Yeah, there is surely cause for some befuddlement. I have great sympathy for the people who feel that they cannot remain with their partners because the woman they fell in love with is now a man, I stand in amazement at the people who stay with their partners in those cases and of course wish them well. I can understand the women who are concerned about losing lesbians to um, the state of malehood (for lack of a better phrase, my brain is working close to fumes at the moment), but I am angered and disappointed by the lack of support and compassion for people who are doing something that is an even bigger deal than coming out of the closet as lesbian. I hate the sort of hypocrisy that feels free to marginalize/dismiss/disapprove other groups the way that they don't want to be marginalized/dismissed/disapproved. And while there is something to be said for being down on the worst aspects of patriarichal bullshit, it's an entirely other thing to be hateful of all men and view them all as the enemy. Cause you know what? Nothing will ever get better with that sort of attitude. Also, I wish that many of the politically militant lesbians would consider that just like it took time for there to be a lesbian movement with a large & supportive social network, it's taken time for transgendered folks to achieve the same, and goodness knows it's still developing. Goodness knows how many women in the past would have lived as men if it felt like something that could be possible, supported, understood. People need to be respected for the journeys they feel need to be taken (as long as no harm comes to others...you know what I mean), nuff said.
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my 2 cents, for what's it is worth coming from a straight girl
Date: 2006-09-09 05:05 am (UTC)Yeah, there is surely cause for some befuddlement. I have great sympathy for the people who feel that they cannot remain with their partners because the woman they fell in love with is now a man, I stand in amazement at the people who stay with their partners in those cases and of course wish them well. I can understand the women who are concerned about losing lesbians to um, the state of malehood (for lack of a better phrase, my brain is working close to fumes at the moment), but I am angered and disappointed by the lack of support and compassion for people who are doing something that is an even bigger deal than coming out of the closet as lesbian. I hate the sort of hypocrisy that feels free to marginalize/dismiss/disapprove other groups the way that they don't want to be marginalized/dismissed/disapproved. And while there is something to be said for being down on the worst aspects of patriarichal bullshit, it's an entirely other thing to be hateful of all men and view them all as the enemy. Cause you know what? Nothing will ever get better with that sort of attitude. Also, I wish that many of the politically militant lesbians would consider that just like it took time for there to be a lesbian movement with a large & supportive social network, it's taken time for transgendered folks to achieve the same, and goodness knows it's still developing. Goodness knows how many women in the past would have lived as men if it felt like something that could be possible, supported, understood. People need to be respected for the journeys they feel need to be taken (as long as no harm comes to others...you know what I mean), nuff said.