TRIGGER WARNING: TRUSCUM!
This cute comic depics a serious issue:
http://assignedmale.tumblr.com/image/107391530817
Unfortunately for Sandrx they very much exist. In my old group we called them Benjies (Harry Benjamin Standards of Care) as they actually think there is such a thing as a "true Transsexual."
There are no "levels" to being Trans. If someone says they are part of the Trans community, they are period. I don't care if they say they are as Trans Female and wear a tuxedo with a rose in their mouth. They are female, and they are Trans Women. I don't care if they wear a cocktail dress and say they are Trans Male. Or even if they say they are outside the Gender Binary. Or have no Gender at all. They deserve to be respected, just like anyone else.
If you are Trans, you are Trans. I don't care how you present yourself, Gender Roles are bullshit anyway. And this needs to be enforced, we need to call out Trans People who claim certain people don't "act like a X" or "dress like a X" because that is extremely Trans Misogynistic.
Let's not dance to the tune of our oppressors and act like them just to earn "brownie points" so they'll see us as closer to being cisgendered. That is not helpful for our community or for our growth as human beings.
No matter how you present, or dress, or act, you are who you say you are. And you are absolutely valid and awesome :D
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My own disappointment....
...is echoed in the loss of that precious girl Leelah in Ohio, whose wish is my own, that we would be known for who WE say we are. Thanks!
Love, Andrea Lena
Assigned Male
Tumblr unfortunately rewrites the /page/x links each time there's a new update, so each page is relative to the latest published one. Hopefully linking to the image itself should provide the appropriate comic (#52).
Two others worth following:
Wildflowers (caution: trigger warning - contains violence, attempted murder and attempted suicide)
Validation (Ally's having a far smoother path than Annie, and frequently talks about life, the universe and everything - currently the trials and tribulations of travelling via Amtrak).
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Thanks
I've been following Validation for some time, but I hadn't seen Wildflowers. I'm very glad for the link. Thank you!
Love, Andrea Lena
Thank you
I didn't know that, I don't frequent TUMBLR really, just love the comic <3
I know who I am, I am me, and I like me ^^
Transgender, Gamer, Little, Princess, Therian and proud :D
You can also link the actual
You can also link the actual post it comes from, which is http://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/107391530817/tw-truscum-arguments-truscum-are-trans
I really haven't gotten into wildflowers but Validation is a very good comic, Validation has been in my RSS for a while and Assigned Male was a couple weeks back.
I'd also suggest Rain but I seriously need to warn that Jocelyn doesn't avoid the tough topics, it's had me in tears several times. That said, the artwork has improved a good deal over the years and I consider it an excellent read.