THIS is exactly why we (should) use prefixes like Cis and Trans, because the language that we are given--Biological, real and psychological--is not able to properly articulate peoples gender. This is why I get so fed up when trans allies pick fun at the word CIS and even compare it to using the N-word. There is a very political-social function to the language that folks use and people need to comprehend that. On the TIME Magazine article on Laverne Cox: Then later, when talking about trans people taking hormones, they use biological females when talking about trans men and “biological males” when talking about trans women. Calling trans women males is not a good way to explain us to people who don’t understand, it’s a good way to misgender us and reinforce the idea that we’re not real women. autostraddle/laverne-cox-is-amazing-on-the-cover-of-time-times-story-inside-not-so-much-239425/
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 03:24:38 +0000
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