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[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

They know they never socialized with such people and such people were not beside them in the fight for gay rights. So where so they think they came from?

I've heard them say its that trans people didn't have the language to describe themselves back then, which is why marsha never said she was trans. Also, they can now say any GNC person is actually under the huge T umbrella, even if they were just lgb.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So they lacked the words and didn’t feel a life-dependent need for hormones and various cosmetic procedures? And giving them the words created a life or death need for hormones and plastic surgery? Maybe we should phase out those words. . . .

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's basically trans astroturfing; they're making up hero figures to worship, since none otherwise exist.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That Marsha thing is not true. The term transsexual was recognized, and was used as such by well-known transsexuals at the time like Miss Major. Marsha could’ve called himself as such, but he didn’t.

As for the heterosexual trans-identified people, yeah, the way everyone pretends their inclusion isn’t a recent invention is beyond me.

[–]our_team_is_winning 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've heard them say its that trans people didn't have the language to describe themselves back then

"I've always been trans. I just didn't know what it was called."

How about working from the other direction? Aromantic demigirl pansexual blah blah blah didn't exist until some made-up words were written to describe it.