I'm Both an L and a T and I Don't Want to Choose a Side

Posted by Mey on March 17, 2015

http://www.autostraddle.com/im-both-an-l-and-a-t-and-i-dont-want-to-choose-a-side-277651/

It seems like more and more often I'm seeing people talking and writing thinkpieces about how the lesbian community and the trans woman community are at war. We're constantly fighting! We don't have the same goals! We're communicating across a great divide!

It's true that there are lots of issues between these communities and that there is a very small but very loud contingent of cis lesbians known as TERFS (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) who are almost entirely dedicated to the mission of bringing down trans women. But often these conversations fail to acknowledge that there are lots of overlaps, too. I am a lesbian and a trans woman, and I've found that we share much more common ground than drawn battle lines.

Thanks for sharing this. I've bookmarked it!