LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | you think we’re gatekeeping womanhood, but we’re not. i was born a woman, and biology is part of my identity. you don’t have to agree with me, but you do have to accept that my body and my experience are not yours to redefine.

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LGBTQIA+ 1d

you think we’re gatekeeping womanhood, but we’re not. i was born a woman, and biology is part of my identity. you don’t have to agree with me, but you do have to accept that my body and my experience are not yours to redefine.

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.

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Anonymous 1d

No one’s saying you can’t say that being a woman and growing up being treated as a woman has impacted your identity and experience. It’s because the phrase “born a woman” is just ignorant of the difference between sex and gender. It implies trans people BECOME a different gender, when they don’t, they are always their gender (unless they’re some kind of fluid)

Anonymous 1d

So true!! Biology is part of being a woman don’t let them gaslight you otherwise

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Anonymous

#1 1d

But I don’t get this argument tho. Trans women were also born women. You are correct they didn’t choose it so what is so wrong with saying I was born a woman when they were too?

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Anonymous

#2 23h

Oh mb I didn’t know you meant it that way, but that kind of still points out a problem with it. The majority of people who say they were born women are TERFs specifically trying to point out a difference between trans women and cis women, so that’s what people will usually assume you mean. May I ask in what context do you usually use that phrase? Is it not enough to say that you are a woman or grew up as a woman? (Not trying to attack you, genuinely curious)

Anonymous

#3 21h

LGB headass