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29th February 2012

Transgender (Mis)education →

As I was coming out as trans*, every corner of cyberspace I turned to said I had to feel like a “boy stuck in a girl’s body.” Every documentary and TV show featuring trans* people taught me that in order to be trans* enough, I had to harbor an intense hatred for my body being wrong. This is the normative transgender narrative, and I don’t fit it. Because of this, I have to reteach well-intentioned but miseducated cisgender folks that this narrative does not apply to me.

Source: iragray

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    this is why we, even as a supposedly all-embracing community, have to be aware of the privileges, biases, and stigmas we...
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    A great article!
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    YES, IRA!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!
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    This is how I convinced myself for several years that I wasn’t really trans, despite not wanting to look like a girl,...
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    One of the most important articles I’ve read while coming to terms with myself.
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  20. sqs-tec said: Love it! Thank you.
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  22. plainlaine said: thank you for posting this. i’ve come across the same thing since questioning my gender at all.
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    I am proud of my wonderfully bold, intelligent, free-spirited friend Ira Gray. He keeps on impressing me with his...