Feminists

people are suspicious of Sera because of past comments, and the grilling was a bit much IMO... I don't want anyone to feel scared away from this forum because they feel piled on (and I feel like I've been guilty of this in the past, too, about issues that strike a deep chord with me)... so I really can see both sides to this, and just hope that we can all manage to work past our differences or at least come to understand each other... because I see this cause, the feminist cause, as being so important. Not that any other cause is less important, but this one is one of my highest priorities... probably because of how I've been treated in my life. I have felt discriminated against for being biracial, and for being poor... but the one kind of nastiness that is the most prevalent to me personally, the one that has hurt me the most often, is the disrespect and nastiness I've faced solely for being a woman. So that's why this cause means the most to me. I understand that others have a different experience, and different reasons for being more or less committed to other causes and that's fine... but here I want us all to unite for women. And since I see MtoF trans people as women, I can't see any reason to shut them out.

And I do think that anyone who feels offended should be able to say that and have that accepted. Even, yes, men... if they feel offended by some of the sweeping statements that are made in here, that's fair for them to call out because we do have male allies (or feminists if they're comfortable using that term), and I don't want them to feel unwelcome, either.

And I know I talk too much and I'm sorry about that but I just want to be understood... and to understand others.