so bradley manning got sentenced to a long time in jail, and then he/she announced that he/she was really a woman and should now be called chelsea.
but manning is not, biologically, a woman.
therefore treating him/her as one is everyone sort of pretending that a man is a woman.
i had a similar chat with a friend of mine a couple of days ago and i was accused (gently) of being transphobic. i don’t understand what it is about my point that makes it prejudiced, or unjust, or unfair. and i am genuinely curious to hear about how and why i’m wrong about this.
i’m not trying to provoke or troll you all here. i realise that i might sound like kevin myers having a rant.
but: if i consider bradley/chelsea manning to be a man and not a woman, am i being transphobic/homophobic/prejudiced/derogatory, or otherwise somehow not cool? talk to me, thumped. tell me things.
but manning is not, biologically, a woman.
therefore treating him/her as one is everyone sort of pretending that a man is a woman.
i had a similar chat with a friend of mine a couple of days ago and i was accused (gently) of being transphobic. i don’t understand what it is about my point that makes it prejudiced, or unjust, or unfair. and i am genuinely curious to hear about how and why i’m wrong about this.
i’m not trying to provoke or troll you all here. i realise that i might sound like kevin myers having a rant.
but: if i consider bradley/chelsea manning to be a man and not a woman, am i being transphobic/homophobic/prejudiced/derogatory, or otherwise somehow not cool? talk to me, thumped. tell me things.