The Prerequisites to "Woman"
The Bilerico Project
By Mercedes Allen
July 6, 2009
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/07/the_prerequisites_to_woman.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/07/the_prerequisites_to_woman.php)
I know all too well the unpredictability of the biases of the person you seek medical information from, the inconsistent quality of that information, the questions about your body that you don't dare ask anyone, the denial of reliable information on medications, the way that the health system and society in general have medicalized women's bodies. But in the end, it doesn't matter whether I applaud or not: my business is not wanted. Lu's: A Pharmacy for Women very specifically caters only to "any woman who was born a woman."
This shouldn't be a surprise, as Vancouver was also the site of the Kimberly Nixon v. Rape Relief battle. That controversial legal case threatened to estrange the trans community from the feminist and lesbian communities, and if this is any indication, not much has changed.
What a bunch of ..bs!!!