Locked in a prison of our own devise
Q Notes
by Robbi Cohn
November 14th, 2009, 12:05 am
http://www.q-notes.com/4287/locked-in-a-prison-of-our-own-devise/ (http://www.q-notes.com/4287/locked-in-a-prison-of-our-own-devise/)
The fact of the matter is there is no such thing as "transgendering." Being transgender is not a process, a person does not "become" trans, they are trans. I often encounter those who insist on using the expression "transgenders," as though people who express gender diversity are merely things to be described, categorized and pigeonholed. Even the use of the word transgender raises hackles on the necks of some because they feel they are being erroneously tagged. This is not necessarily how they self identify. The shoddy use of language both within and without the trans world is rampant and has become a kind of "prison of our own devise," that enigmatic Jim Morrison lyric.