Anna Kamari

Top 10 verbal comebacks to transphobic comments and insults! (Meeow!!!)

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1. Rednecks Variations on the above: : “Did you do a special course in being ignorant…or did you just pick it up around the trailerpark?” “Wow…it’s like some law of biology or something: people with small minds always have incredibly big mouths.” “Has anyone seen any news reports about a village missing their idiot…I think I just found him.” Introduction The best thing to do with transphobic comments is to ignore them and keep on walking: why waste your time on assholes? As Sun Tsu said… The battle not fought is the battle truly won! Okay, he didn’t say that…but you know what I mean. However, sometimes – at the school dining room or the office water cooler – you’re effectively cornered. If you say nothing then you come off as weak…and the comments are likely to continue. Today, therefore, I’d like to give you some comebacks to transphobic insults.…

Felix Conrad

What is trans-scepticism? A natural reaction to the dogma of trans-fundamentalism

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What is trans-scepticism? Trans-scepticism is the natural reaction of anybody with half a brain to the incoherence and dogma of contemporary transgender theory. It does not mean that you are transphobic. Personally, I am a trans-sceptic and I would take up arms to defend the trans community, but I’m also not prepared to take any crap from the twitter brigade or the trans thought-police. In my experience, trans-scepticism involves a fundamental acceptance of transgender people and transgender rights, but a series of doubts about certain ideas that dominate trans theory. For example… 1. A solid rejection of the idea that there are 453 genders (demi-gendered, aporagender, poly gender etc.) 2. Uncertainty about the efficacy of transition as a treatment for gender dysphoria (while accepting the right to transition.) 3. The suspicion that while hormones may be the perfect treatment for some, they may also turn transition into a self fulfilling…

Anna Kamari

3 Ways to defeat transphobic trolls from the alt-right

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STRATEGY 1. Don’t Feed The Trolls! You know when you go to the zoo and there’s a sign that says ‘don’t feed the animals’… well, all transgender blogs should come with a banner “Don’t feed the trolls.” To interact with a troll is to feed him. It encourages him, it excites him, it rewards him. The species Alt-Right Trollus Americanus may appear on your blog wanting to debate a specific issue, but what they really want to do is to interact and fuck with you. That is their sustenance, their air supply and their reason for being. Therefore, If you ignore them, you cut off their food, oxygen and motivation. There’s nothing more annoying to a troll than being ignored. It irks them and niggles away at them and fucks their head. So remember, whenever possible…DON’T FEED THE TROLLS. In response, they will increase their vitriol and their hate but you can…

Lauren

Transphobic comments – Princess Joules video

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This video really put transphobic trolling into perspective for me. We sometimes get annoyed here at the obsessive fetishists trying to spam us with their fetish theory, but Princess Joules has to deal with HATE. I mean… real hate. I really just can’t believe these people exist.  

Lauren

Why disproving and discrediting the transgender narrative is a Pyrrhic victory

Transphobia

Debunking the transgender myth As a philosopher and a linguist I find it fascinating some of the statements transgender people make; for example: “I was born male but I identify as female.” When I hear such words my mind immediatly forms that most basic of human responses ‘Why?’ Because I just don’t get it. Imagine a snooker table with talking balls. The pink ball starts to tell you that he identifies as a blue ball. You would tell him that this is patently ridiculous because by its very nature – a blue ball is blue, and this ball is pink. It is equally absurd for a man to claim to be a woman. Or to identify as a woman. The very word ‘identify’ is to note and observe a series of characteristics which allow us to label something as belonging to a category. For example… you see a flying animal…

Lauren

Am I transphobic if this freaks me out?

Transphobia

I would like to share a video that makes me very uncomfortable. Here we have a chat show where they are discussing if Jenner should have won the Arthur Ashe courage award. A right wing agitator deliberately refers to another transgender guest as ´sir´. She responds by threatening him… “You cut that out now or you’ll go home in an ambulance.” I really am interested to know your opinion about this incident. Is Zoe Tur valiantly defending trans-rights or proving that once a man always a man? What is the appropriate response?