genderqueerpositivity:From the 1993 zine “Gendertrash From Hell #2”, here is a poem called “No You C

genderqueerpositivity:From the 1993 zine “Gendertrash From Hell #2”, here is a poem called “No You Can’t” by Xanthra-Phillippa MacKay.(“To all thosegenetic gay menwho all say that they understand our anger & where it comes fromwhile continuing to transie-bash us, deny us our distinctiveness, ridicule us,call our lovers gay,take all our M->F heroines & herstories for their own & speak for & over usi just want to say no you can’tTo all thosegenetic lesbianswho want to be part of the gender described communities while still defining themselves as genetic wimmin & TS wimmin as genetic males,who continue to label all our F->M heroes & histories as theirs under the guise of reclaiming i just want to say no you cantTo all thosegenetics who have refused to accept our gender identities, who insist on identifying us by societal gender codes, who insist that we are agents of the patriarchy & who use their power & priviledge to deny us any public access where we might try to contest their messages of hatei just want to say no you can’tTo all thosegenetics who insist on treating us as poor suffering victims while refusing to do anything of real substance to prevent or end our victimizationi just want to say no you can’tTo all thoseliberal geneticswho want to talk about usbeing able to go to a genetic wimmin-only festivalbut who won’t talk about us having emergency shelters rape crisis centres & transie-bashing hotlines that can really support us at those times when we really need themi just want to say no you can’tTo all thosegenetic psychiatrists & their kindwho insist on keeping control over our lives, who continue to maim us physically, emotionally, socially & psychically, in the names of their gender hating theories stained with our blood i just want to say no you can’tTo all thosereally politically liberal genetics & their organizationswho, realizing that transgendered rights are the next big fad think that they can appear politically okayby tacking the word transgendered at the end of their group’s title,while doing absolutely nothing to promote transgendered rights & everything they can to prevent, hinder &/orlimit acceptance of those rightsi just want to say no you can’tTo all thoseorganizations that call themselves queer in order to appear more inclusive but are really just for lesbians & gays & their issues onlyi just want to say no you can’tTo all thoseemergency support agencieswho say that we can come to them in times of crisis while knowing nothing about us orrefusing to learn about us & our specific needs, without any gender described people on staff or at most one for appearances only,who insist that if we do go to them for support that we keep our backgrounds completely hidden & who then wonder why we don’t feel safe or welcomed by them if we call them at alli just want to say no you can’tTo all thoseothers, too numerous to mention who i have left outbut who have attacked us in equally numerous ways,who have made our lives a nightmare of an endurance test, denying us our gender identities, control over our lives, bodies & culturei just want to say no you can’tTo all thosegender described peoplewho continue to follow their true gender paths with strong gender described courage,despite the vast array of genetics who oppose us at every single point of our livesi just want to say yes you can”xanthra phillippa with gender described love, support & editing from jeanne b.)*genetic(s) is a term used to describe cisgender people. Gender described is used here to refer to transsexual, transgender, and genderqueer people. -- source link

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