"The biggest issue against the federal legislation is that politicians think the ladies' rooms will be invaded by guys in drag," Susan says, "instead of someone like me."
Yeah...and by avoiding the issue, by letting HRC use that dodge to avoid it, you're feeding the idea that such will occur if trans people are ever given rights. I don't get why people at HRC don't get that. Other than they don't want to get it because this all about assimilationism. About how gay people are "just like you", which is not ever going to work with the older generations in this country. And the younger people who see gay people that way also tend to see gender as a less strict construct.
I don't get along with most of the trans community anymore because I feel very disconnected from it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to throw them under the bus and tell them that they can't have rights because they look like "men in dresses". In part because that's not true for many. And for the ones that it is true for, why are they any less deserving of rights and protections? It's just sickening. And the reason that HRC takes this stance is that they're afraid that because many "mainstream" adults see trans people as "freaks", by advocating for trans rights people will see gays as being "freaks", too. And ultimately that's what they're afraid of; being told that they don't deserve rights because they're not "natural" and are a bunch of "freaks".
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Date: 2008-01-03 08:34 am (UTC)Yeah...and by avoiding the issue, by letting HRC use that dodge to avoid it, you're feeding the idea that such will occur if trans people are ever given rights. I don't get why people at HRC don't get that. Other than they don't want to get it because this all about assimilationism. About how gay people are "just like you", which is not ever going to work with the older generations in this country. And the younger people who see gay people that way also tend to see gender as a less strict construct.
I don't get along with most of the trans community anymore because I feel very disconnected from it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to throw them under the bus and tell them that they can't have rights because they look like "men in dresses". In part because that's not true for many. And for the ones that it is true for, why are they any less deserving of rights and protections? It's just sickening. And the reason that HRC takes this stance is that they're afraid that because many "mainstream" adults see trans people as "freaks", by advocating for trans rights people will see gays as being "freaks", too. And ultimately that's what they're afraid of; being told that they don't deserve rights because they're not "natural" and are a bunch of "freaks".