Changing the T for LGBs

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/07/16/changing-t-lgbs

The Advocate/by Dana Beyer   07/16/2015

"While there has been much ferment in the political arena recently, with marriage equality oral arguments at the Supreme Court and Caitlyn Jenner's public coming out to 17 million viewers as a trans woman, there has been significant change going on beneath the surface in the evolution of the cultural landscape. This has occurred in the context of the changing perception of trans women from both the lesbian and gay male perspectives. I'll begin with the lesbian side."

Not sure I thoroughly agree with Beyer's conclusions. Go to a meetup for lesbian singles and try to catch someone's eye as a trans woman. They don't see us as one of them.

From my own experience, there are gay and lesbian folks who get it. One of the sticking points, I believe, is the sometimes adherence to the binary system by some gays and lesbians. You had to look, act, and behave a certain way forgetting the fact that each one of us is different. Tom of Finland is a good example of this. If you didn 't look the part, you weren't taken seriously. Shoot, Hollywood does this all the time.

In the trans community, there are some who believe that one is not a 'true transsexual' unless one has gender reassignment surgery. Trans people have always been part of the gay liberation movements. Foisting one's own insecurities on others is counterproductive.People need to learn to respect each person 's uniqueness.

Quote from: gennee on July 24, 2015, 10:28:06 AM
From my own experience, there are gay and lesbian folks who get it. One of the sticking points, I believe, is the sometimes adherence to the binary system by some gays and lesbians. You had to look, act, and behave a certain way forgetting the fact that each one of us is different. Tom of Finland is a good example of this. If you didn 't look the part, you weren't taken seriously. Shoot, Hollywood does this all the time.

In the trans community, there are some who believe that one is not a 'true transsexual' unless one has gender reassignment surgery. Trans people have always been part of the gay liberation movements. Foisting one's own insecurities on others is counterproductive.People need to learn to respect each person 's uniqueness.

very true