re: #354 allegro
Though I didn’t see previous discussions, one point I got from JAH, I think, is that a trans woman who has been treated as a male from birth with all of the privilege that accompanies that status, can never be female regardless of physical presentation because of the difference in socialization. There is a valid point of discussion there. At the same time, those of us who are not trans can never identify with that either, with the pain and confusion of feeling one way and being treated by society very differently. All we can do is support, or at least get the hell outa the way and stop judging what we don’t understand.
Agreed. Which is why when she said it was child abuse for parents to support their children if they expressed as trans, it set off a lot of backlash.
Just to provide the point that really touched a nerve for a lot of people.