3/ aggressively screws over anyone whose view of their identity is more complex, or whose trajectory was more complex. And the main group
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4/ of people who talk about gender identity being a complicated, fluid, multifaceted things are... trans people themselves. People adopt
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5/ an oversimplified view of "born this way" on trans issues without considering any of the potential political consequences. It bad.
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This, YES. The pervasiveness of "born this way/always knew" rhetoric was a HUGE impediment to coming out, for me.
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didn't recognize the possibility b/c I didn't fit the dominant narrative; later, shy of the implications of contradicting it.
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That's interesting -- thanks for sharing. Implications = how other people would react to your honest version of your story?
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And the q of whether I was undercutting a narrative that served significant political/triage purpose--channeling recognition...
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"Bad people will use your story against us!" Shitty position to be in
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Yeah. Also: not great Twitter convo b/c character limit (and travel), but would happily continue via E-mail.
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sure, that would be great. let me hit you up early this week. actually finishing up a story on something else
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