I hope yo don't mind Blistory, but your post is so good that I can't pick out a quote to say I agree with, I need to quote the whole thing again and say ITA.
Blistory Wed 02-Jul-14 20:14:45
So, in the interests of expanding my knowledge of transactivism, I think I've plummeted into a deep dark blog hole. Who knew there could be so much misappropriation of language and rewriting of biology ? Biological sex is a social construct ? Really ?
There really is a whole group that wants to obliterate 'ciswomen' from the class women.
Anyway, it's been enlightening but disheartening to learn that the extreme transactivists have been much more successful with their use of social media. I wonder if their confidence stems from the fact that the law really is in their favour or whether their confidence and strident position resulted in the law being in their favour.
I also can't help but notice that the more extreme transactivists appear to be biological men who won't give up their male advantages but simply want to add any female advantages to their repertoire. They are the ones insisting that women can have male genitalia primarily because they want to continue to use their male genitialia.
It's noticeable when you compare their rantings with the blogs of more moderate tranpersons, particularly tranwomen, who recognise that retaining a penis is not only of huge emotional and distressing concern to the transwomen involved but who also recognise why it's also an issue for entry in to some women only spaces.
Thanks, Beach for the Dyke March info - it's reinforced my own views that the problem, as for women, is primarily entitled pricks who choose to self define as transwomen but then trample all over other transwomen who simply wish to come to terms with their own painful journey and live their lives as humans first and transwomen second.
As for the young entitled feminists/lesbians/gays/genderqueer/misogynists etc etc who rally around and support the extreme transactivists - bully for you. It's not cool, it doesn't make you a trendsetter, it doesn't make you a liberal or a lefty or open minded. Maybe a lifetime of discrimination would bring home to you that you don't hurt anyone at the expense of someone else because the bigger picture is simply that we're all humans just trying to get by as best we can. Self identify however you like but fuck off with the idea that youth knows best. It's vile, bile dripping hate speech that you are using - don't dress it up as reclaiming language or made up genderbending queer speak.
I know there are very few ( query any ? ) transactivists posting on here but I had to get it off my chest.
So back to transphobia - can we restrict it to a meaningful definition that involves courtesy and respect without diluting our ability to speak out against extreme transactivism otherwise the whole trans issue will become lost in this one extreme faction. We need to be careful that we don't give away our ability to speak out against them or allow ourselves to be bullied and intimidated by them.
I'm aware that the above is somewhat rambling but whilst I did encounter some moderate trans blogs and websites, the transactivist blogs and sites have left me wanting to bleach my eyes and brain. Fuck knows how threatened I would feel if I was a transman or transwoman being accused of betrayal and pandering to the cis class. Sometimes the enemy really does lie within.