Very interesting article. As someone who is Christian, Straight, and trans I find that I identify first as a Christian then as a man, husband, father and only somewhere toward the bottom as trans. My affiliation with GLBT community is almost non-existent, but its really good an reassuring that progress is being made!
The "ten- myths" used in this article are actually taken from the SPLC's (Southern Poverty Law Center) latest issue that focuses solely on GLBT discrimination and anti-gay hate groups. That article was also very interesting and can be found here
I noticed this, too. Loved the article, but it really had nothing to do with us. I had the same problem with PFLAG's "Straight Spouses" (allegedly of gay or trans partners) pamphlet, which was no help at all when my straight husband and I were trying to deal with me, after 10 years of marriage, telling him I wasn't really a woman. :/
It was not trans-specific but referred to those of us under the GLBT umbrella. Unfortunately, many people who do not know anything about being trans think we're just a different flavor of gay.
And there are many of us who are gay and/or bi. I personally do not ID as trans at all, though it is part of my medical history.
Ah, sorry, I think my language was unclear. By "us" I should have specified "us as trans people", that just sounded . . . awkward to me, somehow. I ID as a bisexual man, myself, so the article most definitely referred to me - just not as a trans person. Trans isn't part of my identity except as I'm early transition still it's an inescapable fact of how I'm perceieved atm. And it's not as if the hatemongers are going to stop to ask how I describe myself. And yes, I realise they were using the LGBT umbrella, but then so does everything else and it's not like the T is often really represented. Everything in the article, to me,spoke very clearly of sexuality rather than identity. I didn't personally feel that how the conclusions would map over to identity/transition would be readily apparent to someone not already familiar with the issues. Just my opinion, of course, but I find it a frustrating and all-too-frequent theme. Possibly exacerbated by the fact that, as both B & T, l'm usually lumped into the umbrella by its opponents
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I was brought up Roman Catholic so I found this particular interesting. I am not a believer, so no longer practising, but I do still attend church and other religious events when at home and although I am not verbally out to many of those who attend I pass 99.99% and so, on request, have spoken to many of them about how I am now and why. The point I' trying to make here is that I have never had a negative reaction from any of them - not even from the parish priest himself - so I've never experienced religion based prejudice or seen it perpetrated on another.
I agree with most of what the article says but would like to see the evidence for statements like Fifteen to twenty five percent of all girls were sexually abused - I think this is a skewed statistic if taken about the population as a whole.
Plus the argument against the "myth" Homosexuals are less likely to enter into a committed relationship is shaky - gay men in particular are statistically far more promiscuous and far less likely to practice safe sex than any other group
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The "ten- myths" used in this article are actually taken from the SPLC's (Southern Poverty Law Center) latest issue that focuses solely on GLBT discrimination and anti-gay hate groups. That article was also very interesting and can be found here
http://splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/10-myths
sorry dont know how to do the link :(
Of course old news to us, but interesting to see how these debunked myths are currently being used daily as fodder.
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And there are many of us who are gay and/or bi. I personally do not ID as trans at all, though it is part of my medical history.
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I was brought up Roman Catholic so I found this particular interesting. I am not a believer, so no longer practising, but I do still attend church and other religious events when at home and although I am not verbally out to many of those who attend I pass 99.99% and so, on request, have spoken to many of them about how I am now and why.
The point I' trying to make here is that I have never had a negative reaction from any of them - not even from the parish priest himself - so I've never experienced religion based prejudice or seen it perpetrated on another.
I agree with most of what the article says but would like to see the evidence for statements like Fifteen to twenty five percent of all girls were sexually abused - I think this is a skewed statistic if taken about the population as a whole.
Plus the argument against the "myth" Homosexuals are less likely to enter into a committed relationship is shaky - gay men in particular are statistically far more promiscuous and far less likely to practice safe sex than any other group ( ... )
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I know that the number is as high as over 50% of women are victims of sexual abuse.
do you have any links to statistics for this? this % is far higher than i'd guess so i'd be interested in seeing the data.
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Again - evidence.
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