A commentary on “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” - Part III

A commentary on “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” - Part III
By Sherrie D. Larch

This is my commentary on “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” an article on The Dirt Blog by the blogger called Dirt or dirtywhiteboi67. Dirt writes about her Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERF) pseudo-scientific and pseudo-feminist theories on transgenderism and feminism. These views have nothing to do with true scientific facts on gender identity, transgenderism, or true feminism. Dirt’s blog The Dirt from Dirt, additional blogs, and YouTube channel spread transphobia against transgender men and women and hatred towards all cisgender men, she especially targets young transgender men outing them and humiliating them online.

 Dirt’s blog entry on Monday, August 19, 2013 “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” (http://www.donotlink.com/hz1) has many false statements that are either total lies or misreprentations. Dirt ignores scientific facts, medical and psychiatric terminology, and plain human decency.  It is full of transphobia, internalized homophobia, and hatred of all people that are male or masculine in nature. Let us analyze Dirt’s statements (direct quotes).

51. Dirt states: All the troubles that lead the trans person to transition do not magically go away post transition, in fact many more new troubles arise.

Fact: Not everyone is happy with any treatment or surgery. Life also gives you challenges that have nothing to do with a person transition.

52. Dirt states: Cis is an organic chemistry term trans persons use misogynistically to attack primarily feminist and separate themselves from non transitioners.

Fact: The term cisgender is not used in a misogynistic manner.

“Cisgender: is a term used to describe people who, for the most part, identify as the gender they were assigned at birth.  For example, if a doctor said “it’s a boy!” when you were born, and you identify as a man, then you could be described as cisgender. In other words, ‘cisgender’ is used to describe people who are not transgender” (Trans 101: Cisgender). http://www.basicrights.org/uncategorized/trans-101-cisgender/.

53. Dirt states: Because the trans identity is self created, i.e weak, trans persons cannot fathom critical analysis of any kind.

Fact: Transgenderism is not self-created; it is a nature born difference in the brain studies have shown.

54. Dirt states: No one labeling themselves trans is a feminist.

Fact: Another generalization. Yes, they do, just not a TERF.

55. Dirt states: The foundation for transition is misogyny, and misogyny is the foundation for homophobia.

Fact: Another catasterphizing viewpoint. Transgenderism and transition has nothing to do with misogyny, though homophobia and transphobia intertwined and have blurred lines, they are related. But still another generalization, which is a common theme with TERF propaganda, which uses misogyny for all things transgender.

56. Dirt states: Transphobia does not exist.

Fact: Yes, it does, just read the newspaper or watch your local or nationwide news. Or listen to Dirt and the TERFs.

57. Dirt states: Trans persons attacked or murdered are done so because of homophobia and the foundation of homophobia-misogyny.

Fact: Both transphobia and homophobia come from the same root cause and endanger people and are created by people like Dirt who spread hatred to the LGBTQI community.

58. Dirt states: Transition flourished because female fetishizers for decades have used the gay and lesbian political platform to advance their fetishes and inline with the leaders of the straight white homophobic medical community, hampered and out right destroyed gay and lesbian advancement and lives.

Fact: A statement that sounds paranoid and delusional and sounds like Dirt is again throwing her fellow gay men and women under the bus for a TERF agenda.

59. Dirt states: Transition never ends, high dosing of hormones must continue the life of the trans person.

Fact: Yes, hormone use can continues for a life time or can be discontinued any time after surgeries generally, many continue, but many stop due to little medical knowledge or documentation.

         

   This commentary on  “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” by Dirt is long but it shows the TERF forms of circular reasoning, the spread of fear propaganda, total hatred of transgenderism and gender identity, and internalized homophobia through their lesbian members. You will notice Dirt like other TERFs use propaganda that makes no scientific sense. They will use old studies that have been proven completely wrong and will try to state that they are still valid. TERFs also use cisgender women’s fear of rape, telling them all transgender women are out to get them and so are all cisgender men. “Fear everyone born with a penis” is their message to cisgender women. But they cannot come up with all these criminal records of all these sexual attacks by transgender women and they cannot prove that all cisgender men have raped. TERFs are also very willing to tie gays and lesbians in with pedophiles and even dangerous sexual predators, if they can use it against transgender women and to promote their transphobic agenda.

 So let us continue

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