Tag Archives: LGBT
-phobia
I have never liked the -phobia language used mostly by the LGBTQIA community. And trans, asexual, and intersex people use it, too, so they’re included this time. But it’s getting to me a bit more than usual. There are two … Continue reading
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Questioning
Questioning your gender is an incredibly delicate time. Any trans-friendly resource you can find (or apparently trans friendly resource) can have a much bigger effect on you than it’s likely to later on. Now, everything in our lives effects us, … Continue reading
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You have no power over me. …in a perfect world, at least.
I am really nervous about going back to college because of how transphobic the cisCenter, which is generally considered to be an expect on trans issues by cis people because they have a “T” in their official title, is. I … Continue reading
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Privilege 101 ish
(I’m not entirely sure I’m qualified to talk about this, but I’ll give it a go.) Privilege doesn’t often come up around people who have it, and when it does it’s generally knocked down with privilege denying and people not … Continue reading
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The more you can accept the kyriarchy, the easier things are. It would be much easier for me if I could accept cis supremacy, if I could cower before the cis people who feel they deserve special treatment for taking … Continue reading
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“LGBT”
As you may or may not know, this blog got started when a “LGBTQ” Center, specifically a “Trans Activism” group (run by a cis man), turned out to be spectacularly transphobic. Sadly, this is not terribly uncommon. Yes, it’s probably … Continue reading
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Entitlement
I actually have a pretty big sense of entitlement. Actually, no, I don’t. I have a perfectly average sense of entitlement. I expect to be treated like a human, I expect people to be able to treat me with the … Continue reading
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Transphobia 101
This happened the very first time I ever spoke to the cis!leader. During the planning for the “trans 101″ workshop that’s run by cis people. For some reason, our Cisglorious Cisleader decided to make the entire fucking thing about gender … Continue reading
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