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to extend a little more information on the thank you return i will. I know i can take credit for each one of those or even all of those together(and them some) at various times in my life...some of them just come naturally. Others, have to admit, i have to work on being a better man. Is this a top ten list? Definately a list to aspire to ... Thank you for the post Ladyface. And i dig that blogspot! Take care now, DMW Last edited by DMW; 09-18-2012 at 07:53 PM. |
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As a butch woman I do not feel thanked.
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Toughy, I am asking these questions in the spirit of understanding the perspective of others that may not have similar views and to learn. First, I respect you and many of your views, a great deal. My question is why must there be such a hard line distinction between Trans and Butch? Through all of the discussions we have had in this community, I think many of us do make an effort to be respectful of gender I.D. I do not think that to be Trans necessarily erases all female markers, biological, genetics and socialized attributes. I don't think to be a woman identified butch makes one less butch or not butch. What about people born cisgender men, that transition, really are women, MTF and now lesbian? (No I am not referring to any specific person in this community. It is a generalization.) What if they are not woman identified lesbians now but just Butch? Are they not butch? Are they not trans women? I get that your post is about you and how you feel. I am not challenging that at all. Your feelings are real. What I am trying to understand is how are many of us on the masculine spectrum and queer so very different? I do apologize if I have offended you or others. Honestly, that is not my goal. My goal is to find some clarity, resolution on what feels like some sort of line in the sand. As a Butch, do you feel any thanks? I ask this because she did include "butch" in her post. Albeit, not "Woman identified butch." P.S. It feels risky to post this and I decided to do it because I really am looking for a discussion that may reveal, offer something to myself and maybe others.
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Because this belongs here and not in the CIJS thread or any other. I want to say thank you and how much I am appreciating friends like Kent that sent me a private message. One that actually left me almost speechless. I was able to type Wow thank you. It was a simple message of Alix are you okay? That has been happening since I started coming here even when I was just posting in the butch thread where a guy would just say the right thing and leave me speechless. Well sometimes I think we need to appreciate each other and just really Kent and others since I joined this site just wow.
Thank you on my journey as it continues and even when everything else is loud and crazy. Those little messages and helps have kept me sane. And Tough thank you as well because without your post this thread would not have been on the front page. Sometimes I am just in the right spot at the right time. Seems many of you are too and it is not just the ladies that should appreciate a good guy.
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So yes I feel thanks from many of my femme sisters. That was never my point. The point is where this thread was placed and the incongruity between the title and the content of the post. Hope this helps....happy to clarify if needed.
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thank you for writing that particular sentence. i am consistently guilty of applying male ID'd pronouns to the butch folk in my life, though out of insensitivity or habit rather than any unwillingness to use female - or neutral - pronouns. i appreciate your candor as well as the constant and gentle - and even not so gentle - reminders of that misstep that i find in many threads. i keep reminding myself that my own invisibility usually makes me feel dismissed and heartworn. i really dont want to be the source of a similar kind of negation for others. something else that i'm guilty of is projecting the privilege of my own "outness" onto others. specifically, i have made mistakes with regard to friends who choose not to be overt about being transgendered. i really feel like an asshat when i do it. i dont want to tell anyone elses story or expose anyone elses life to scrutiny - or G*d help them, danger - but i have been known to be insensitive about the degree to which people in my life share themselves with others. for the transmen and women who have not told me to go f*ck myself i am truly appreciative. and for those who have, i have to admit that i understand. i think that i just wish it were the same non-issue for others that it is for me. i'd like to hear more about the things you and Greyson are talking about so i'm going to sit back and be quiet now. just wanted to throw my own appreciation and attempt at accountability into the mix because i have a great deal of admiration for the ways people embrace and express their self-respect and really hope i can learn to do the same for myself. |
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I understand that there are female IDed butches and I've dated several of them. My initial post was intended to be inclusive, not hurtful. I posted it in trans appreciation bc I was dating a transguy at the time and my 10 things list was written about him. I included butch and other IDs in that first post bc I realized as i was posting it that i didn't want anyone to feel like they couldn't post some appreciative words just bc their person is female IDed. I wasn't trying to disrespect anyone or negate the experiences of female IDed butches. I thought I was just being inclusive. I'm sorry if you were offended.
