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October 3, 2010 11:51 pm
The T Word: Taking on the Transphobic Slur

fuckyeahftms:

kylesays:

transpride:

“So I hear the T word from supposed allies. And of course, one can always hear it from haters. But I also hear it from other trans people, particularly other trans men. And that pisses me off.

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Kyle: This is a wonderful article about the infamous t-word written by a trans person I really respect. While it educated me in an area I in which I want to be impeccably well-versed, it also made me feel like I needed to do some educating. See, similar to Tobey Hill-Meyer’s What Transmisogyny Looks Like (a whole other entry or more), this article fails to look at the diversity of word usage in our community. The t-word is not like the n-word. There is not the same hatred and history wrapped up inside it. It also has not been universally used in the same way among trans folks. Some communities use it as their only self-identified label. Some use it as a glamorous, secondary label (I believe these are the trans men referred to). Still others recognize it as the painful insult it most often is. But the thing that I feel I need to drive home is that personal experience never equals the end all be all, especially when it comes to drawing thick lines across experiences transecting social justice.

i could read this forever

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