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"She-male" (blog/comments)

Started by Natasha, June 01, 2008, 10:56:03 AM

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Natasha

"She-male"

http://beingt.blogspot.com/2008/05/she-male.html
5/29/2008

"Another reason why "she-male" might be offensive to some is Janice Raymond.

In 1979, Raymond popularized the word with her infamous anti-trans
woman manifesto: "The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male."



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Elwood

Wonderful video.

Anyway, it sucks. I guess they use "he-she"s on me a lot, as well as "she-male." It's annoying. A person is disrespecting that transperson's gender identity by throwing together their birth sex and their target sex into one term.
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mickie88

i don't like the term ->-bleeped-<- either. i feel it's another way of saying FREAK!! at least when referencing a human being. i also work in an auto department so when people ask for ->-bleeped-<- stuff i have to be careful with my reactions as i might give myself away. a couple of new guys started, and i think i may not have anything to worry about, i can't really tell because they talk so quiet or don't talk at all.


Warrior Princess Mickie
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