Comments for TransEnough.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Learned to be a Girl by Tweets that mention Learned to be a Girl | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/07/12/learned-to-be-a-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Tweets that mention Learned to be a Girl | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:55:24 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=447#comment-41 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Katie Diamond, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: TransEnough | Leela Sinha discusses how we "learn" our gender. http://ping.fm/tp278 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Katie Diamond, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: TransEnough | Leela Sinha discusses how we "learn" our gender. http://ping.fm/tp278 [...]

]]> Comment on Girl, Boy, Other: Modern Philosophy and the Rise of Alternate Gender Expressions by Tweets that mention Girl, Boy, Other: Modern Philosophy and the Rise of Alternate Gender Expressions | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/06/21/girl-boy-other-modern-philosophy-and-the-rise-of-alternate-gender-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Tweets that mention Girl, Boy, Other: Modern Philosophy and the Rise of Alternate Gender Expressions | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:51:27 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=401#comment-36 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gender Free For All, Khephra Maley. Khephra Maley said: Girl, Boy, Other:Modern Philosophy & the Rise of Alternate Gender Expressions - http://j.mp/9y7oBI [ #philosophy #academe #lgbt #sociology ] [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gender Free For All, Khephra Maley. Khephra Maley said: Girl, Boy, Other:Modern Philosophy & the Rise of Alternate Gender Expressions – http://j.mp/9y7oBI [ #philosophy #academe #lgbt #sociology ] [...]

]]> Comment on Pronoun Conjugation Cards by <img src='http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> nunuv.yerbiznezz http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/02/28/pronoun-conjugation-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-35 nunuv.yerbiznezz Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:02:54 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=221#comment-35 English pronouns are tied to notions of gender, and have been for at least 1,500 years. For people who want to avoid matters of gender, it's a good thing that pronouns are the only places that it remains. There was a time when every noun had gender, as German and the Romance languages still do. Everything was classified as masculine, feminine or neuter (how do you feel about the Old English word for "girl" being gramatically neuter?). If you want to take gender out of pronouns, try switching to Finnish, Hungarian or other members of the Finno-Ugric group. The best solution for English i've seen was suggested by language maven Willard Espy. He suggested using a contraction that combines the words "he or she or it" and spelled it "h'or'sh'it". English pronouns are tied to notions of gender, and have been for at least 1,500 years. For people who want to avoid matters of gender, it’s a good thing that pronouns are the only places that it remains. There was a time when every noun had gender, as German and the Romance languages still do. Everything was classified as masculine, feminine or neuter (how do you feel about the Old English word for “girl” being gramatically neuter?).

If you want to take gender out of pronouns, try switching to Finnish, Hungarian or other members of the Finno-Ugric group.

The best solution for English i’ve seen was suggested by language maven Willard Espy. He suggested using a contraction that combines the words “he or she or it” and spelled it “h’or’sh’it”.

]]> Comment on Pride in Our Consumption by Tweets that mention Pride in Our Consumption | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/06/14/pride-in-our-consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Tweets that mention Pride in Our Consumption | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:40:26 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=407#comment-32 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: TransEnough | Chris Sowers on consumerism and pride - Pride in Our Consumption http://bit.ly/dmFMwj [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: TransEnough | Chris Sowers on consumerism and pride – Pride in Our Consumption http://bit.ly/dmFMwj [...]

]]> Comment on The Shoulders On Which We Stand by Tweets that mention The Shoulders On Which We Stand | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/06/08/the-shoulders-on-which-we-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Tweets that mention The Shoulders On Which We Stand | TransEnough.com -- Topsy.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:01:32 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=391#comment-31 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Leela Sinha. Leela Sinha said: My new article at TransEnough: http://bit.ly/9dcAJJ The Shoulders on Which We Stand about trans rights, truth, justice and the American Way. [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Leela Sinha. Leela Sinha said: My new article at TransEnough: http://bit.ly/9dcAJJ The Shoulders on Which We Stand about trans rights, truth, justice and the American Way. [...]

]]> Comment on TRANSform Me: Success or Failure? by Essentializing Identity « Strange Box http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/05/14/transform-me-success-or-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Essentializing Identity « Strange Box Sat, 15 May 2010 04:20:13 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=343#comment-25 [...] Read the article here. Tags: essentialist, gender, identity, power, TransEnough.com Comments RSS feed [...] [...] Read the article here. Tags: essentialist, gender, identity, power, TransEnough.com Comments RSS feed [...]

