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Given her other articles on the subject, I think she’s well aware transness is about gender, not sexuality, and simply wanted to make a polemic to pander to the worst transphobic prejudices around.
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Would they still be treating it like 2 naughty schoolboys having step over the line with a prank? or would they begrudgingly recognise it as what it was given the circumstances (transness and all), an incitement of violent attack against Ms Fell? belledame222 Says:
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If a trans woman wants to already assume their female identity online, even when their name change hasn't gone through (so their 'real name' is male) and they haven't had any treatment/surgery for their voice (so they sound male), showing their real name will 'out' their transness for everyone to see or at the very least people might start treating them as the gender they aren't, based on their voice/name.
My opinion on the whole Blizzard Real ID issue nathreee 2010
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To put it another way, she was telling me to subsume a major part of my identity – my ‘transness’ – and settle for being simply ‘a woman’.
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In other words, as a trans woman, I seem to be expected to subsume a major part of my identity – my ‘transness’ – and settle for being ‘just a woman’.
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To put it another way, she was telling me to subsume a major part of my identity – my ‘transness’ – and settle for being simply ‘a woman’.
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I mean, a feminist discussion of transness, what a bloody relief someone wants to talk about that .. ha.
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There are infinite reasons someone might be more or less “like” other people assigned the same gender; none of them are either incompatible with or indicative of transness.
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I sometimes think otherwise because my transness may have brought me into contact with some wonderful friends.
PageOneQ.com Latest 2010
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I also think it's good that they've chosen to depict a trans man; too many people still associate transness with trans women, and it's good to see my trans brothers getting a bit more visibility (* fist-bump of trans solidarity to my trans brothers*)
Shakesville 2010
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