Let my people go!
Target:
GLAAD giuliano@glaad.org
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Petition to remove the umbrella use of the term "transgender" to cover women of transsexual/intersexed history who find such use demeaning of their right to self identify and womanhood.
Petition to remove the umbrella use of the term "transgender" to cover women of transsexual/intersexed history who find such use demeaning of their right to self identify and womanhood.
The term transgender was coined by the rabidly anti-transsexual Charles Prince. It's use as an umbrella term was promoted over the decade of objections by women of transsexual history and those born with the medical condition of transsexual by means of censorship, threats, insults and other unsavory means. This term is highly offensive used to include those of us who had a medical condition, had it corrected and moved on with our lives. By including women (and men) who were born with the neurological intersexed condition known as transsexuality under this term and thus linking them with those with a psycho-sexual pathology, their gender identity is denied by dragging them back to a third gender category against their will. This is an act of verbal violence against their own right of self determination and their core identity, it is a tool of patriarchal thinking. Most individuals who are of transsexual history do NOT believe in the deconstruction of their gender, did not "trans" or cross gender but rather had a consistent gender identity their entire life. Thus the term applied to them is not only demeaning and insulting, it is semantically inaccurate as well.
We the undersigned demand you stop representing us as part of a group which we share absolutely nothing in common. Drop all references to transsexuality being included under the term transgender immediately, revise your media alerts to acknowledge this and in the future consult actual people of transsexual history when you are claiming to represent them. That we are forced to take this step with an organization dedicated to stopping defamation is inexcusable.
We signed the "Let my people go!" petition!
# 121:
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12:53 pm PDT, Jun 24,
Name not displayed, California
I am a transsexual woman. I am Not transgendered and I take exception to being lumped into the transgendered category. I support transgendered people:) I Love my transsexual brothers and sisters! |
# 120:
8:28 pm PDT, Jun 20,
Jayme Ann Ca, Arizona
# 119:
12:05 am PDT, Jun 20,
Kaye Josephine Francesca Barrie, New Zealand
# 118:
3:08 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Colombia
# 117:
10:47 am PDT, Jun 18,
Jennifer Daniels, California
As if we don't have enough challenges! Maybe one day we will see our legitimate medical needs addressed and queers will have equal rights for their lifestyle choices as well. But our needs are not the same. And if we continue to look as if we accept that we are just at the far end of thier "spectrum?" We will never receive the respect we deserve.
As if we don't have enough challenges! Maybe one day we will see our legitimate medical needs addressed and queers will have equal rights for their lifestyle choices as well. But our needs are not the same. And if we continue to look as if we accept that we are just at the far end of thier "spectrum?" We will never receive the respect we deserve.
# 116:
5:53 am PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 115:
7:09 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Valerie Laramee, Canada
# 114:
6:52 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Sophia Siedlberg, United Kingdom
I am sick of being "represented" by people who do not understand my expereinces in life, who do not understand my issues, who reduce my life to shallow stereotypes which don't even apply to me. I am not hostile to transgender people, I just feel like I have no say when people claiming to do good call me something I am not. Reducing people to a stereotype laden generalization and term is not helping diversity, but destroying it.
I am sick of being "represented" by people who do not understand my expereinces in life, who do not understand my issues, who reduce my life to shallow stereotypes which don't even apply to me. I am not hostile to transgender people, I just feel like I have no say when people claiming to do good call me something I am not. Reducing people to a stereotype laden generalization and term is not helping diversity, but destroying it.
# 113:
6:14 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Gabrielle Bouchard, Canada
I've been waiting for such a petition for a long time. Thank you
I've been waiting for such a petition for a long time. Thank you
# 112:
5:56 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Amy Allen, California
# 111:
5:18 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Joëlle Laramée, Canada
I have been saying this for years.
I have been saying this for years.
# 110:
6:30 pm PDT, Jun 15,
Tina Sokol, Texas
# 109:
1:22 pm PDT, Jun 15,
Sara Law, Washington D.C.
I've been reading blog after blog and I FINALLY get it! Sheesh, some girls are dense! Better late than never? I do not now nor have I ever seen myself as anything other than a woman. Surgery is complete. Problem solved. Do NOT lump me with the transgenderists. Not Ever!
I've been reading blog after blog and I FINALLY get it! Sheesh, some girls are dense! Better late than never? I do not now nor have I ever seen myself as anything other than a woman. Surgery is complete. Problem solved. Do NOT lump me with the transgenderists. Not Ever!
# 108:
1:59 am PDT, Jun 7,
Mikael Scott Bjerkeli, Norway
# 107:
6:59 pm PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
I wholehearted agree that Harry Benjamin Syndrome (the classic form of the word transsexual) should be completely removed from the TG umbrella. Because of the increased ambiguity, and abuse of the word "transsexual" done by the Transgendered Community, the true definition of the classic form of the word Transsexual has been so denigrated to the point that it no longer defines what was originally designated as it's meaning by Dr. Harry Benjamin. In respect to Dr. Benjamin's work, I dearly say that our petition should be honored.
