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Warpy

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1. She richly deserved it

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 07:50 PM

Mar 2012

I'm close to a major sex reassignment surgery center, and I see mostly trans women (the trans men seem to blend a bit more as short males than very tall trans women do as tall females) shopping for things to clothe their new bodies. In the hospital, pre op transsexuals got private rooms. Post op transsexuals were put into semi privates but with roommate approval. Most people didn't care one way or another, you had to be deathly sick to be on any of the units I worked on.

I don't begin to understand gender dysphoria, but I don't think that's really my job. My job is not to add to the already heavy psychological, financial, social, and surgical burdens they have by making tactless remarks.

Glitter is the herpes of the crafting world. Greer will be finding it all over her clothing and in her hair for days.

And yes, she did deserve it.

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Germaine Greer glitter-bombed for trans comments [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 OP

She richly deserved it Warpy Mar 2012 #1

Interesting conundrum socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #2

if someone genuinely identifies as a woman they are La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #4

it is the internal identity that counts, not the external. Old cow. she needs to rethink` roguevalley Mar 2012 #7

You are skating very, very close. yardwork Mar 2012 #8

Transgender folks have some brains differences compared to cisgender folks. ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #12

If you're seeking equality for your own class, why would you shit on another oppressed class? qb Mar 2012 #3

yup. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #5

I don't know, but the phenomenon seems very common. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #11

yep. Whisp Mar 2012 #17

good, she needed that mitchtv Mar 2012 #6

Similar thread in LGBT ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #9

yes, i deliberately cross posted La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #10

I corresponded in e-mail for a while with a trannie... Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #13

she should have taught you not to refer to transgender folks as trannies. nt La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #14

She referred to herself and to others as trannies, and never with any other name. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #15

i can call myself queer, it wouldn't be ok for you to do it. surely you get that. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #16

Do you make it a point to tell others that fact, or do you expect that they will be Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #19

i expect people to know what speech is and is not acceptable, when you are not part of the in-group La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #21

And they are supposed to "know" this through mental communication? Or do you tell them? nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #25

reading. exposure. wanting to care. same way most liberal whites know the difference La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #26

"She told me how her ex-wife (his ex-wife?)...." mtnester Mar 2012 #20

+1 La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #22

That was before she underwent all the hormones and surgeries. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #24

its not the hormones and the surgery that makes the gender. thats the biggest point about all this La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2012 #27

Please edit your post to eliminate the offensive term "trannie." yardwork Mar 2012 #23

Greer's comments in ismnotwasm Mar 2012 #18