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Special designations evolved as they always do. Initially by those who sought to insult. There is a wide collection of vulgar terms for what we now refer to as
by TehCorwiz 6y ago
Special designations evolved as they always do. Initially by those who sought to insult. There is a wide collection of vulgar terms for what we now refer to as trans, lgbt, etc. if you do not choose a name, someone will choose one for you.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoBut imagine a world in which a boy who wants to wear a dress one day can just go ahead and do that, without it saying something critical about their identity. It shouldn't matter whether the child feels innately feminine, or isn't sure yet, or just wants to try on a damn dress because why the hell not? It seems to me that transgender labels preclude such a society, where you are whoever you're presenting yourself as at that moment.
- Kye 6y agoWe can prefer a world world without labels, but we have to live in this one. Ripping off the label someone else applied to make room for self-definition is a way to deal with reality.
- TehCorwiz 6y agoYou don't need to be LGBT to wear a dress. I (Male) wore calf-length skirts for a good chunk of my 20s and didn't need a label. There are ways of feeling out who you are and what you're about without labels, privately or within your peer group. But when you want to live publicly that way. When you want your boss, store clerk, principal to know you as that then someone, anyone, will find a word for you unless you have one for yourself. Especially if your public transition is a rarity in the community you live in.
- elil17 6y agoI don’t think the label “trans” precludes that society. Most trans people I know recognize that there’s a distinction between acting feminine and being a woman. It’s people with conservative views about gender who use trans people to justify traditional gender roles when relatively few trans people even want to fit into those roles.