I never have to think about race, except on those rare occasions when I am in a non-white majority space.

I never think about being a U.S. citizen except when I am outside the country.

While I have had multiple health concerns over recent years, I am still predominantly able-bodied, and as such, I do not have to think about how to navigate my way through the world.

But gender is different.
Title: Re: Gender is different
Post by: stavraki on July 25, 2013, 09:47:49 PM
Quote from: Natasha on July 19, 2013, 04:10:14 AM
Gender is different

http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-is-different.htm (http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-is-different.htm)
7/15/13
Julia Serano

As a white person, I never have to think about race, except on those rare occasions when I am in a non-white majority space.

I never think about being a U.S. citizen except when I am outside the country.

While I have had multiple health concerns over recent years, I am still predominantly able-bodied, and as such, I do not have to think about how to navigate my way through the world.

But gender is different.

Hi Natasha, I was curious to hear more about what you mean, here.

cheers
stav
Title: Re: Gender is different
Post by: Natasha on July 27, 2013, 02:26:41 AM
Hi Stavraki:

I am sorry I forgot the quotation marks. 

"As a white person, I never have to think about race, except on those rare occasions when I am in a non-white majority space." 

is the first sentence of Julia Serano's article (http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-is-different.htm) (not mine). 

Sorry about the confusion.