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re: Are you cis-gender privileged?

Posted on 7/14/14 at 11:07 am to
Posted by DCRebel
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Posted on 7/14/14 at 11:07 am to
Yes. I am.
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:51 pm to
First what brought this about and where did you get these images/descriptions of privilege?

Anyhoo... People are people. I'm not gonna hassle anyone for being gay, straight, bi, or trans. Even if someone takes me aback with their appearance at first or views I don't agree with and/or strike me as odd/strange, I'll do my damndest to always treat them with respect and find common ground and if they're good peeps I'd be happy to have them as friends. My basic rule is call people what they want to be called - doesn't matter who they are gay, straight, christian, muslim, mormon, alternative relgion, black, latino etc. etc. and if someone tells me that my words hurt them and/or are offensive to them (unless it's just something absurd but even then I'll at least think about what they have to say on the matter) I'll do my best to stop using it. I just think that's the way we ought to treat everyone we encounter. Live and let live.

That said, looking at the post defining cisgendered privilege it seems to me that it's flawed. Trans folk who blend in and know one would ever take for trans - do they have cisgendered privilege? Cisgendered straight folk who are androgynous looking and/or look like the opposite - what about them? Gay folk who are cisgendered and aren't trying to look like the opposite sex but who fall into the same category as the straight folks I just mentioned - what of them? A lot of people encounter similar issues - not all of them like the medical issue or prison issue but a lot of those on the list.
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