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It's not just female id'd butch folks. There are male id'd butch folks who are not trans. There are butch folks who do not identify with masculinity in any form, who view butch as a different kind of femininity. And I brought this up because I cannot and will not be silent when I see butch of the non-trans varieties conflated with trans and/or man. 1ladyface.... I did not bring it up to call you out on anything because it's not really about you as an individual. And the learning curve here is a monster......the post would have been entirely appropriate in the Trans Zone folder speaking your thanks (thread titled Trans Appreciation) to trans/men and leaving out the 'inclusive' aspects and no reason for any non-trans person to get our panties/boxers in a bunch ..........at least that is my nickels worth....
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A little offered help from a guy that can be hot headed and does get offended about pronoun use. First I agree it is hard here on a computer screen and always trying to be politically correct and just not knowing depending on the threads and the person but the biggest clue even for me is spelling. I mean if I see a post in any thread and I see "hy" in reference to themselves they do not ID as trans. Now if I see "he" or any form it screams at me that person is male in some form. I think it just takes picking up on the little clues we leave. I will go out of my way when typing and addressing this person to use their chosen pronoun including "she". Now do I make mistake sure who cant especially in the heat of the moment or trying to get "your" point across. I find though it becomes habit even for me when addressing the person in a post or other written form.
Do I get upset when I see "hy" when referred to me by others? Yes and No. No if that person does not know me. No if that person is getting to know me and it is a slip (that I do gently correct). Yes if this person knows me. Yes if this person has been told more then once. Yes if I am having a bad day. Will I loose my temper yup I will admit I will. However I will not dress down or try not to dress down anyone for an honest mistake. You should see the look on a persons first when the call me "mama' or "her" in public and I do the deepest voice I can and say I think you meant "Sir" in a very calm voice. The look is priceless. In our community though the anger is just easier to tap into sometimes. More along the fuck why don't you of all people "get it" feeling. Now the folders on this site do help but you know what I have to admit that I will see a name of a thread on the front page and not pay attention to what category it comes from and make an idiot out of myself. So it must really be hard for others depending on "their" intent behind the post. The biggest compliment and appreciation any femme, butch, queer, simply anyone can give me is ask me how I would like to be addressed and make it a habit to do so everywhere.
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And I brought this up because I cannot and will not be silent when I see butch of the non-trans varieties conflated with trans and/or man. [QUOTE] I disagree with you Toughy. Based on 1ladyface's response I don't see conflation. |
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And I brought this up because I cannot and will not be silent when I see butch of the non-trans varieties conflated with trans and/or man. Quote:
It seems people are good about respecting those who do not wish to be called she or a woman. We would like the same courtesy in return. I think it is nice to have a trans appreciation thread.
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I agree with you completely. My post is actually out of order and not is response to the current topic. Sometimes I truly do take to long to write my posts *laughs*. Mine was in response to posts I now know I should have quoted. Again my mistake. I was just offering clues that may help here and else where not this thread. To be clear when I see hy I do not assume male and I do not assume not male. What I do assume is I should use it with that person until I know them or I ask. In most threads it is just simpler not to use pronouns period accept foe me and I. But as always thank you for your response you always make me think.
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I have noticed a lot of coercive behavior from femmes of the type Toughy mentioned: refusing to address a butch with female pronouns is an example.
But I have also seen femmes take a disproportionate amount of abuse -- being yelled at, for example -- for making errors with pronouns or failing to acknowledge someone's gender correctly. I guess it is more offensive somehow coming from a femme. I don't know. I don't care. There is no excuse for yelling at anyone about this. None. If you are hurt, let the person know. Yelling and screaming is not OK. |
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