Penises, Privilege, and Feminist & LGBTQ+ Purity Politics
<p><em>Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence, this issue (and false accusations thereof) will be mentioned throughout this piece.</em></p>
<p>Back in February, I wrote a patron-requested essay entitled “<a href="https://juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-amab-trans-people-denied-the-closet-7fd5c740ce30?sk=cf69ee32967059ff0e1c6ac54effd8de" rel="noopener">Why are AMAB trans people denied the closet?</a>” In it, I shared some of my thoughts on why trans female/feminine people are often viewed as perpetually “male-socialized” and “male-privileged” within feminist and LGBTQ+ settings, and how this often leads to our exclusion. I made the case that this notion is steeped in gender-essentialist and non-intersectional thinking that both misgenders us and erases our very real experiences being subjected to misogyny and marginalization.</p>
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