I wholehearted agree that Harry Benjamin Syndrome (the classic form of the word transsexual) should be completely removed from the TG umbrella. Because of the increased ambiguity, and abuse of the word "transsexual" done by the Transgendered Community, the true definition of the classic form of the word Transsexual has been so denigrated to the point that it no longer defines what was originally designated as it's meaning by Dr. Harry Benjamin. In respect to Dr. Benjamin's work, I dearly say that our petition should be honored.
# 106:
3:55 pm PDT, May 16,
Charlotte Goiar, Spain
Harry Benjamin's Syndrome (HBS) is an intersex condition developed in the early stages of pregnancy affecting the process of sexual differentiation between male and female. This happens when the brain develops as a certain sex but the rest of the body takes on the physical characteristics of the opposite sex. The difference between this and most other intersex conditions is that there is no apparent evidence until much later after the baby is born or even as late as adolescence. Genetic etiology for this condition has been proved by very recent medical research. Over 60 years of medical research regarding Transsexualism (modern HBS) specify that there is NO evidence whatsoever that any psychological or environmental factors cause Transsexualism-HBS. All of the medical research done to date indicates conclusively that physiological (neurological, genetic) factors are the sole cause of Transsexualism-HBS. Transsexualism (HBS) is now regarded by the world's leading experts in the field as another of the many biological variations that occur in human sexual formation -an intersex condition- where the sex indicated by the phenotype and genotype is opposite the morphological sex of the brain. People with the condition of transsexualism (HBS) are therefore born with both male and female characteristics and, like many others with atypical sexual development, seek rehabilitation of their phenotype and endocrinology to accord with their dominant sexual identity; an identity which is determined by the structure of the brain. Transsexualism (HBS) is about being a particular sex, not doing it. It is also about recognising gender norms, not challenging them. Therefore, Harry Benjamin's Syndrome should not be confused with transgenderism or transsexuality.
Harry Benjamin's Syndrome (HBS) is an intersex condition developed in the early stages of pregnancy affecting the process of sexual differentiation between male and female. This happens when the brain develops as a certain sex but the rest of the body takes on the physical characteristics of the opposite sex. The difference between this and most other intersex conditions is that there is no apparent evidence until much later after the baby is born or even as late as adolescence. Genetic etiology for this condition has been proved by very recent medical research. Over 60 years of medical research regarding Transsexualism (modern HBS) specify that there is NO evidence whatsoever that any psychological or environmental factors cause Transsexualism-HBS. All of the medical research done to date indicates conclusively that physiological (neurological, genetic) factors are the sole cause of Transsexualism-HBS. Transsexualism (HBS) is now regarded by the world's leading experts in the field as another of the many biological variations that occur in human sexual formation -an intersex condition- where the sex indicated by the phenotype and genotype is opposite the morphological sex of the brain. People with the condition of transsexualism (HBS) are therefore born with both male and female characteristics and, like many others with atypical sexual development, seek rehabilitation of their phenotype and endocrinology to accord with their dominant sexual identity; an identity which is determined by the structure of the brain. Transsexualism (HBS) is about being a particular sex, not doing it. It is also about recognising gender norms, not challenging them. Therefore, Harry Benjamin's Syndrome should not be confused with transgenderism or transsexuality.
# 105:
8:14 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Michigan
Western society isn't ready for people born as one sex, who have and desire to keep the anatomy of that sex, to be considered the opposite sex. Since the majority of transgender-identified people fall under that description, society at large tends to think of "transgender people" as people who are really one sex but try to appear as the other. Everything the transgender movement does seems to reinforce that perception, even though they say their goal is otherwise. Transsexual people want to be legally and socially accepted as the sex they are reassigned into, and I believe we were making some progress in that area until the transgender "umbrella" swallowed us all up. Thanks in large part to the umbrella, a transsexual woman is more likely today to be thought of as a feminised man if her past becomes known, and a transsexual man is more likely to be thought of as a very butch woman on testosterone. I believe the transgender movement is no longer any kind of ally to people who have decisively rejected their original sex of assignment (whether transsexual or physically intersexed or both) and I wholeheartedly support taking us out once and for all from under the transgender umbrella.
Western society isn't ready for people born as one sex, who have and desire to keep the anatomy of that sex, to be considered the opposite sex. Since the majority of transgender-identified people fall under that description, society at large tends to think of "transgender people" as people who are really one sex but try to appear as the other. Everything the transgender movement does seems to reinforce that perception, even though they say their goal is otherwise. Transsexual people want to be legally and socially accepted as the sex they are reassigned into, and I believe we were making some progress in that area until the transgender "umbrella" swallowed us all up. Thanks in large part to the umbrella, a transsexual woman is more likely today to be thought of as a feminised man if her past becomes known, and a transsexual man is more likely to be thought of as a very butch woman on testosterone. I believe the transgender movement is no longer any kind of ally to people who have decisively rejected their original sex of assignment (whether transsexual or physically intersexed or both) and I wholeheartedly support taking us out once and for all from under the transgender umbrella.
