Trans Feminism and Me

[attack_laurel]

Okay, so in honour of it being Friday, and me being at work, I'm going to post on something I don't think I've posted about before, and it's about time I rectified that.

I believe in the basic rights of all transgender people. I believe that we, as a society, a nation, and as a world cannot continue to deny anyone the same rights and dignities

Comments

[dreda]

Thank you.

[attack_laurel]

You're welcome. It occurred to me, reading my friends' list, that it's something my circle does not talk about much, and while I read about it all the time on the blogs I follow, not everyone follows those blogs.

And everyone needs to think about these things. :)

[lanome]

Thank you very much.

[hsifeng]

*nod* *nod* *nod*

I was (happily) indoctrinated into these ideas at a very young age by a progressive family. We have a smattering of 'non-socially conforming' folks in my clan and I grew up loving them all and assuming that there was nothing "wrong" with them (because there wasn't/isn't). I was shocked the first time I encountered family friends who were creeped out by men in skirts or 'de gahz'; I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the folks who were getting the willies (I'm sorta happy that I automatically assumed that *they* were the ones with the problem, not my family members). *chuckle*

Thanks for raising this issue.

[fallconsmate]

Once upon a time, my ex hubby was district manager for a convenience store chain in Florida. This meant that he was the last word in the hiring process. He got an application form from a young person, it looked pretty good, he set up the appointment.

Male name. Ticked the "male" box on the application. Showed up for the interview in WAY over-the-top drag. Bless his soul, the ex looked at him and told him "I don't care what you do on your off time, but you need to pick who you are and stick to it. It's unprofessional to go flipflopping on presenting as male one day, female the next." I swear, nothing really rattled that man!

The young person got hired. And showed up for work female, and was not harassed by her co-workers. Only lasted a month because convenience stores have a high turnover rate, but she was treated fairly while she worked there.

And isn't that what we all hope for? To be accepted for who we are, and not what hides in out underclothes?

[hugh_mannity]

*throws rose petals at your feet*

Thank you very much!