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#YesAllTransWomen highlights issues transgender women face every day

Started by Olivia P, July 03, 2014, 12:50:34 PM

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Olivia P

Emma Cueto @emma_cueto an hour ago

If you were into the #YesAllWomen hashtag, then you owe it to yourself to check out a new hashtag, #YesAllTransWomen. Like the name suggests, it's a tag that discusses the problems transgender women face in our society. And reading it can certainly be eye-opening.

Because let's be real: transgender men and women in this country have to deal with a lot of ___. Due to widespread ignorance about trans identities, transgender men and women face everything from discrimination to insensitive comments to mocking media portrayals to violent hate crimes. Trans people often also lack support from family and friends. Unsurprisingly, all of these issues contribute to things like depression and other mental health issues.

More: http://www.bustle.com/articles/30386-yesalltranswomen-highlights-issues-transgender-women-face-every-day :-\
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PoeticHeart

Glad to hear of a new hashtag coming about that is about transwomen.

From the way I understand it, the #YesAllWomen tag was not transphobic. However, I think we need our own space, because while we do face misogyny, we also face transphobia. And even worse, transmisogyny.

I've been saying it for a long time now: with the rise of social media, we may see hope for actual social progression.
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Lonicera

I apologise if it's just me but the link appears dead, does it for anyone else if I may ask? I wonder if it was removed, I believe the hashtag originator had significant issues with the article. She mentioned the fact no permission was sought from anyone, there was no consultation about it to get a clear perspective, and that the collective aim was to specifically highlight the severity of transmisogyny but that it was generalised to 'people' in the article.
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Ms Grace

The link appears to be down, couldn't find it on the site so the article may be offline at the moment...?
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Ms Grace

The article may have caused some heat, seems like it misrepresented the intentions of the trans woman who started the hashtag.

Natalie Reed on Twitter
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Lonicera

Thank you very much for the cached version, Olivia P. I apologise for not checking for that first.*blushes* Having read the article, I can see why Natalie Reed objected. While she seems to appreciate people using the hashtag for cathartic purposes, the principal aim of many participants was to highlight transmisogynistic violence and their voices seem to have been almost entirely neglected in the final product. On top of that, while Tweets are public I think it's somewhat unethical to use them for profit and expose the Tweeter to risks associated with a far larger audience without permission.

Edit 00:26 GMT (why am I still awake?): Natalie Reed has said that "So Bustle took down the article, and apologized for the misreporting and not having contacted me."
"In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood, where the straight way was lost. It is a hard thing to speak of, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood was, so that thinking of it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death: but, in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there." - Dante Alighieri
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