#transgender community
REMINDER #1:
YOU DO NOT NEED TO MEDICALLY TRANSITION TO BE A “REAL” TRANS/NON-BINARY PERSON! HECK, NOT EVERYONE CAN TRANSITION MEDICALLY FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SUCH HAS FINANCIAL ISSUES, OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES, OR CAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT THEY LIVE IN ISN’T SUPPORTIVE, BUT NO MATTER THE REASON, ITS NO ONE’s BUSINESS BUT THEIR OWN.
THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO BE A REAL TRANS PERSON…IS BY BEING A TRANS PERSON. It’s that simple.
AND REMINDER #2:
TRANS WOMEN DON’T OWE YOU FEMININITY! THEY ARE WOMEN NO MATTER WHAT THEY WEAR OR DO! THEY CAN BE MASCULINE!
TRANS MEN DON’T OWE YOU MASCULINITY! THEY ARE MEN NO MATTER WHAT THEY WEAR OR DO! THEY CAN BE FEMININE!
NON-BINARY PEOPLE DON’T OWE YOU ANDROGYNY! THEY ARE NON-BINARY NO MATTER WHAT THEY WEAR OR DO!
If a cisgender person can express (by clothes, etc) a gender opposite from their own, than trans people should be allowed to do the same WITHOUT being judged. Also, there is no “one way” to being and looking trans+non-binary, remember that.
(Sorry if any of this was phrased weird or wrong)
The majority of the people in the trans community (irrespective of assigned sex) are potential targets for the dual framing device of “you’re either an incompetent hysterical woman or a dangerous oppressive man, depending on what’s most politically convenient for me.”
Bobby completed her matric and later on even got a teaching degree. She has been working with an NGO for quite sometime now and is one of the many people striving to find a decent job. She doesn’t want to sing or dance, she actually despises doing that. But that’s a source of income for her so she has little choice left.
She works day and night to fend for herself. Goes all the way to chaanga maanga, gets clothes which she sells by going door to door. She finds one way or another to earn. This is just amongst the many things she has done in the past years.
Bobby expressed her grief about people not seeing them as anything more. Going to the mosque, some would say “masjid ko tou baksh dou” not for once thinking that they might actually be there to pray just like any of us. We have left them no choice but to sing and dance to earn. Why does this have to be their identity when they can be so much more?
She has worked under a doctors supervision and learnt how to pass a catheter, how to put an I.V and provides this service around the neighbourhood in case of an emergency for which she gets paid.
Her brother having shunned her, she had little choice left but to leave the house and make a little one of her own. One room and one bath.
After we were done talking, she gave me her number and insisted that I contact her if I find any job that she can do. I Cant help but think how different her life would be had she been given the same opportunities as any of us.
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People of Pride #4: Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson was an African-American transgender woman, passionate LGBTQ rights activist, drag queen, and loud voice for low-income gender non-conforming & trans people of color. She was celebrating her 25th birthday at the Stonewall Inn during the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969. When the police began arresting and harassing gay patrons at the club that night, Marsha was among the first to resist the police. Check out the links below for more information about her story, her activism, and the Stonewall Riots:
- Collection of NYTimes Articles Regarding the Stonewall Riots
- More Information about the Stonewall Riots
- Marsha P. Johnson Biography
- “Marsha P. Johnson A transgender pioneer and activist who was a fixture of Greenwich Village street life.”
Every day in June, I will be posting an illustration that highlights an LGBT+ activist who I believe everyone should know. This series will be in no way comprehensive, & will include a multitude of identities, races, sexualities, and genders.
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