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Post #AwKbRAqVhti1E5wSdU by [email protected] |
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Why do you see older trans resources use the term trans*, and why does it matte… |
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Post #AwKbRAyfDaENdNkyLQ by [email protected] |
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When I first encountered trans topics in the late nineties/early noughties, the… |
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Post #AwKbRB5knDtzzN4dOa by [email protected] |
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But it was, and remained, a gatekept term. To be a transsexual you needed to li… |
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Post #AwKbRBCUOBI2KGE0tU by [email protected] |
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Rather predictably, this divided in practice along lines of race, class and sex… |
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Post #AwKbRBJDz8g4f9NOOO by [email protected] |
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But this distinction was always artificial. There was a joke acknowledging this… |
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Post #AwKbRBSnPYKl8pr2JM by [email protected] |
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So, there was a confusion of terms. I'd see the community as a whole referr… |
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Post #AwKbRBZszC0NUpAhMW by [email protected] |
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There are still some who cling onto older terms (including the horrible self-id… |
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Post #AwKbRBi2UsWju6zD4S by [email protected] |
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I occasionally see people trying to "reclaim" transsexual as a term, … |
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Post #AwKbRBom5pumF08aZM by [email protected] |
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It's not enough that we adopted an umbrella term. We've got to keep it … |
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Post #AwKbRBunjQjeXgxOxk by [email protected] |
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I never believed my journey would take me where it has today. I could now claim… |
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Post #AwKbRC0TOLGwpHbvns by [email protected] |
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@Tattie I used trans* for a little bit. I was so afraid of being an autogynephi… |
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Post #AwLndZQbWvgrY8Shua by [email protected] |
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@Tattie Amazing thread, Tattie. I haven’t watched Silence of the Lambs since … |
