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In reply to the discussion: What are your thoughts on "trans-exclusionary" radical feminism? [View all]ladyVet
(1,587 posts)30. Not on OP, but I stand with my trans brothers and sisters.
I thank the LGBT community for all they've done for equality and acceptance, as I do our brothers and sisters who are not Caucasians.
I know the fight was and is a hard one. Often dangerous, and full of people who would rather see them dead than acknowledge them as human beings.
You aren't the only one who wonders about some members of this forum, either. Some things I see posted by people who claim to be Democrats (not to mention Christians) still shock me, and I've been around the block a few times and have seen some crazy shit.
Oh, and I guess I should mention that I'm a strong feminist, going back more than 40 years, and I accept transgender women. Well, transgender people in general, really.
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Well they are losing that argument, and I don't have to do what they say either.
bemildred
Sep 2015
#13
your conflation of anti-pornography activism with opposition to transgender rights is sad ploy
zazen
Sep 2015
#20
I am sick of waking up each morning in a world where people 'on my side' make exploitative use of
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#26