stickygirl
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I found this article on my Tumblr about an issue facing all-women colleges in the US: trans men allowed to enrol and remain as men in a female only space.
One paragraph I found a little bothersome ( you'll understand my English power of understatement there ) was this:
"Others are wary of opening Wellesley’s doors too quickly — including one of Wellesley’s trans men, who asked not to be named because he knew how unpopular his stance would be. He said that Wellesley should accept only trans women who have begun sex-changing medical treatment or have legally changed their names or sex on their driver’s licenses or birth certificates. “I know that’s a lot to ask of an 18-year-old just applying to college,” he said, “but at the same time, Wellesley needs to maintain its integrity as a safe space for women. What if someone who is male-bodied comes here genuinely identified as female, and then decides after a year or two that they identify as male — and wants to stay at Wellesley? How’s that different from admitting a biological male who identifies as a man? Trans men are a different case; we were raised female, we know what it’s like to be treated as females and we have been discriminated against as females. We get what life has been like for women.”
Oh great - here we go again. I'm not surprised that a trans man should take the line that gender is defined by genitals, because that fits well with most cis-gender men ( not Litsters obviously ! ). Not only is it inaccurate, it's bigoted.
Hmmm... maybe this year I'll decide to ID as a man? It'll be a nice change. FFS
And fianlly, thanks very much Mr Trans Man: trans women are not safe to be around. Another fucking myth endorsed by a man. Not surprised he kept his ID secret
One paragraph I found a little bothersome ( you'll understand my English power of understatement there ) was this:
"Others are wary of opening Wellesley’s doors too quickly — including one of Wellesley’s trans men, who asked not to be named because he knew how unpopular his stance would be. He said that Wellesley should accept only trans women who have begun sex-changing medical treatment or have legally changed their names or sex on their driver’s licenses or birth certificates. “I know that’s a lot to ask of an 18-year-old just applying to college,” he said, “but at the same time, Wellesley needs to maintain its integrity as a safe space for women. What if someone who is male-bodied comes here genuinely identified as female, and then decides after a year or two that they identify as male — and wants to stay at Wellesley? How’s that different from admitting a biological male who identifies as a man? Trans men are a different case; we were raised female, we know what it’s like to be treated as females and we have been discriminated against as females. We get what life has been like for women.”
Oh great - here we go again. I'm not surprised that a trans man should take the line that gender is defined by genitals, because that fits well with most cis-gender men ( not Litsters obviously ! ). Not only is it inaccurate, it's bigoted.
Hmmm... maybe this year I'll decide to ID as a man? It'll be a nice change. FFS
And fianlly, thanks very much Mr Trans Man: trans women are not safe to be around. Another fucking myth endorsed by a man. Not surprised he kept his ID secret
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