# 104:
7:34 am PDT, May 2,
Rachel Gilmour, Florida
Time and time again, I hear that people equate "transgender" with a a gay person wanting a same sex relationship. That it's all about "sex".
Time and time again, I hear that people equate "transgender" with a a gay person wanting a same sex relationship. That it's all about "sex".
# 103:
7:14 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Phyllis Austin, Washington
Thanks to the "transgender" political advocates, transsexuals, (Harry Benjamin Syndrome) lose status, a condition with respect to circumstances. Transgender and transsexual ( Harry Benjamin Syndrome ) are not even close to being the same thing but the "transgender political movement" ignorantly would have you believe they are, and they adulterate common sense, logic, and understanding with their political ploy to cater legislation for their own folly. I have always said and it is a fact, "there is a great gulf between those who want and need that between their legs removed and those who only want to dress up as female but "they practice life as males". They are nothing more than males in all ways but their little hobby of putting on feminine attire to parade before one another in devious pompous manners in their secret annals with the sole intent to invade the sanctity of the female in an attempt to equate their selves as the opposite sex. An attempt and an almost successful one, not to gain equality, but bring into their possession the last respite reserved for women, to appease themselves some notion they are not of any difference, pulling down femininity to a level perceived only in their minds. I am happy to see people waking up, but to the detriment to the transsexual ( Harry Benjamin Syndrome ) unfortunately, but maybe not, with New York requiring a regimen of hormones, life experience of living full time as female and required to have a licensed therapist for the tenure. Yes, let them pay what I have to pay, not only monetary but that price of loss of manhood, that status in society and suffer that stigma by the fraternity of males and many women too. We transsexuals who are “out”, living our lives honestly and openly as women and have suffered the onslaught for many, many years the discriminations that those who live in secret do not. Yes, let them pay that price and the price of a gender therapist’s sessions from one to fours years or more, the cost of HRT (hormone replacement treatment) and required to live and work as female in real life experience for one to two years. Then they may be equal to what I am, a transsexual, not a transgender. If they talk the talk, let them walk the walk, which transsexuals with HBS do. These requirements will weed out all those self described “gender benders” and “fetish freaks” who wish to fall under the “transgender umbrella”, the "Transgender Merry-Go-Round. These above mentioned requirements are supported by mental health practitioners and the Harry Benjamin Standards. ( http://shb-info.org/hbs.html ) Let us support these requirements and separate ourselves from these foolish men, who also are invading us, the transsexual community, women who live as women, those of us who are compelled to express themselves in all manners and all activities as a female, from the female mind that abodes within, diagnosed as “Harry Benjamin Syndrome”. My concern is for the protection of transsexuals better known as "Harry Benjamin Syndrome" and our reputation in society. I do wish to distance myself from the all-inclusive terminology “transgender” for the reason, it does not support those women who transition their lives to live as who they are, women. I hope this letter will in some way will aid in our defense and help you find a benchmark of requirements with correct terminology in your struggles to maintain decency and protection from an onslaught of self described "gender benders" and "fetish freaks", who have their playgrounds, but is not of living as women in society Please hear our concerns, as they are not the same as the Transgender's Merry-Go-Round, where anyone can get on or off at will as they please, but live their lives men.
Thanks to the "transgender" political advocates, transsexuals, (Harry Benjamin Syndrome) lose status, a condition with respect to circumstances. Transgender and transsexual ( Harry Benjamin Syndrome ) are not even close to being the same thing but the "transgender political movement" ignorantly would have you believe they are, and they adulterate common sense, logic, and understanding with their political ploy to cater legislation for their own folly. I have always said and it is a fact, "there is a great gulf between those who want and need that between their legs removed and those who only want to dress up as female but "they practice life as males". They are nothing more than males in all ways but their little hobby of putting on feminine attire to parade before one another in devious pompous manners in their secret annals with the sole intent to invade the sanctity of the female in an attempt to equate their selves as the opposite sex. An attempt and an almost successful one, not to gain equality, but bring into their possession the last respite reserved for women, to appease themselves some notion they are not of any difference, pulling down femininity to a level perceived only in their minds. I am happy to see people waking up, but to the detriment to the transsexual ( Harry Benjamin Syndrome ) unfortunately, but maybe not, with New York requiring a regimen of hormones, life experience of living full time as female and required to have a licensed therapist for the tenure. Yes, let them pay what I have to pay, not only monetary but that price of loss of manhood, that status in society and suffer that stigma by the fraternity of males and many women too. We transsexuals who are “out”, living our lives honestly and openly as women and have suffered the onslaught for many, many years the discriminations that those who live in secret do not. Yes, let them pay that price and the price of a gender therapist’s sessions from one to fours years or more, the cost of HRT (hormone replacement treatment) and required to live and work as female in real life experience for one to two years. Then they may be equal to what I am, a transsexual, not a transgender. If they talk the talk, let them walk the walk, which transsexuals with HBS do. These requirements will weed out all those self described “gender benders” and “fetish freaks” who wish to fall under the “transgender umbrella”, the "Transgender Merry-Go-Round. These above mentioned requirements are supported by mental health practitioners and the Harry Benjamin Standards. ( http://shb-info.org/hbs.html ) Let us support these requirements and separate ourselves from these foolish men, who also are invading us, the transsexual community, women who live as women, those of us who are compelled to express themselves in all manners and all activities as a female, from the female mind that abodes within, diagnosed as “Harry Benjamin Syndrome”. My concern is for the protection of transsexuals better known as "Harry Benjamin Syndrome" and our reputation in society. I do wish to distance myself from the all-inclusive terminology “transgender” for the reason, it does not support those women who transition their lives to live as who they are, women. I hope this letter will in some way will aid in our defense and help you find a benchmark of requirements with correct terminology in your struggles to maintain decency and protection from an onslaught of self described "gender benders" and "fetish freaks", who have their playgrounds, but is not of living as women in society Please hear our concerns, as they are not the same as the Transgender's Merry-Go-Round, where anyone can get on or off at will as they please, but live their lives men.
