Jun 03, 2008 05:39
My transfeminist experience...
is knowing exceptionally young that I had been born with a body and genitals that I could not relate to.
is as a young boy, seeing how society around me treats women lesser than men.
is being bullied all the way through school by my peers, for being 'different'.
is being the sexual interest of a male teacher who suggests innuendo at every opportunity.
is realising that many people suddenly start to treat me less respectfully when I come out as transsexual female.
is now treated as a woman by society.
is almost dropping out of school before exams even though I am intelligent, because of the attitudes surrounding me.
is being treated as a sexual object by men because by implication of being a transsexual female, I must be 'up for it'.
is being shouted 'freak' in public because I do not conform to societal and cultural expectations.
is losing out on jobs that I could do blindfolded, because I am discriminated against as a female and as a transsexual.
is being pathologised by the male-dominated medical establishment.
is seeing other transsexuals treated like shit by the male-biased press and media.
is being mentally and physically abused and raped in every single way by patriarchal society.
is being violated as a woman by a man who didn't take no for answer, then when he realised I was transsexual, attacked me because it was somehow 'my fault'.
is despite being born male, not being afforded male privilege.
That is my transfeminist experience.