What's the stupid, little adjective? Transgender. Why? Because it's a totally meaningless word invented by people to catagorize them and to discriminate against them.
It's used by the transcommunity to arbitrarily label them for political purposes.
It's used by the gay and lesbian community to demonize and hate them.
It's used by women's groups to reject them.
It's used by the media to label them and hype stories.
It's used by the religious right and conservatives to discriminate against them.
It's used by the medical community to control them.
It's used by the health insurance industry to deny them.
It's used by companies to deny jobs or fire them without other cause or reason.
It's used by law enforcement to dehumanize them.
It's used by people to humilitate, embarrass and harrass them.
It's used by men to rape, beat and kill them.
And it's even used by transgender people to make themselves feel better than other transpeople.
It's used by people to isolate them for their own purposes and make them feel less than human. It's why any in/post-transition person should reject the word and label for their own freedom from the oppression by everyone else.
They should forget it exists and live their life as they know who they are, not what someone else wants to call them. It's why it's the stupid, little adjective.
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