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<blockquote data-quote="TanithT" data-source="post: 5946513" data-attributes="member: 87695"><p>I can't really tell you how to label yourself. I can only set my own boundaries about the labels I want applied to me, and explain why I feel that way. </p><p></p><p>There are social consequences to using labels that can be perceived as condescending or derogatory. In small ways, the consequences of your choices may affect other women. But most of all it's you who is being directly affected, so it has to be your decision. The absolute most I would ask is that you don't imply that those labels are appropriate for all women, whether they are cis or trans.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Being a transgendered person at all is tough. You have my deepest respect for having the courage to show your real self in the face of social censure and rejection.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you don't have a decent LGBT community in your area, move if you can. Seriously. It gets better when you do. </p><p></p><p>As I've been saying to the cisgendered men, my experience and perspective is fundamentally different enough from a transwoman's that it is not my place to tell you how you "should" feel. I'd be an absolute ass if I even tried. I'm not here to invalidate your experience or tell you how you have to self-identify. If it floats your boat to be a gamer chick, it's not any of my beeswax to say you can't personally be that. Even if I emphatically don't want that label applied to me, or to women in general.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TanithT, post: 5946513, member: 87695"] I can't really tell you how to label yourself. I can only set my own boundaries about the labels I want applied to me, and explain why I feel that way. There are social consequences to using labels that can be perceived as condescending or derogatory. In small ways, the consequences of your choices may affect other women. But most of all it's you who is being directly affected, so it has to be your decision. The absolute most I would ask is that you don't imply that those labels are appropriate for all women, whether they are cis or trans. Being a transgendered person at all is tough. You have my deepest respect for having the courage to show your real self in the face of social censure and rejection. If you don't have a decent LGBT community in your area, move if you can. Seriously. It gets better when you do. As I've been saying to the cisgendered men, my experience and perspective is fundamentally different enough from a transwoman's that it is not my place to tell you how you "should" feel. I'd be an absolute ass if I even tried. I'm not here to invalidate your experience or tell you how you have to self-identify. If it floats your boat to be a gamer chick, it's not any of my beeswax to say you can't personally be that. Even if I emphatically don't want that label applied to me, or to women in general. [/QUOTE]
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