# 102:
4:18 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Angie S, United Kingdom
I think that TS women are just women with a genital defect, who after fixing the defect are just women and not TG in any way; they are just what they have always been.
I think that TS women are just women with a genital defect, who after fixing the defect are just women and not TG in any way; they are just what they have always been.
# 101:
5:43 am PDT, Mar 20,
Name not displayed, California
I wish for the day when classic transsexuals will be free from any transgender BS.
I wish for the day when classic transsexuals will be free from any transgender BS.
# 100:
3:17 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Name not displayed, New York
# 99:
12:44 pm PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Germany
I am considered a "genetic" woman and feel that it is unfair for those who are intersexed or truly trans to be thrown under the transgender bus, er, I mean umbrella. It is wrong for those who really want to live as 100% woman to be lumped in with transvestites, drag queens and cross dressers. Because I like to wear a nice suit on occasion does that make me transgender? No, it does not and I refuse to join their transgender club. Unfortunately, some intersexed women are getting drug in against their will. This whole thing is ridiculous and it needs to stop!!
I am considered a "genetic" woman and feel that it is unfair for those who are intersexed or truly trans to be thrown under the transgender bus, er, I mean umbrella. It is wrong for those who really want to live as 100% woman to be lumped in with transvestites, drag queens and cross dressers. Because I like to wear a nice suit on occasion does that make me transgender? No, it does not and I refuse to join their transgender club. Unfortunately, some intersexed women are getting drug in against their will. This whole thing is ridiculous and it needs to stop!!
# 98:
11:34 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Germany
I've been a woman all my life, and I've lived as a woman since I was a teenager, and I would hope this world would be kind enough to allow those of us with HBS the respect to label ourselves separate from the transgender community, as individuals, as women, instead of having our lives stolen to support a cultural agenda that seeks to legitimize rights I previously held before the creation of the "Transgender" misogynistic bully.
I've been a woman all my life, and I've lived as a woman since I was a teenager, and I would hope this world would be kind enough to allow those of us with HBS the respect to label ourselves separate from the transgender community, as individuals, as women, instead of having our lives stolen to support a cultural agenda that seeks to legitimize rights I previously held before the creation of the "Transgender" misogynistic bully.
# 97:
6:33 pm PST, Feb 17,
Brielle Chittim, Canada
I am a woman with an unfortunate set of testosterone circumstances that I am correcting. I don't want to be grouped under the umberella of 'transgender'.
I am a woman with an unfortunate set of testosterone circumstances that I am correcting. I don't want to be grouped under the umberella of 'transgender'.
# 95:
5:33 pm PST, Feb 9,
Name not displayed, Washington D.C.
Saying I'm different from others is not to put them down or imply in any way that I'm "better" or they're "worse." They could well be better human beings than me. It's just acknowledging that we're different, that's all. I do not identify as transgender, my only identity is woman, but nevertheless there's nothing wrong with being transgender. It just isn't who I happen to be. I must protest against the ugly put-downs and bigotry displayed by some who endorse this difference. It's likely to be a sign of their internalized self-loathing, directed out at others instead of healing their own wounds. Since I identify as lesbian, I'm an activist for LGBT rights and a believer in LGBT solidarity. Yes, I'm for transgender rights too, even though I'm not "transgender," I'm just a woman. Many lesbians these days support transgender rights, and I'm with them. I am disgusted by the homophobia expressed in some of the comments here. Equal rights for all human beings!
