Comments on: Gay Geekery: Warrior Women & Trans Male Possibilities http://thenewgay.net/2009/12/warrior-women-trans-male-possibilities.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Fri, 25 May 2012 18:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: antalya travesti http://thenewgay.net/2009/12/warrior-women-trans-male-possibilities.html#comment-22548 antalya travesti Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:09:31 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=18263#comment-22548 women are always fighters :) women are always fighters :)

]]> By: Levi http://thenewgay.net/2009/12/warrior-women-trans-male-possibilities.html#comment-19507 Levi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:24:37 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=18263#comment-19507 Let's not forget that near the end of Mulan the army-dudes dressed as female concubines in order to get into the Hun-infested palace...Even the crazy hyper-masculine short guy with the anger problems. I loved that part when I was little. Oh, and Demi Moore in G.I. Jane. I still remember when she tells the guy to "Suck my dick". I <3 Eowyn. Plus, you could also say that Legolas was pretty gender-nonconforming...And ridiculously pretty. Let’s not forget that near the end of Mulan the army-dudes dressed as female concubines in order to get into the Hun-infested palace…Even the crazy hyper-masculine short guy with the anger problems. I loved that part when I was little.

Oh, and Demi Moore in G.I. Jane. I still remember when she tells the guy to “Suck my dick”.

I <3 Eowyn. Plus, you could also say that Legolas was pretty gender-nonconforming…And ridiculously pretty.

]]> By: Alex http://thenewgay.net/2009/12/warrior-women-trans-male-possibilities.html#comment-19187 Alex Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:03:27 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=18263#comment-19187 I don't think there's anything inherently diminishing about different interpretations of gender transgressiveness, particularly in the case of fictional characters. However, when talking in regards to actual people, I think there exists a risk of erasing the more marginalised/less publicly acknowledged group. For example, I take no issue with butch lesbians claiming and identifying Brandon Teena, but if the conversation ends there, without also acknowledging his trans identity, then I think both Teena and the trans community are done disservice. Jack, have you read <i>Monstrous Regiment</i>, by Terry Pratchett? It deals with the whole "warrior woman" trope in a humorous way, and gets all-but-explicitly trans by the end. (I'll admit I was disappointed by the ending dropping the ball on that... but I just close my eyes and pretend ;) Thanks for the interesting discussion! I don’t think there’s anything inherently diminishing about different interpretations of gender transgressiveness, particularly in the case of fictional characters. However, when talking in regards to actual people, I think there exists a risk of erasing the more marginalised/less publicly acknowledged group. For example, I take no issue with butch lesbians claiming and identifying Brandon Teena, but if the conversation ends there, without also acknowledging his trans identity, then I think both Teena and the trans community are done disservice.

Jack, have you read Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett? It deals with the whole “warrior woman” trope in a humorous way, and gets all-but-explicitly trans by the end. (I’ll admit I was disappointed by the ending dropping the ball on that… but I just close my eyes and pretend ;)

Thanks for the interesting discussion!

]]> By: GrrrlRomeo http://thenewgay.net/2009/12/warrior-women-trans-male-possibilities.html#comment-19178 GrrrlRomeo Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:16:27 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=18263#comment-19178 There needs to be a clearer distinction between transgender and transsexual. Almost everyone uses these two words as a synonym. And transgender folks are probably the worst at conflating gender and sex. Why does being transgender have to mean you identify as a gender at all? There needs to be a clearer distinction between transgender and transsexual. Almost everyone uses these two words as a synonym. And transgender folks are probably the worst at conflating gender and sex. Why does being transgender have to mean you identify as a gender at all?

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