One's Gender Identity Isn't Societal Perception Of It; Marriage Equality Isn't J

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One's Gender Identity Isn't Societal Perception Of It; Marriage Equality Isn't Just A GLB Issue
Pam's House Blend
by:  Autumn Sandeen
Sat Aug 14, 2010 at 18:04:33 PM EDT


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17050/ones-gender-identity-isnt-societal-perception-of-it-marriage-equality-isnt-just-a-glb-issue


"Once again, I hear transgender people all over speaking for me. Here is Autumn once again telling me what's good for me and to add insult to injury...whether I like it or not:

        "That's why trans people's marriages are part of the concept of marriage equality, whether some transsexuals like that idea or not."

    Now that's a lot of nerve...an unmarried, admittedly asexual, bisexual GLB and homosexual T activist telling me, a heterosexual, married female...what is best for me...and, to boot...whether I like that idea or not. Autumn has appropriated my place in life and told me absolutely why she knows better than I do...about my life."

   
Sometimes, the misunderstanding regarding the difference between self-identification and external perceptions of identity -- well, these find me in me sighing and shaking my head is some frustration. In my own experience I see the religious right, as well as what I would call the online, transsexual separatist community, conflate the connection of self-identity to the external perceptions of others -- external perceptions that can result in harassment and discrimination.