I see transphobic jokes all the time and every time I get triggered. When it comes down to it they always insinuate that we aren't women because you know that men in dresses are funny. and it brings me to this pic from a smallish FB page called "Americans Against the Republican Party"


https://www.facebook.com/Republicansareidiots1/photos/a.115013885187152.12534.114270361928171/734008589954342/?type=1&theater

Ann Coultur is a horrible person and words don't describe the vile I feel for her. I was down right insulted that they insulted her calling her a man. Of all things why a man? Why not change her middle name to Harpy for example? The fact is that it is insulting and degrading that the best insult and joke is to call her a man. Honestly how is this or any other jokes like these funny? It just perpetuates stereotypes and in my case screwed me over until I came out at 21. It's a dam shame that so many people think it's funny to call men women and women men like this. It teaches us that it is insulting and degrading to be a woman. I will never find these funny because they have seriously hurt me in the past.

I've ditched a few "accepting" online friends over them calling her "Mancoulter" and using misgendering to attack her and other women. Its immature at best and hateful at worst. I have no need to keep friends like that.

There's really no way to stop these kinds of things. It's impossible. Every single group and every single individual on the planet is going to be mocked or get hate from somebody. But then they're also going to have people that love and appreciate them.

Really, I'm finding that no matter what I do, there are going to people that wana hate. And that's okay, cuz at the same time there are more people out there that love and support me...so many I could never get to know them all personally.

So as long as you're being yourself, you should be happy cuz even though hate is universal, so is love, and the reality is no matter WHAT you do or how you live you will always encounter an abundance of both.

It was a Facebook page I personally enjoyed but it triggered me. These kind of jokes are a personal trigger that will set me off. The worst is seeing what people said.

I have an extremely hard time getting offended in general. I'm a bit of a narcissist so I feel most people are below me (although I treat them as equals), so why should I let them offend me? I also have lots of self-esteem.

Triggers are not universal but they do suck.

I do not believe every trans-ish joke comes from a phobic place. Some do.

Kinda makes you feel for Sarah Jessica Parker.  I wonder if those jokes trigger horse people...

If we don't call people out then behavior like this will continue. I've learned to have a thick skin after a while.

the sad thing is the bullies are still in the play lots  people die around the world for being different. Luckily it's slowly getting better ,but such a long way to go.

Fitting into a number of other minority groupings (admittedly related to lifestyle and self chosen) it would seem that any group of people that stray outside some arbitrarily mandated "norm" are the targets of ridicule. Most people can't laugh at themselves but they sure enjoy doing it to others.

Quote from: Ms Grace on March 12, 2014, 06:25:50 PMMost people can't laugh at themselves

I laugh at myself all the time :3. lol

I hate explaining jokes...

However, for the sake of the thread, I will this time.

The joke caption in the first post is not transhobic at all. Why? Because it considers the people who see it smart enough to know for a fact that Coulter is not a man, just like Obama was not born in Kenya. It is using one logical fallacy to shine light on another. The idea that Obama looks Kenyan and therefore, must have been born there is as silly as saying Coulter has masculine features and therefore must have a male birth certificate.

I do not post this to disrespect your trigger, Riley... just to show how people like us may view things differently than intended.

I am with you Riley, ever since coming to terms with myself I always get mad at jokes about transgender people. We can't change everyone's mind and there will always be people who do things like this - I am sure they did not even think about what a transgender person would think. They were just trying to insult Ann so not sure if we can even fully be mad at them.

Also on a side note - your looking really cute in that picture Riley sorta look like my cousin and she is pretty!

Making fun of anyone's physical traits is completely pointless and is one of the lowest acts a person can do. It only says something about the person making this tasteless joke, namely that they're cruel. I just don't trust people who do this kind of thing.

BTW, I find Ann Coulter to be quite pretty. In this case, they're both cruel and have poor taste. 

Jokes are jokes. Over reacting to little things (in peoples opinions) causes them to think you are over reacting and in future pay less attention when something that actually matters happens (they are just over-reacting again like last time X happened). So yea, I do not really care at all about something like that. The only person it is meant to offend is the person it is aimed at and people in the public eye as she is have to expect a certain level of this. It is part and parcel with the job.

Off topic, your new picture is looking real great Riley.