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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-08-23 03:15 pm

[ SECRET POST #3154 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3154 ⌋

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Re: Unpopular Opinions

(Anonymous) 2015-08-23 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I never said gender is arbitrary.

Re: Unpopular Opinions

(Anonymous) 2015-08-23 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess my confusion lies in the fact that it seems we agree that both gender and race, while not arbitrary, are social constructs.

So why would we not support both people who don't identify with the race or gender they were assigned?
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Re: Unpopular Opinions

[personal profile] diet_poison 2015-08-24 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
The point, I think, is that "because I feel like it" isn't a good reason. Trans people have provided very specific sets of reasons why being trans make sense. The whole other-race-identifying thing? People haven't really done that.

Re: Unpopular Opinions

(Anonymous) 2015-08-24 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, Rachel Dolezal did provide reasoning, but we've all collectively thrown it out and shunned her because we deemed that it didn't count. She has Black family that she relates to, she always felt disconnected from her white parentage and lineage, like it didn't fit her at all, and she identifies closely with the Black experience-- to the point of being one of the most active forces on the west coast for the advancement of civil rights, completely revitalizing the Spokane NAACP chapter.

It's very similar to trans language and experience, but we decided it didn't count. Why?