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flexibeastThis is not necessarily going to be a particularly coherent post. My apologies.
i am upset.
i am upset at certain feminists who refuse to let their (at least to them) beautiful theories be ruined by ugly little facts. In particular, i am upset at their continued claim that trans people transition because we're trying to avoid being homosexual. This might well be true some of the time, for all i know; but in my experience, so many trans people don't identify as straight that this claim is not only wrong, but presumptuous and indeed, bordering on deceitful.
i am upset at the notion that, having been read as a cis male for three decades, i am so steeped in male privilege that i cannot possibly speak as a woman, and that any opinion that differs from What Real Feminists Believe is an indicator of the fact that i am simply another guy blinded by his privilege. The complexity of my life be damned! And cis privilege? A myth propagated by The Transsexual Empire. The Transsexual Empire. A world in which trans people get hormones or surgery without trouble, where gatekeepers are eager to help us transition and trans people are eager to fulfil gender stereotypes, rather than being forced to do so, to perform ritual dances for gatekeepers until they are satisfied that we have genuflected sufficiently before their Altar of Gender Conformity.
i am upset that people who are outraged by the idea of "reparative therapy" for non-heterosexuals don't see why trans people should have any issues with queer communities supporting a supposed 'dialogue' around the idea of "reparative therapy" for trans people. A 'dialogue' in which our experiences aren't valid, because they've been filtered through our distorted and broken minds. Unless those experiences support the idea of reparative therapy, of course; then they demonstrate that the threat of gender variance can be neutralised, and perhaps, in time, eradicated. The world will be safe at last.
But, whatever. i'm just a tool of the patriarchy. Move along, nothing to see here.
i am upset.
i am upset at certain feminists who refuse to let their (at least to them) beautiful theories be ruined by ugly little facts. In particular, i am upset at their continued claim that trans people transition because we're trying to avoid being homosexual. This might well be true some of the time, for all i know; but in my experience, so many trans people don't identify as straight that this claim is not only wrong, but presumptuous and indeed, bordering on deceitful.
i am upset at the notion that, having been read as a cis male for three decades, i am so steeped in male privilege that i cannot possibly speak as a woman, and that any opinion that differs from What Real Feminists Believe is an indicator of the fact that i am simply another guy blinded by his privilege. The complexity of my life be damned! And cis privilege? A myth propagated by The Transsexual Empire. The Transsexual Empire. A world in which trans people get hormones or surgery without trouble, where gatekeepers are eager to help us transition and trans people are eager to fulfil gender stereotypes, rather than being forced to do so, to perform ritual dances for gatekeepers until they are satisfied that we have genuflected sufficiently before their Altar of Gender Conformity.
i am upset that people who are outraged by the idea of "reparative therapy" for non-heterosexuals don't see why trans people should have any issues with queer communities supporting a supposed 'dialogue' around the idea of "reparative therapy" for trans people. A 'dialogue' in which our experiences aren't valid, because they've been filtered through our distorted and broken minds. Unless those experiences support the idea of reparative therapy, of course; then they demonstrate that the threat of gender variance can be neutralised, and perhaps, in time, eradicated. The world will be safe at last.
But, whatever. i'm just a tool of the patriarchy. Move along, nothing to see here.
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