konogasa

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by konogasa 5y ago
The David Reimer case is not really "evidence" of anything. At best it's more like a hint or a suggestion. "Evidence" should mean there is a scientific theory and someone conducted an experiment to prove or disprove
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by konogasa 5y ago
I'm a trans woman. What evidence is that you are citing?
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by konogasa 5y ago
What kind of backlash do you want to see? If we're talking about arguing with idiots on twitter 24/7 then I don't think most people are prepared to do that. And why does there need to be a "backlash" even? Do we abs
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by konogasa 5y ago
I'm a little bit confused. At first you talked about "dating" someone, now you're talking about starting a family. These seem to be different, not necessarily mutually exclusive, but not necessarily identical, goals. Can
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by konogasa 5y ago
OK, but I'm trans and I'd say your "woke" friends are talking nonsense and I hope that they will all actually wake up and realise what inane nonsense they're talking. Now what? Are trans people not allowed to have d
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by konogasa 5y ago
I'm trans and I'd be fine with it and I think of the arguments that it's transphobic as misguided at best, malicious at worst. There seems to be a vocal contigent of transwomen who identify as lesbians who try to argue that a
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by konogasa 5y ago
It's not a new thing. In some parts of the world at least transgendered women typically transitioned during their puberty, at 13 or 14. A great source for this observation is 'Travesti: Sex, Gender and Culture among Brazilian Tr
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by konogasa 5y ago
> Why should someone "come out" as anything? "When are you going to find a good girl to marry?" "Mom, I'm gay". For example.
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by konogasa 5y ago
Thank you.
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by konogasa 5y ago
> On the contrary, that's a terrifying amount of political clout and power to steer discourse. This one reminds me of the old joke about Jews controlling the media. One jewish man asks another why he's reading all those tabloid
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by konogasa 5y ago
> I was hoping for some raunchy limericks or something. Yay because being trans is all about being raunchy hey ho! OK, here's my own joke. I'm trans and this is a trans joke taken from, like, life, dude. There's this guy s
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by konogasa 5y ago
> And yes, I don't think that those "trans women" are, or should be considered, women. Actually, not even "trans". You say this very lightly but it's obvious to me that you haven't really considered the
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by konogasa 5y ago
> 1. Adichie is transphobic. I'm a trans woman too. Can you please explain to me how "trans women are women" is transphobic? I have said "I am a trans woman" many times in my life. Can you please explain whether
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by konogasa 9y ago
I can't edit my post. I wanted to add that it's not just the internet postings of vicious, transphobic trolls that have made me think. It's things like the controversy around Fallon Fox; or, the story of a trans woman who rec
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by konogasa 9y ago
>> Please don't speak for the "majority" of us without backing it up with polling data at minimum. I'm not speaking for the majority of trans women. I'm speaking of them. So when I say that "my descri
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by konogasa 9y ago
>> I am cis-gendered female and exhibit a lot of conversational traits typically identified as male-patterned. Does that mean I shouldn't be allowed? I concede I haven't considered women with atypical behaviours so I'll
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by konogasa 9y ago
You know, after thinking about this a bit more it just hit me that it'd be really great to have a community for trans women in tech, where to connect and network and find or offer mentoring to others. Others who don't identify as
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by konogasa 9y ago
I guess you're right, in fact I think my comment above should be seen in the context of those "successes and blunders" that help decide the direction a group is going to (I mean trans women, not Leap). It took me a long time
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by konogasa 9y ago
>> This is certainly not the case for all trans women. You may not feel like you need to join a community like this, but I don't think it's fair to then speak for/to the trans community saying that none of us should. I
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by konogasa 9y ago
I expect this to be a controversial comment. I might just be overreacting. If you identify as a woman and are interested in joining Leap, please sign up for our beta here. I'm a trans woman who works in tech. I think it'