Saying I'm different from others is not to put them down or imply in any way that I'm "better" or they're "worse." They could well be better human beings than me. It's just acknowledging that we're different, that's all. I do not identify as transgender, my only identity is woman, but nevertheless there's nothing wrong with being transgender. It just isn't who I happen to be. I must protest against the ugly put-downs and bigotry displayed by some who endorse this difference. It's likely to be a sign of their internalized self-loathing, directed out at others instead of healing their own wounds. Since I identify as lesbian, I'm an activist for LGBT rights and a believer in LGBT solidarity. Yes, I'm for transgender rights too, even though I'm not "transgender," I'm just a woman. Many lesbians these days support transgender rights, and I'm with them. I am disgusted by the homophobia expressed in some of the comments here. Equal rights for all human beings!
# 94:
4:03 pm PST, Feb 6,
Emma June Furbird, Connecticut
# 93:
11:00 am PST, Jan 24,
Name not displayed, Mexico
# 92:
1:33 am PST, Jan 24,
Denyse Murphy, Ireland
I have started my transistion and when complete I want to be known only as Denyse a 100% woman
I have started my transistion and when complete I want to be known only as Denyse a 100% woman
# 91:
11:30 pm PST, Jan 13,
Courtney Holder, North Carolina
I consider myself a mainstream woman with a birth defect (ie., TS), not a "transgender" nor a part of the LGBT. I never asked for TGs nor LGBTs to support me, help me, include me, speak for me, write laws for me, nor try to control me. Likewise, I do not support them nor owe them a thing. I would like to see LGBTs and TGs to get out of the way of TSs, realize TSs are a part of the mainstream community and not the LGBT nor TG community, and allow TSs to speak for themselves without TGs and LGBTs interfering. I simply want the rights to be able to correct my body, be treated the same as any other mainstream, female born woman, the right to never have to disclose my medical condition, and to be able to meet with like-minded people and speak my mind without interference, and without non-TS outsiders trying to silence me and other TSs in TS spaces. MtF TGs, shemales, crossdressers, and sexual fetishists are not my sisters and do not share my birth defect. We need to split the medical group from the lifestyle group once and for all. The medical group (TSs) need to be seen as a part of mainstream society without LGBT/TG interference and push for the right to be seen fully as their corrected sex. TGs should continue to remain a part of the LGBT and push for transgender rights, and doing so without mentioning, including, nor involving TSs. I really do not want their help or support. I want them to get out of our way and allow us to speak for ourselves and fight for our own rights. With them out of the way, we can align with mainstream society (even if it means uniting with them against TGs and LGBTs at times if necessary). We had our rights (as mainstream persons with a medical condition, not TGs nor LGBTs) until LGBTs and TGs started interfering. We could get surgeries, get our paperwork changed without challenge and live the SAME as other heterosexual, traditional, mainstream women. It was a de facto acceptance which was individual-based and merit based. Then the TGs and other LGBTs stole our terminology, hijacked our community, pretended to be us while committing lewd and immoral acts, and turned society against us. TGs have also stolen our ability to have free speech. TSs are not TGs and have different needs, even some needs that are opposite from what we need. When we speak up for ourselves and our needs, the TGs who have infiltrated our spaces accuse us of being hateful and divisive and do what they can to attack and silence us in *OUR* spaces. We should have the right to say pro-TS and anti-TG/LGBT things among ourselves in private without judgment nor criticism. What we TSs do in our spaces is NOT the business of TGs nor LGBTs. I sometimes deliberately say things I don't necessarily mean against those who are neither mainstream nor TSs in TS spaces in order to identify the outsiders and their sympathizers.
I consider myself a mainstream woman with a birth defect (ie., TS), not a "transgender" nor a part of the LGBT. I never asked for TGs nor LGBTs to support me, help me, include me, speak for me, write laws for me, nor try to control me. Likewise, I do not support them nor owe them a thing. I would like to see LGBTs and TGs to get out of the way of TSs, realize TSs are a part of the mainstream community and not the LGBT nor TG community, and allow TSs to speak for themselves without TGs and LGBTs interfering. I simply want the rights to be able to correct my body, be treated the same as any other mainstream, female born woman, the right to never have to disclose my medical condition, and to be able to meet with like-minded people and speak my mind without interference, and without non-TS outsiders trying to silence me and other TSs in TS spaces. MtF TGs, shemales, crossdressers, and sexual fetishists are not my sisters and do not share my birth defect. We need to split the medical group from the lifestyle group once and for all. The medical group (TSs) need to be seen as a part of mainstream society without LGBT/TG interference and push for the right to be seen fully as their corrected sex. TGs should continue to remain a part of the LGBT and push for transgender rights, and doing so without mentioning, including, nor involving TSs. I really do not want their help or support. I want them to get out of our way and allow us to speak for ourselves and fight for our own rights. With them out of the way, we can align with mainstream society (even if it means uniting with them against TGs and LGBTs at times if necessary). We had our rights (as mainstream persons with a medical condition, not TGs nor LGBTs) until LGBTs and TGs started interfering. We could get surgeries, get our paperwork changed without challenge and live the SAME as other heterosexual, traditional, mainstream women. It was a de facto acceptance which was individual-based and merit based. Then the TGs and other LGBTs stole our terminology, hijacked our community, pretended to be us while committing lewd and immoral acts, and turned society against us. TGs have also stolen our ability to have free speech. TSs are not TGs and have different needs, even some needs that are opposite from what we need. When we speak up for ourselves and our needs, the TGs who have infiltrated our spaces accuse us of being hateful and divisive and do what they can to attack and silence us in *OUR* spaces. We should have the right to say pro-TS and anti-TG/LGBT things among ourselves in private without judgment nor criticism. What we TSs do in our spaces is NOT the business of TGs nor LGBTs. I sometimes deliberately say things I don't necessarily mean against those who are neither mainstream nor TSs in TS spaces in order to identify the outsiders and their sympathizers.
