Comments on: Transgender Day of Remembrance http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RachelPhilPa http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2330 RachelPhilPa Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:56:23 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2330 You did not offend me, Cara...it was the tone of the article that the link referenced, not anything that you said / did not say. You did not offend me, Cara…it was the tone of the article that the link referenced, not anything that you said / did not say.

]]> By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2319 Cara Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:12:54 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2319 You're certainly entitled to your opinion, Rachel, and I imagine that in this area it means a hell of a lot more than mine. But I didn't feel like that's what the post did when I first read it, and after reading your comments I read it again and still didn't think that it was brushing aside the danger faced by white transgender people. But I do apologize for having offended you. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, Rachel, and I imagine that in this area it means a hell of a lot more than mine. But I didn’t feel like that’s what the post did when I first read it, and after reading your comments I read it again and still didn’t think that it was brushing aside the danger faced by white transgender people. But I do apologize for having offended you.

]]> By: RachelPhilPa http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2317 RachelPhilPa Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:02:58 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/#comment-2317 I did read the Quenchzine article that you referenced. I just want to say that being white and middle-class (as I am) does not completely insulate one from transphobia. During my school years, I suffered from daily harassment and frequent beatings because of my gender variance, and in recent years (since I transitioned) I have been chased down the street and harassed more than I care to think about. There seems to be an undercurrent that trans folk who have skin and economic privilege have nothing to worry about; as if being trans is not itself an axis of oppression. I fully acknowledge that young trans women of color are at *much* greater risk than I am, but I am at risk of violence and I don't like being brushed aside because I'm white. Yes, be angry at my privilege and racism, but don't pretend that everything is peachy keen for me trans-wise. I did read the Quenchzine article that you referenced. I just want to say that being white and middle-class (as I am) does not completely insulate one from transphobia. During my school years, I suffered from daily harassment and frequent beatings because of my gender variance, and in recent years (since I transitioned) I have been chased down the street and harassed more than I care to think about.

There seems to be an undercurrent that trans folk who have skin and economic privilege have nothing to worry about; as if being trans is not itself an axis of oppression. I fully acknowledge that young trans women of color are at *much* greater risk than I am, but I am at risk of violence and I don’t like being brushed aside because I’m white.

Yes, be angry at my privilege and racism, but don’t pretend that everything is peachy keen for me trans-wise.

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