Spicy Sexism: Microagressions, Performativity & Trans Allyship

This week Leah is joined by Callum Edwards (he/they/bug) to discuss trans allyship including performativity, microagressions and TERF dogwhistles. 

Please support Callum's art https://bugdrawz.carrd.co/

And here are some links for further ally education

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/09/19/why-asking-students-their-preferred-pronoun-not-good-idea-opinion (Rachel N Levin: Why Asking Students Their Preferred Pronoun is Not a Good Idea)

https://medium.com/@quinncrossley/uplifting-diverse-genders-beyond-women-and-non-binary-916c890f2185 (Quinn Crossley: Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond “Women and Nonbinary”

https://www.reddit.com/r/NonBinary/comments/c6yxcy/thoughts_on_women_and_nonbinary_people_often/ (A very good discussion - one commenter proposed “Women and those who feel that they belong in women-centred spaces” as an alternative)

https://twitter.com/drdevonprice/status/1364996321518624772 (Good thread from Devon Prince)

https://youtu.be/j_8l1MFcAiQ (Ashton Daniel: being trans & nonbinary online is exhausting and it’s cis people’s fault)

https://medium.com/@sethkatz.art/the-fetishiation-an-infantilization-of-trans-men-3d3a01e66dae (Seth Katz: The Fetishization and Infantilization of Trans Men)

http://www.themichigangayly.com/opinions/trans-man-or-baby-boy-a-new-wave-of-transphobia-through-fetishization (Adrian Bayer: Trans Man or Baby Boy? A New Wave of Transphobia Through Fetishization)

https://www.reddit.com/r/FTMMen/comments/9ka70h/lets_talk_about_the_infantilization_of_trans_men/ (This is a really good discussion)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxCvtP5Ex0 A good stream where a trans person watches and talks about a Jubilee video entitled something like “Trans VS Traditional”

(https://www.practicewithpronouns.com/#/?_k=1xjo38 is an amazing website that will let you practice using any pronouns!)

Transmed rhetoric, and why it’s wrong (https://atranslog.medium.com/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rU0FI7nG8 - A nice and short video from someone who used to be a transmed. This isn’t a super educational video, however it might provide some context and a further explanation.

Basic trans ettiquete: https://mashable.com/2015/10/18/transgender-ally-words/

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