# 90:
8:58 am PST, Jan 3,
Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 89:
11:56 am PST, Dec 31,
Tina Kent, Colorado
Transsexuals have very different needs and goals than other people in the "transgender" group such as cross dressers, transvestites, gender queer, and drag queens/kings. Lumping all of us together as "transgender" perpetuates societal stereotypes that our transition is a hobby or a fetish, and further stigmatizes people who only want to correct an imbalance between body and mind leaving them able to go about living their life as their corrected sex. Transgender people have every right to live their truth, but I am not transgender. I am transsexual.
Transsexuals have very different needs and goals than other people in the "transgender" group such as cross dressers, transvestites, gender queer, and drag queens/kings. Lumping all of us together as "transgender" perpetuates societal stereotypes that our transition is a hobby or a fetish, and further stigmatizes people who only want to correct an imbalance between body and mind leaving them able to go about living their life as their corrected sex. Transgender people have every right to live their truth, but I am not transgender. I am transsexual.
# 88:
11:24 pm PST, Dec 27,
Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
# 87:
9:03 am PST, Dec 25,
Martha Leahy, Massachusetts
# 86:
3:37 am PST, Dec 22,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 85:
2:25 am PST, Dec 19,
Silky Wylder, Wisconsin
# 84:
11:37 am PST, Dec 15,
Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
# 83:
4:27 pm PST, Dec 13,
Kieran joshua Beeston, United Kingdom
People should have the right to label themselves if they choose and not have other or society do it for them!. I think being gay or straight or bisexual isnt the problem, i think people cant be bothered to know the difference or ask the person, we just all assume. and being born with the condition of transsexuality doesnt mean you cant be a straight male or straight female when you transition. i am a straight man. and its all legal even on my birth certificate.
People should have the right to label themselves if they choose and not have other or society do it for them!. I think being gay or straight or bisexual isnt the problem, i think people cant be bothered to know the difference or ask the person, we just all assume. and being born with the condition of transsexuality doesnt mean you cant be a straight male or straight female when you transition. i am a straight man. and its all legal even on my birth certificate.
# 82:
6:49 pm PST, Dec 9,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
I am sick of the transphobia engendered by the GLB's claiming to speak for transsexuals, especially when it comes to churches. I am not gay, lesbian, or anything in-between. I have not even been kissed romantically in a number of years; yet, I still get accused of being gay. This identification is sickening, hugely hurtful, and extremely dangerous not only for me but for all other transsexuals, too. I consider myself to be a conservative Christian woman. I have read my Bible multiple times and studied it with respect to my issues long before making the final decision to transition. I love my God, and I know that He loves me. He has not abandoned me. GLB people: LEAVE US ALONE. We respect you enough to let you live your lives. Give us the same honor and respect. (signed) A transsexual woman in the heart of the Bible Belt
I am sick of the transphobia engendered by the GLB's claiming to speak for transsexuals, especially when it comes to churches. I am not gay, lesbian, or anything in-between. I have not even been kissed romantically in a number of years; yet, I still get accused of being gay. This identification is sickening, hugely hurtful, and extremely dangerous not only for me but for all other transsexuals, too. I consider myself to be a conservative Christian woman. I have read my Bible multiple times and studied it with respect to my issues long before making the final decision to transition. I love my God, and I know that He loves me. He has not abandoned me. GLB people: LEAVE US ALONE. We respect you enough to let you live your lives. Give us the same honor and respect. (signed) A transsexual woman in the heart of the Bible Belt
# 81:
1:33 am PST, Dec 3,
Name not displayed, Washington
I'm tired of being abused by these transgender men. They want to take away my life so that they can indulge their fantasies. I still don't understand what "rights" they are trying to get. Do they seriously think passing laws will allow them to escape the wrath of their wife and wear dresses to work?
I'm tired of being abused by these transgender men. They want to take away my life so that they can indulge their fantasies. I still don't understand what "rights" they are trying to get. Do they seriously think passing laws will allow them to escape the wrath of their wife and wear dresses to work?