]]> Comment on Talking the Talk by Tweets that mention Leela Sinha writes about how we, as minorities, educate our allies and friends. | Transenough.com | -- Topsy.com http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/04/12/talking-the-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Tweets that mention Leela Sinha writes about how we, as minorities, educate our allies and friends. | Transenough.com | -- Topsy.com Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:32:45 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=265#comment-24 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: Leela Sinha writes about how we, as minorities, educate our allies and friends. | Transenough.com | http://bit.ly/LeelaApr [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thisnik, Gender Free For All. Gender Free For All said: Leela Sinha writes about how we, as minorities, educate our allies and friends. | Transenough.com | http://bit.ly/LeelaApr [...]

]]> Comment on Pronoun Conjugation Cards by <img src='http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> stephanie.kinney http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/02/28/pronoun-conjugation-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-22 stephanie.kinney Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:22:26 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=221#comment-22 Along with that I want to add: Power dynamics are not flat. It is more radical, to me, to refer to cis-people with gender neutral pronouns, and trans- and gender noncomforming people with whatever pronoun they have chosen for themselves. A lot of us have worked hard to have our gender recognized, and I think that should be honooured through pronoun choice, so long as gendered pronouns are the norm for most people. Along with that I want to add: Power dynamics are not flat. It is more radical, to me, to refer to cis-people with gender neutral pronouns, and trans- and gender noncomforming people with whatever pronoun they have chosen for themselves. A lot of us have worked hard to have our gender recognized, and I think that should be honooured through pronoun choice, so long as gendered pronouns are the norm for most people.

]]> Comment on Pronoun Conjugation Cards by <img src='http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> stephanie.kinney http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/2010/02/28/pronoun-conjugation-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-21 stephanie.kinney Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:20:36 +0000 http://genderfreeforall.org/blog/?p=221#comment-21 I think this reflects our society's opinion that gender is primary and that, without a "normal" (cisgender, binary minded) gender people aren't worth acknowledgement. For me this isn't just about using "correct" pronouns for trans and gender noncomforming people. I think we should also be transforming society so gender is less primary in our language. Right now most people do not know how to talk about someone without addressing their gender. Take this sentence, for example: "I was talking to her the other day and she wanted me to say hi to you!" This sentence makes gender visible though it isn't relavent to the conversation. But English speakers are so used to it that most (cisgendered, binary minded) people don't realize how visible gendering is in daily conversation, because of pronouns. But that sentence is effectively saying "I was talking to a woman-person the other day and that woman-person wanted me to say hi to you!" Imagine if this reflected race: "I was talking to a black person the other day and that black person wanted me to say hi to you!" That would be strange and outrageous. Or class: "I was talking to a working-class person the other day..." Why is class important here? How about height? Weight? Whether someone wears glasses? I can talk about someone all day without telling you if there hair is cropped or long, unless we're talking about hair. But to talk about anyone without referring to their gender takes a lot of effort. Gender isn't relavent to the conversation any more than any other characteristic -- so why do we point it out all the damn time? I think a truly just society would use gender neutral pronouns, exclusively, for all people. I think this reflects our society’s opinion that gender is primary and that, without a “normal” (cisgender, binary minded) gender people aren’t worth acknowledgement. For me this isn’t just about using “correct” pronouns for trans and gender noncomforming people. I think we should also be transforming society so gender is less primary in our language. Right now most people do not know how to talk about someone without addressing their gender.

Take this sentence, for example: “I was talking to her the other day and she wanted me to say hi to you!”

This sentence makes gender visible though it isn’t relavent to the conversation. But English speakers are so used to it that most (cisgendered, binary minded) people don’t realize how visible gendering is in daily conversation, because of pronouns.

But that sentence is effectively saying “I was talking to a woman-person the other day and that woman-person wanted me to say hi to you!”

Imagine if this reflected race: “I was talking to a black person the other day and that black person wanted me to say hi to you!” That would be strange and outrageous.

Or class: “I was talking to a working-class person the other day…” Why is class important here?

How about height? Weight? Whether someone wears glasses? I can talk about someone all day without telling you if there hair is cropped or long, unless we’re talking about hair. But to talk about anyone without referring to their gender takes a lot of effort.

Gender isn’t relavent to the conversation any more than any other characteristic — so why do we point it out all the damn time?

I think a truly just society would use gender neutral pronouns, exclusively, for all people.

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