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Julia Serano
@juliaserano.bsky.social
author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
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MY LATEST ESSAY: "Why Does 'Transvestigation' Happen? On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People." IMHO most takes on this barely scratch the surface. here I thoroughly unpack it. no-paywall link, please give it lots of "claps" & share widely: juliaserano.medium.com/why-does-tra...

Why Does “Transvestigation” Happen?
Why Does “Transvestigation” Happen?

On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People

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Ccassalalia.bsky.social

Good read, but I'm confused by the assertion at the start that there were no trans athletes at the Olympics when Nikki Hiltz and Quinn are both trans? Just a typo and you meant to say trans women?

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Eenorconhcet.bsky.social

Really fine work, thanks! By age 70 I've experienced a lot of conflicted 'double vision' (binary, like almost everyone around me" which eventually gave way to 'multiple gender, whatever' vision. Looking back on childhood I realized ages ago all I wanted to be was a 'person'. Girls were NOT persons.

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GBgoblineditor.bsky.social

I realize I do still fall into these ways of thinking (and have made mistakes that were painful or embarrassing to the other person). It's an ongoing process to unlearn those habits.

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LCelmcee.bsky.social

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...here's an excerpt from the intro to "Why Does 'Transvestigation' Happen? On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People" – I'll 🧵 more excerpts later. if you appreciate this essay, please consider supporting me on Patreon for as little as $1/month! www.patreon.com/juliaserano

screenshot from linked to essay that reads (in part):
Most accounts of “transvestigation” that I’ve come across either portray the phenomenon as a “bizarre” conspiracy theory, or the inevitable byproduct of “transphobic brain rot” (i.e., individuals who’ve become so consumed with transphobia that they’ve lost their grip on reality), or some combination thereof. While all these things may certainly be true, this framing seems to imply that the rest of us see gender and trans people “normally” or “correctly.” And frankly, nothing could be further from the truth! In reality, as individuals, we often see and interpret gender in wildly different ways.
I have written at great length about how we perceive sex and gender in my most recent book Sexed Up. And I explored the many obstacles these ways of seeing create for trans and other gender-nonconforming people in my first book Whipping Girl. In this essay, I will draw on some of those ideas to explain what “transvestigation” really is and...
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Llibablue.bsky.social

Thanks

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CNcyranoavek.bsky.social

Thanks for the interesting essay.

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Ttanadrin.bsky.social

very good piece!

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LWwoodsiegirl.bsky.social

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Mmichachu.bsky.social

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Julia Serano
@juliaserano.bsky.social
author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
5.5k followers252 following456 posts