transphobes

To see the whole sorry state of affairs that is UK online feminism pains me almost as much as the endless attacks and sideswipes from the transphobes – but right now, I need to find a way to begin to heal myself.

Rant’O'Rama #01 2009

With attitudes as hard-faced and intractable as that, I can only wonder if there is any point in a trans woman even trying to engage – anything we say will simply aggravate the transphobes and make an already hostile space too uncomfortable to remain in.

Will the last trans person to leave feminist Blogdonia please turn off the lights? 2008

Surely it makes more sense to rechannel their energies into working with us towards achieving the important stuff – you know, things like equality and ending patriarchal oppressions – than to fire off another 2.000 word hate-filled blog post which will only be read by ten other like-minded transphobes?

You can be active with the activists… 2008

Or would the transphobes and trolls make those arrangements on my behalf?

What if? – What then? 2008

Would the transphobes and trolls offer any solutions for my (presumably enforced) detransitioning?

What if? – What then? 2008

How widely the views of these transphobes are disseminated is perhaps more to do with their chosen medium of expression than whether or not what they say is factually correct.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008 2008

But given that the transphobes are not interested in a word that trans people say, then it would be useful work for cis allies to do, to help the transphobes understand that we can co-exist.

Will the last trans person to leave feminist Blogdonia please turn off the lights? 2008

What would the transphobes like a trans woman like me to do?

What if? – What then? 2008

Lisa: I wonder why those who have the power to put a stop to the disruptive interruptions of the transphobes fail to do so.

Will the last trans person to leave feminist Blogdonia please turn off the lights? 2008

There are misogynist homophobe racist transphobes in high places who want to KILL US ALL.

Sometimes I strike my face with my palm… 2008