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The idea that a Marxist would see this piece on “erasure” important enough to post astounds me. Governments all over the world are trying to make it more difficult for trans women to live their lives, get proper health care, and stay free from sexual violence, and transphobic murder. And here we have a person complaining that they don’t want to be surprised by a trans woman in a lesbian space, as if the mere presence of a trans woman means danger, or in a more petty vein, discomfort. I find this to be plain and simple reaction. The pure hatred of trans women that oozes out of this piece is, in 2019, simply extraordinary. And it is all based on two or three anecdotes! It is like an in-group gripe about the out group. It is certainly not an ode to anyone’s liberation. Thank goodness that the movement as a whole is wondrous and gleeful that all the decades of struggle have allowed a greater number of trans people to take their place in society and the movement and enrich our lives with their presence. >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:13:06 +1300 >> From: Philip Ferguson <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Marxism] In defence of lesbian rights >> Message-ID: >> <cabnfe0acp3s4_6nmsl-uyfwgpdjb_q9jhhyfgmlzk_vy3xc...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Good piece by Ann Menasche against the erasure of lesbians: >> https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/in-defence-of-lesbian-rights/ >> Sent from my iPhone _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
