tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post910508211956293583..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Today's BattlesZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-7297081310119082412008-08-08T12:40:00.000+10:002008-08-08T12:40:00.000+10:00Please correct me if I missunderstand you sa-et......Please correct me if I missunderstand you sa-et... but your saying that standing-with/being-like Gays and Lesbians makes Transgender people less than women? So Gay men are lesser men and Lesbian women lesser women? That by association we become lesser?<BR/><BR/>"But, the trans advocates won't stop there gender screwed presentation..."<BR/><BR/>That might be because for some they don't fit into the skewed presentation of the standard sexist stereotypes maybe? Because lots of non-trans people dont fit into those standard gender stereotypes anyway?<BR/><BR/>"...and society won't change their opionion."<BR/><BR/>So what about all those periods in history when gender variance was not just acceptable but downright fashionable? Societies views on this issue have hanged in the past. It wasn't so long ago women weren't allowed to wear pants. At other times male effeminacy was quite popular. Heck at one point Castrati singers were being swooned over by women and fought over by men with some castrati becoming quite infamous for their romantic escapades.<BR/><BR/>If society has changed on this before then why do you insist it has stopped changing now?<BR/><BR/>After all as a Goth I find there is a fair amount of acceptance of gender variance in the society. I've been complemented by strangers on my long natural nails (painted black or red or purple and even with cute heart-eyed skull decals on them) and complimented also on my eyeliner while shopping wearing a fairly unisex-ish womans top and black cargo pants.<BR/><BR/>A lot has changed in acceptance in the last decade and a half.<BR/><BR/>And as far as I'm concerned us goths getting public acceptance is paving the way for a lot of different people. As people realise we look scary but are in the vast majority nice friendly people who like to read old poetry not sacrifice their babies we are paving the way for people to find almost any harmless public expression acceptable.<BR/><BR/>So if I can get acceptance from society being a gender blurring goth over a decade and a half in small rural city and if at times society has not only accepted gender variance but had it at the height of fashion then on what grounds do you claim that society will never change their opinion on the subject?Battybattybatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030389503526882755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-34551500536263807852008-08-08T10:07:00.000+10:002008-08-08T10:07:00.000+10:00"TG" advocates set themselves up all the time as d..."TG" advocates set themselves up all the time as different, part of the GLB, "transgender" instead of simply female..."less than" and a whole hosts of other caveats. The blogosphere and media is saturated with that mind set...all presented by trans advocates like yourself, Zoe. Why does it surprise you in the least that statements such as the one you quote by the Greely Tribune are made daily?<BR/><BR/>But, the trans advocates won't stop there gender screwed presentation...and society won't change their opionion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com