Comments on: If you wear jeans, you're not a woman: Transphobia at women's shelters

By: Oratorasaurus

Oratorasaurus — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:23:49 +0000

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I’m homeless | Planet Transgender — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 01:17:46 +0000

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By: Alexandra Erin

Alexandra Erin — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:46:18 +0000

In reply to Arashi.

It IS wholly a transphobic response. If it wasn’t, then the trans women would be being identified as lesbians or lazy slobs. The fact that we’re not put into the same categories as cis women who commit these “failings”–that we’re not even allowed in the category of women–should tell you that it’s not the same thing.

By: How Feminism Still Continues to Fail Trans Women | Ashe Allan

How Feminism Still Continues to Fail Trans Women | Ashe Allan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:33:53 +0000

[…] that is not experienced by trans men/masc people. Not only this, but trans women/femme people have the least amount of access to shelters, the least amount of access to victim services, and the least amount of access to social […]

By: Dawn Radford

Dawn Radford — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:00:40 +0000

In reply to Jemma. I wear jeans, sometimes have a little stubble, don't always wear makeup, and most days I don't even tuck. What I do have is a carry letter signed by both doctors supervising my transition, and not just anyone gets one of those.

By: ICYMI: #changetheconversation, food demand at food banks higher than ever, Utah is giving homeless people homes,and issues that affect transgender people | Poor as Folk

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:47:19 +0000

[…] If you wear jeans, you’re not a woman: Transphobia at women’s shelters-22% of trans women reported experiencing domestic violence due to being transgender. 19% of respondents had been homeless at some point in their lives, a number which rose to 48% among those who had suffered domestic violence. And once in a shelter, At least one in four trans women in shelters have been physically or sexually assaulted while residing at the shelter. […]

By: Toytalitarian | Spider Circus (and other stories)

Toytalitarian | Spider Circus (and other stories) — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:48:10 +0000

[…] had to keep their locations secret to avoid being targeted by bigots, and trans women have been turned away from shelters for wearing jeans. (On the flip side, if a trans woman does dress in a way that is deemed “feminine”, she’s […]

By: Barlow

Barlow — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:25:38 +0000

In reply to Patricia Joy. Um. Yes. Some men can get pregnant. And not everyone who gets pregnant is a man.

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By: Susan Quillesh-Nelson

Susan Quillesh-Nelson — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:35:56 +0000

I want to reply. But I don’t really know what to say. Fear is the major driving force of violance. So many of the comments that advocate the logic of treating women as women are forgeting that fear is irrational. The fact that a transwoman has conquared her fear to evn go to a shelter is a step that she should not be hurt for, but she probably will be. I have been hurt so many times by people who I thought would understand, but they did not. I pray I will never need a shelter, because the fear factor there will hurt me even more than my going to church. (I as a woman am not allowed to use the woman’s room, or allowed at women only fuctions, because I’m trans)