one reason i don't really socialize any more

[amw]

So, yesterday there was another long wank on ONTD about transwomen just being straight men out to erase lesbian identity. I don't know why i keep reading these articles. Ostensibly it was an article about London Pride, but it also mentioned an "anti trans" protest that had been staged beforehand. It was a throwaway line in the Graun and other press

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[browncouch]

Last year I read an interesting Swedish book called The Transfeminist Manifest by Maria Ramnehill. I wish it was translated, because it was a good read. Her conclusion was that the term gender needs to be emptied of any meaning, because the meaning we put into it is oppressive. Your text reminded me of that.

[amw]

I think it is a really good point that gender is inherently oppressive. It's interesting to imagine a post-gender world. I think some people who are trans today would not be trans. But other people - those who experience body dysphoria - may still seek genital surgery. Would homosexuality or heterosexuality end up just being a genital preference? Is that all it is right now? These are challenging questions to answer for a lot of people because it gets to the root of their identity

[bennuheron]

What's the point of Feminism if it doesn't benefit ALL Women?

[amw]

I agree!

I guess from the point of view of a certain type of feminist, transwomen aren't women, though. They see transpeople as little more than gender non-conforming members of their birth sex. I've also faced this view amongst gay men. I guess the existence of transpeople does challenge some of the basic ideas about rigid homosexuality and heterosexuality, which can make people uncomfortable.