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Leslie Feinberg: freedom to write novel--not to appropriate my identity, or claim me as "family"

leslie-feinberg:

[please reblog]

Catherine Ryan Hyde—one of three estranged biological relatives—has written a new young adult novel that is “transgender” themed.

Her young adult novel is not my issue.

Since the book is about a transman, I leave it up to those fierce individuals whose oppressions she writes…

(Reblogged from leslie-feinberg)
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I apologize for saying transgender is “a type of birth defect,” not because I didn’t mean it the right way, but because I should have known how easily it could be misinterpreted. It’s actually something I heard a transgender person say, and I may have quoted it badly. What I intended to say is that a person like Frank, who wants to transition into being male, feels his body is in error, not his inner self. It’s the fact that he was born female that’s the “defect,” not the person.

Um. What “right way” is there to say “transgender is a type of birth defect”?

You can read the rest of Hyde’s bullshit response to Leslie Feinberg here: http://www.catherineryanhyde.com/blog/2011/1/14/in-response-to-a-recent-issue.html