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@transcendthesilence
“I can’t say “He” because your voice keeps reminding me that you’re a girl”
// A coworker at my new job after I corrected her for the 6th time of the day, it was 11 a.m.
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Dysphoria inducing much ? Someone’s gender is not defined by their voice, their physical appearance, their looks.
If you are not able to understand and to respect the identity of a person, don’t put the fault on them. You are the one that’s oppressing and hurting someone. You’re the one not making an effort.
“Hello, (name), 50 yo, realtor. I’m looking for an encounter with the 3rd sex.”
// (France) A client to my sexwork advert
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Just stop with the 3rd sex thing would you ?
As a reminder : there are a lot of different biological sexes that are not at all summed up by “male” and “female”, and saying otherwise would be negating intersex people.
And there are a lot of genders too.
We, as trans people, are not some mysterious “3rd category” to unveil.
“Take off your clothes !”
// By an old man in the streets. He absolutely wanted to know if I was a “real girl”
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What’s on our pants is not of your concern. Don’t ask. Don’t think. Someone tells you their gender, you respect what they say, end of the story.
“You can have a sexual operation and become a real woman or just having HRT, and you’ll be what we call a SHEMALE”
// My old shrink. He actually was serious
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Well, just : no. Anyone can transition the way they want, or not transition at all for that matter. And it does not make anyone more or less transgender to chose one transition over another one. (Or to not transition, you get it?)
There’s no “real woman” “real transgender” “real anything” talk that’s true. You are who you are, and nobody can tell you otherwise.
That being said, don’t put pornographic tags on people’s face, thank you very much. Transwoman are not sex objects, sex fantasies, or people you own. They are woman. Purely and simply.
“A cop could believe you’re a whore and arrest you (just because you’re a male in female clothes)”
// My family
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Never assume a transwoman is a prostitute, and by the way, be respectful of all prostitutes. Neither living a transwoman or a prostitute is wrong.
A precarious life often brings transwomen to chose prostitution but you can NOT blame them while they fight for their life. (and you can not blame any prostitute at all)
Neither can anyone shame the behavior of transwoman rather than the behavior of a transphobic cop. Stop acting against oppressed people and act against oppressors and oppressive systems instead.
TRANScend the Silence – Presentation
TRANScend The Silence (TCS) is a french initiative aiming to reveal transphobia in everyday life by sharing testimonies from those who send them to us, or from ourselves. There is a french equivalent that was created way before and exists on Tumblr and Facebook (Transpercer le Silence), and as of today, it helped transgenders to not stay alone, speak out, move on and fight.
We don’t want it to be only available to french speakers. This is kind of an extension of the first website, to get visibility and awareness world wide.
This is what this tumblr is about. You can share at anytime your testimonies, and this will be the visibility and awareness platform. By the time you make your own testimonies you might see our testimonies released, at least some of them, so that you can get the idea.
We won’t be limited to that. This will also be a place to share articles we find relevant, or to pass on trans crowd funding or associations proposals the same way.
Last but not least, here are some ways you can join us :
Tumblr, Facebook, http://transcendthesilence.org/, [email protected] to join us
Some informations that could help when you send your testimony :
your name - only if you want to (you can stay anonymous)
your e-mail if you want to be notified of when your testimony has been shared on social medias
Country, city…
When, where, what, has it been seen on the web, a bit of context
What the person said to you – or did to you
Do you agree on having your testimony used for other activist projects ?
That being said, take care of yourselves and see you around sometimes !