Sirona
Hindu Wannabe
I'm just interested in the use of words; I have no ill intent towards sexual minorities so don't impute any on me.
In an article in the German Wikipedia describing the meaning of the word "queer", I read about "non-binary transgenders". To be honest, I find these words a bit contradictory. In the basic Latin meaning, trans means
So, to me this implies that there is a point A and a point B, and that you have to do something to get across an "obstacle" to reach one "pole". On Youtube, I found a rant of an angry transwoman who perfectly fit the "pretty girl" stereotype even with her voice. She said that her goal was "passing as a woman" and that the "queer ideal" was opposite to this goal. When I was younger, I had some transgender friends. 90% of them were MtF transsexuals or transvestites, and what they were interested in was also "passing as a woman", for example, by wearing petticoats to hide their lower body or by removing beard hair by means of laser treatment. I think the term transgender implies a binary concept. You may find people like bearded men in dresses in show business or fashion business, but I think nobody would seriously believe that their intent is to pass as a pretty girl stereotype.
If things are non-binary nowadays, why undergo change in the first place?
Please discuss.
In an article in the German Wikipedia describing the meaning of the word "queer", I read about "non-binary transgenders". To be honest, I find these words a bit contradictory. In the basic Latin meaning, trans means
So, to me this implies that there is a point A and a point B, and that you have to do something to get across an "obstacle" to reach one "pole". On Youtube, I found a rant of an angry transwoman who perfectly fit the "pretty girl" stereotype even with her voice. She said that her goal was "passing as a woman" and that the "queer ideal" was opposite to this goal. When I was younger, I had some transgender friends. 90% of them were MtF transsexuals or transvestites, and what they were interested in was also "passing as a woman", for example, by wearing petticoats to hide their lower body or by removing beard hair by means of laser treatment. I think the term transgender implies a binary concept. You may find people like bearded men in dresses in show business or fashion business, but I think nobody would seriously believe that their intent is to pass as a pretty girl stereotype.
If things are non-binary nowadays, why undergo change in the first place?
Please discuss.