Tag: transmisogyny

Not In Our Name

thatdiabolicalfeminist:

“Following further vitriolic attacks on
trans people in our media, the world’s leading publications for lesbians
are coming together to send an unapologetic message of support and
solidarity to the trans community.

DIVA, Curve, Autostraddle, LOTL, Tagg, DapperQ and Lez Spread The Word
believe that trans women are women and that trans people belong in our
community. We do not think supporting trans women erases our lesbian
identities; rather we are enriched by trans friends and lovers, parents,
children, colleagues and siblings.

We strongly condemn writers and editors
who seek to foster division and hate within the LGBTQI community with
trans misogynistic content, and who believe “lesbian” is an identity for
them alone to define. We condemn male-owned media companies who profit
from the traffic generated by these controversies.

We also strongly condemn the current
narrative peddled by some feminists, painting trans people as bullies
and aggressors – one which reinforces transphobia and which must be
challenged so that feminism can move forward.“

Not In Our Name

Anti-LGBTQ Activist Admits Bathroom Predator Myth Was ‘Concocted’ As Cover for Transphobic Hate

closet-keys:

As it turns out, transphobic messaging like this — which links access to public bathrooms and locker rooms to the threat posed by sexual offenders — was “concocted,” according to a Massachusetts-based “pro-family activism” organization Mass Resistance. Its president, Brian Camenker, is believed to be the author of the group’s November 9th “Election Analysis” post, in which the organization (which is designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center) admitted its scary campaign to repeal a statewide Massachusetts nondiscrimination law was a lie.

“Our side concocted the ‘bathroom safety’ male predator argument as a way to avoid an uncomfortable battle over LGBT ideology, and still fire up people’s emotions. It worked in Houston a few years ago,” reads the post.

Anti-LGBTQ Activist Admits Bathroom Predator Myth Was ‘Concocted’ As Cover for Transphobic Hate

alyesque:

like as a trans woman I have felt massive demand to make myself sexually and romantically available to men and that demand has been institutionally enforced by therapists and outdated diagnostic models of transsexuality as well as broader cultural notions which demand heterosexuality as a prerequisite for womanhood. As wittig explains, to be a woman is to be heterosexual, which is why to be a lesbian is to be labeled by men as dyke or not-woman. That structure of compulsory heterosexuality for women is 100% imposed on trans women, in really acute and intense ways. The liberation of trans women cannot be separated from lesbian liberation.

enbyhulk:

so like.

i’m jazzed as hell about some of the diverse democratic candidates that got elected on tuesday, of course.

but i’m mostly sad about christine hallquist, first openly transgender candidate from a major party for governor in my beloved home state of vermont, whose campaign received so many death threats that she had to decide not to publicize any of her appearances, essentially meaning that she couldn’t campaign effectively since she had to base her campaign strategy around not being murdered, which is being cited as one reason she lost the election to phil “but do we really need to fund education?” scott.

and this wasn’t publicized. to the degree that i, a human who tries to stay abreast of at least local news, knew nothing about it until my father mentioned it over dinner today.

so like. it would be cool if we spread that information around too maybe.

lord-kitschener:

tranarchist:

This TERF page run by Janice Williams- one of the TERFs who sabotaged
London Pride this year- is now promoting fascist antisemitic conspiracy
theories.

TERFs really are openly showing their true colours now as they go all out in stoking up anti-trans prejudice ahead of the government consultation closing.

I see they got a cartoon by an artist trained at the Watto from SW School of Antisemitic Caricatures

radical-eirini:

tbh if you think that cis lesbians are super highly scrutinized for transmisogyny and there’s just this horrid epidemic of cis lesbians being unreasonably called terfs i think the correct way for you to address this issue is to log off. some popular cis lesbian blogger you like a lot getting called out for being awful to trans women on tumblr is literally not remotely a representation of what actually happens in real life and you’re edging hard on “conspiracy theorist” territory if you think cis lesbians are just being constantly and systematically attacked for suspected transmisogyny in real life by evil all-powerful trans activists or something… if you logged off you’d probably realize tumblr social dynamics do not extend to the real world and most transmisogyny from cis lesbians, even in its most blatant forms, goes by with nobody giving a shit because trans women are a small and powerless group of the population and few people even care about us.