# 80:
11:24 am PST, Nov 19,
BT BT, Georgia
WOW! Would love to meet other men and women who have the same condition of intersexed/transsexualism http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StealthWorld
WOW! Would love to meet other men and women who have the same condition of intersexed/transsexualism http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StealthWorld
# 79:
12:23 pm PST, Nov 14,
Kiera Bacon, Canada
I strongly believe that it is important to recognize equality between those who are transgender and those who are transsexual, but it is also important to recognize that the two terms describe different people. The transgender label does not accurately describe the experience of people born with a body of the wrong sex, just as the transsexual label does not accurately describe the experience of those whose body is congruent but whose minds are not.
I strongly believe that it is important to recognize equality between those who are transgender and those who are transsexual, but it is also important to recognize that the two terms describe different people. The transgender label does not accurately describe the experience of people born with a body of the wrong sex, just as the transsexual label does not accurately describe the experience of those whose body is congruent but whose minds are not.
# 77:
11:58 pm PDT, Oct 22,
Mellanie Michaels, Maine
# 76:
10:30 am PDT, Oct 20,
Cori Pautz, Pennsylvania
# 75:
12:17 am PDT, Oct 16,
Megan O'Donnell, Florida
# 74:
6:07 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Nerissa Belcher, Georgia
"Transsexual" is a recognized medical diagnosis. "Transgender" is a political movement. I prefer the two terms be used correctly and not be mixed up to benefit TGs while risking the gains TSs have made.
"Transsexual" is a recognized medical diagnosis. "Transgender" is a political movement. I prefer the two terms be used correctly and not be mixed up to benefit TGs while risking the gains TSs have made.
# 73:
3:54 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Stephanie Ogrady, New York
Joanne proctor please contact me
Joanne proctor please contact me
# 71:
12:56 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Name not displayed, Oregon
Transsexuals have as much in common with transgenders as Hell's Angels have with leather gays. It would be ridiculous to say that because they both wear leather and often ride motorcycles that Hell's Angels are a subset of leather gays; even if members of both groups are politically active and mutually supportive of repealing mandatory helmet laws or both attended Harely Davidson sponsored events. The only place I do not see analogy here is in how transsexuals react to forced identity with queer community versus how the Hell's Angel's would likely react if gay media groups insisted to the public that Hell's Angel's be identified as members of queer community. It is also ridculous to say a transsexual woman who has sex reassignment surgery so she can have sex with a man that she would otherwise not be mentally capable of is the same thing as a homosexual crossdresser who pitches as well as catches anal sex.
Transsexuals have as much in common with transgenders as Hell's Angels have with leather gays. It would be ridiculous to say that because they both wear leather and often ride motorcycles that Hell's Angels are a subset of leather gays; even if members of both groups are politically active and mutually supportive of repealing mandatory helmet laws or both attended Harely Davidson sponsored events. The only place I do not see analogy here is in how transsexuals react to forced identity with queer community versus how the Hell's Angel's would likely react if gay media groups insisted to the public that Hell's Angel's be identified as members of queer community. It is also ridculous to say a transsexual woman who has sex reassignment surgery so she can have sex with a man that she would otherwise not be mentally capable of is the same thing as a homosexual crossdresser who pitches as well as catches anal sex.
# 70:
11:07 am PDT, Aug 20,
Janice Ray Jeffreys, California
GLAAD needs to mind their own gay business and stay out of my surgically corrected crotch.
GLAAD needs to mind their own gay business and stay out of my surgically corrected crotch.
# 69:
10:43 pm PDT, Aug 18,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
I'm an intersex person born with Kallmann's syndrome and I am sick and tired of the transgender community transjacking the intersex community and trying to co-opt the intersex community.
I'm an intersex person born with Kallmann's syndrome and I am sick and tired of the transgender community transjacking the intersex community and trying to co-opt the intersex community.
# 68:
9:46 pm PDT, Aug 18,
Name not displayed, South Dakota
Transgender should not include the people suffering from Harry Benjamin Syndrome as the HBS sufferers are women born as males and the transgender are just men who want to look like women. Most transgenders I've had the displeasure of chatting with brag about their sexually loose lifestyles and the size of the genitals.
Transgender should not include the people suffering from Harry Benjamin Syndrome as the HBS sufferers are women born as males and the transgender are just men who want to look like women. Most transgenders I've had the displeasure of chatting with brag about their sexually loose lifestyles and the size of the genitals.
# 67:
10:06 am PDT, Aug 14,
Andi Alnwick, New York
# 66:
12:22 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Lotte Nar Lotte, Texas
Not for nothing does it say in Romans 1:26 "God gave them up unto vile affectations", and that isn't just the sodomites and onanists! It includes those who profane Deuteronoly 22:5 "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." I may have been born with the disgusting physical attributes of a male, it may have taken me many years to divest myself of those revolting appendages, but tht does not mean I can't remain a true and chaste woman.
Not for nothing does it say in Romans 1:26 "God gave them up unto vile affectations", and that isn't just the sodomites and onanists! It includes those who profane Deuteronoly 22:5 "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." I may have been born with the disgusting physical attributes of a male, it may have taken me many years to divest myself of those revolting appendages, but tht does not mean I can't remain a true and chaste woman.
