LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | Saying “I was born a woman” is a transphobic micro-aggression, whether it was meant to be that way or not. You don’t get to speak on behalf of the entire community.

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LGBTQIA+ 1d

Saying “I was born a woman” is a transphobic micro-aggression, whether it was meant to be that way or not. You don’t get to speak on behalf of the entire community.

Anonymous 1d

How? If its an i statement how does it speak on behalf of anyone else

Anonymous 1d

What… I was born a woman, I was always a woman, regardless of chromosomes or genitalia. You might not have been, your identity might be more complicated than mine, but this is mine. You don’t get to speak on behalf of the entire community, either.

Anonymous 1d

When if a trans man is giving a TedTalk and starts with “I was born a woman, but I started to transition into the man I am at the age of 19.” Should we boo?

Anonymous 1d

I kinda disagree. I understand what point you’re trying to make, but as a trans man i’ve never took offense to it.

Anonymous 16h

Usually when people make an “I” statement, they’re only talking about themselves ❤️ if they were born female and have comfortably identified/been socialized as one since birth, saying they were born a woman is simply a fact. Their version of what it means to be born/raised a girl does not have to match yours exactly. Someone else’s experience with gender and womanhood does not exclude you or take away from yours unless they actively weaponize it.

Anonymous 1d

LMFAO stfu

Anonymous 1d

You can’t be fr

Anonymous 1d

people can say whatever they want and I guarantee that someone is not saying they were “born a woman” to minimize trans women and how they feel. this is giving first character syndrome. not everything is about you buddy! not everything is an attack. grow uppppp!

Anonymous 14h

this just sounds like you want something to be mad at and its a non issue.

Anonymous 8h

WTF is transphobic now? Everything is transphobic to you people.

Anonymous 23h

No it isn’t. “Trans” = transition so definitionally they weren’t born a woman

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Anonymous

#1 1d

“I” statements can absolutely reproduce exclusionary ideas. If “I was born a woman” is being used to establish birth assignment as the qualification for authentic womanhood, then trans women are necessarily positioned as less legitimate. Nobody is saying you cannot describe your own life. We are asking you to interrogate why you need birth assignment to validate your womanhood in the first place.

Anonymous

#2 1d

This is exactly the problem. “I was born a woman” treats the speaker’s experience of womanhood as universal while quietly turning chromosomes and genitalia in2 the gatekeeping mechanism for who gets recognized as a woman. Ur identity is yours, but so is a trans woman’s. You do not get to center your own embodiment and then demand that everyone else accept your definition as the neutral one. That is not allyship it’s biological essentialism dressed up as personal experience

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Anonymous

OP 1d

…I AM A TRANS WOMAN

Anonymous 1d

This reply went from zero to nuts pretty quick

Anonymous

OP 1d

you need to touch some grass and get off the internet. this is you trying to find a way to be a victim. nothing is this deep dude.

Anonymous

OP 1d

I think you and the comments may be talking about different cases of “I was born a woman.” When a cis woman says it, I can see your point. When a trans woman says it, your point doesn’t make sense. I kinda see where you’re coming from better now

Anonymous 1d

womb envy refers to motherhood NOT womanhood. there are cis women that can’t have children so you’re saying they’ll never experience womanhood either despite being cis.

Anonymous

OP 1d

Oh i thought u were talking ab trans women

Anonymous

#12 1h

“You people.” Seriously? Just… wow.

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