Comments on: Sexist Beatdown: Transphobia And Vagina Headshots Edition http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/ Sex and Gender in D.C. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:24:38 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Amanda Hess http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14440 Amanda Hess Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:22:29 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14440 @lv: Instant Comment of the Week. @lv:

Instant Comment of the Week.

]]> By: lv http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14439 lv Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:18:27 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14439 exhibit D: alix August 3rd, 2009 3:46 pm Boys Don’t Cry was not a lesbian biopic. At all. It was about a trans man who was straight. Mike Riggs August 3rd, 2009 3:54 pm Thanks for the distinction, Alix! Yours truly can be a little obtuse when it comes to classifying biological females who dress as biological males in order to date other biological females. I’ll correct the post! exhibit D:

alix
August 3rd, 2009
3:46 pm Boys Don’t Cry was not a lesbian biopic. At all. It was about a trans man who was straight.

Mike Riggs
August 3rd, 2009
3:54 pm Thanks for the distinction, Alix! Yours truly can be a little obtuse when it comes to classifying biological females who dress as biological males in order to date other biological females. I’ll correct the post!

]]> By: kza http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14259 kza Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:29:57 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14259 Well you have to put her somewhere and it cant be with the females. They don't have to be such asses about it though...I bet this issue will pop up again. Well you have to put her somewhere and it cant be with the females. They don't have to be such asses about it though...I bet this issue will pop up again.

]]> By: Feminist Friday: Running, Walking, Flying, Working While Trans « Straßgefühl http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14245 Feminist Friday: Running, Walking, Flying, Working While Trans « Straßgefühl Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:45:55 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14245 [...] kind of Juwanna Mann nonsense is this? Considering that Semenya has lived her entire life as a woman, it’s absurd to think [...] [...] kind of Juwanna Mann nonsense is this? Considering that Semenya has lived her entire life as a woman, it’s absurd to think [...]

]]> By: Amanda Hess http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14241 Amanda Hess Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14241 kza, while I understand that sports are separated by genders and so some arbitrary line must be drawn, the whole sports media circus around the thing has been very off-putting. One of her competitors said, "These kind of people should not run with us. For me, she's not a woman. She's a man." And this is about an athlete who has always identified as and been raised as a woman. no matter what the tests come up with---and likely they'll come up with a gender make-up that's not completely "male" or "female," because strict gender categories are socially (not scientifically) created---she ain't a fraud. and presenting her that way, unfortunately, really fits with the transphobic narrative. kza, while I understand that sports are separated by genders and so some arbitrary line must be drawn, the whole sports media circus around the thing has been very off-putting. One of her competitors said, "These kind of people should not run with us. For me, she's not a woman. She's a man." And this is about an athlete who has always identified as and been raised as a woman. no matter what the tests come up with---and likely they'll come up with a gender make-up that's not completely "male" or "female," because strict gender categories are socially (not scientifically) created---she ain't a fraud. and presenting her that way, unfortunately, really fits with the transphobic narrative.

]]> By: kza http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/21/sexist-beatdown-transphobia-and-vagina-headshots-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14236 kza Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:22:38 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6021#comment-14236 I don't think this is transaphobia like exhibits B & C were. They really should have been more discreet about this but you can have someone born a male running with females. How is that fair to the female runners who were born female? I don't think this is transaphobia like exhibits B & C were. They really should have been more discreet about this but you can have someone born a male running with females. How is that fair to the female runners who were born female?

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