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Is constituted differently based on the culture we live in. There's no universal experience of gender, of womanhood. To suggest that is

Essentialist & again not intersectional. Many of our feminist foremothers cautioned against such essentialism & not having an intersectional

Approach to feminism. Class, race, sexuality, ability, immigration status, education all influence the ways in which we experience privilege

So though I was assigned male at birth I would contend that I did not enjoy male privilege prior to my transition. Patriarchy and cissexism

Punished my femininity and gender nonconformity. The irony of my life is prior to transition I was called a girl and after I am often called

A man. Gender policing & the fact that gender binaries can only exist through strict policing complicates the concept gendered privilege &

That's OK cause it's complicated.  Intersectionality complicates both male and cis privilege. This is why it is paramount that we continue

To lift up diverse trans stories. For too many years there's been far too few trans stories in the media. For over 60 years since Christine

Jorgensen stepped off the plane from Europe and became the first internationally known trans woman the narrative about trans folks in the

Media was one of macho guy becomes a woman. That's certainly not my story or the stories of many trans folks I know.  That narrative often

Works to reinforce binaries rather than explode them.That explosion is the gender revolution I imagine,one of true gender self determination

.@Lavernecox What privileges are there with being misgended constantly and/or being denied ones true gender & self?