# 64:
5:34 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Name not displayed, California
I had second thoughts about signing this petition. I corrected my birth defect and have no stake in this dispute. What changed my mind was my realization that if I didn’t step up and make an accounting for myself a great injustice would be done. I have friends who have also dealt with their birth defects and some identify as TS. I cannot turn my back on them with a clear conscience. Because I live in a city that has a large number of transgenders in it, my name shall remain concealed because I fear retaliation. It wouldn’t be the first time these cultists have dealt reprisal for something I have said or a position I have stood by. For a group who say all they want is to be accepted they sure have gang mentality. Self identified transsexuals should not have to be lumped in with or tagged with the same label.
I had second thoughts about signing this petition. I corrected my birth defect and have no stake in this dispute. What changed my mind was my realization that if I didn’t step up and make an accounting for myself a great injustice would be done. I have friends who have also dealt with their birth defects and some identify as TS. I cannot turn my back on them with a clear conscience. Because I live in a city that has a large number of transgenders in it, my name shall remain concealed because I fear retaliation. It wouldn’t be the first time these cultists have dealt reprisal for something I have said or a position I have stood by. For a group who say all they want is to be accepted they sure have gang mentality. Self identified transsexuals should not have to be lumped in with or tagged with the same label.
# 63:
3:13 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Natalia Platte, Saint Kitts And Nevis
I absolutely agree. I happen to have a Y chromosome, so I'm automatically lumped in with the big, hairy, muscle-bound males - crossdressers or otherwise. We need to make a stand against patriarchal labelling and steroetyping. I chose to have my gonads removed for very good reasons, and the sooner male-kind realise their faults lie with their hormone-ridden bodies the better. Oh, and like you guys, I hate trannies too!
I absolutely agree. I happen to have a Y chromosome, so I'm automatically lumped in with the big, hairy, muscle-bound males - crossdressers or otherwise. We need to make a stand against patriarchal labelling and steroetyping. I chose to have my gonads removed for very good reasons, and the sooner male-kind realise their faults lie with their hormone-ridden bodies the better. Oh, and like you guys, I hate trannies too!
# 62:
7:57 am PDT, Aug 10,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Quite agreed, as a non-binary identified person whose gender has never changed I hate being referred to as transgender. Referring to women, men or other people as if their gender has altered invalidates their right to self identify. As a matter of medical record I am post-op and therefore transsexed; as far as anybody else is concerned I am the gender I say I am and the sex that I appear to be whether clothed or naked.
Quite agreed, as a non-binary identified person whose gender has never changed I hate being referred to as transgender. Referring to women, men or other people as if their gender has altered invalidates their right to self identify. As a matter of medical record I am post-op and therefore transsexed; as far as anybody else is concerned I am the gender I say I am and the sex that I appear to be whether clothed or naked.
# 59:
3:58 am PDT, Aug 7,
Moira O'Brien, Ireland
# 58:
1:25 am PDT, Aug 7,
Name not displayed, Washington
As a transsexual woman living in a conservative suburban area, I have to fear men attacking me for what people of a totally different sexual nature do when they "trick" straight men into "gay" sex. By telling the world I have a peer sexuality kinship with a man who goes into the hamper, puts on his wife's undergarments and masterbates over the toilet bowl makes a mockey of who I am and severely damages any chance of making friends with natural social peers.
As a transsexual woman living in a conservative suburban area, I have to fear men attacking me for what people of a totally different sexual nature do when they "trick" straight men into "gay" sex. By telling the world I have a peer sexuality kinship with a man who goes into the hamper, puts on his wife's undergarments and masterbates over the toilet bowl makes a mockey of who I am and severely damages any chance of making friends with natural social peers.
# 53:
8:50 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Name not displayed, Germany
I'm the initiator of the Study group BSBDS. Q 57.0 BSBDS ( = Brain Sex / Body Discrepancy Syndrome) SHOULD BE the future expression for the second form of cerebral intersexuality. The first form is already known as homosexuality.
I'm the initiator of the Study group BSBDS. Q 57.0 BSBDS ( = Brain Sex / Body Discrepancy Syndrome) SHOULD BE the future expression for the second form of cerebral intersexuality. The first form is already known as homosexuality.
# 52:
3:50 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Tara Hewitt, United Kingdom
# 51:
3:17 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Viktoria Whittaker, New York
I myself am not a transsexual woman. I am signing in support of transsexual women. Although as a non-trans woman, I am fed up with the "womyn-born-womyn" only policy of certain womens' events, I am still not comfortable with crossdressers or other male-bodied gender fetishists entering womens' space. If you are a woman, you are welcome there. If you aren't, then you are not.
I myself am not a transsexual woman. I am signing in support of transsexual women. Although as a non-trans woman, I am fed up with the "womyn-born-womyn" only policy of certain womens' events, I am still not comfortable with crossdressers or other male-bodied gender fetishists entering womens' space. If you are a woman, you are welcome there. If you aren't, then you are not.
