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• When new words can bring us closer to something we want to say then we are all too happy to learn them. And this is why I’m suspicious of the claim that trans-related words are too much, too hard and of no use.
• Trans people may choose not to consume transphobic media; we have no choice about living in a world shaped by this misinformation.
• We push for the inclusion of these words into our common lexicon because, without them, it is so much easier to pretend that we’re too impossible to exist. Being genderqueer can be a daily fight against being made invisible. My words are a challenge to the people who would strip my experiences from me. What can be described can be communicated and ...
• Trying to take away someone’s language is usually the first step in trying to change them.
• It seems to have far less to do with gender than it does with broader issues of empathy and humility, and a willingness to understand that we are each the experts on our own lives.