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#+title: Is trans a slur
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Trans is merely the accurate descriptor. To my knowledge it's never been
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inherently negative, though the tone of a person using it may sometimes be. It
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has certainly been perverted into slurs, e.g. "tranny" It does seem some folks
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see the idea of transness so repulsive that they interpret it as a slur,
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something to fling at someone they see as less than, particularly when they fail
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to meet some perceived standard of appearance In that sense, it mirrors common
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derogatory use of "gay" Or, the good old misogynistic labeling of perceived
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insufficient masculinity as being "girly"
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Honestly, all three of those things likely had a significant impact on my own
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progress on a sense of self. That sense that being non hetero was a negative,
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that physical weakness or not liking trucks and fighting was negatively
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feminine, and that [[file:20200719003936-being_transgender.org][transness]] as depicted to me by way of popular media was
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either villainous and deceptive, a sexual perversion, or a joke. Those have
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always been the problems through. Not the word.
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