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In reply to the discussion: If Jenner can be a woman while still sporting a penis, why can't Rachel Dolezal be African American? [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)321. Oh wait, I have an example!
I'm a lesbian.
Do you think I am jolly and happy with the idea of women that aren't lesbians pretending to be lesbians for ignominy and to be "racy"?
Do you think it doesn't offend the fuck out of me when lesbians are portrayed as "just playing around until they find the right man"?
I DO most certainly know how that feels.
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If Jenner can be a woman while still sporting a penis, why can't Rachel Dolezal be African American? [View all]
uhnope
Jun 2015
OP
Which, by human definition (cause race or breeds are a made up term) is essentially race
Drahthaardogs
Jun 2015
#244
Gender identity is not dependent on body parts. Women who have no uterus or ovaries are still women
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#95
I had a hysterectomy, am postmenopausal. I consider myself female, a woman. You deny me that?
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#117
Postmenopausal means none of those female hormones, which makes women's features coarsen, facial
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#157
None of those facial changes has happened to me, and I've been post-menapausal for awhile
whathehell
Jun 2015
#224
What body parts "makes you a woman"? You seem to also say being a woman is dependent on
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#252
Unless a person fully transitions physically, they are still he/she as they were born?
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#259
Is the person in this reply a real man? He no longer has those biological physical
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#261
No, you are posting your point of view, and are making absolute statements based on minimal
Zorra
Jun 2015
#311
It depends. For someone transitioning to their perceived gender identity of male, no. For those
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#417
Why?..Why is it all so negative?..I think unhope is just asking an honest question
whathehell
Jun 2015
#84
Do you have the slightest clue how stupid your wavey thiong is in these situations
HERVEPA
Jun 2015
#251
It was late. That being said, the opinions of those who can't spell a word like "thing"
whathehell
Jun 2015
#370
For your knowledge, there is a difference between "can't spell" and a typing mistake
HERVEPA
Jun 2015
#371
I don't think it's fair or accurate to automatically categorize the DU Jury pool as "transphobic".
whathehell
Jun 2015
#231
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE - Explanation: Calling it what it is ...is not hide worthy.
L0oniX
Jun 2015
#372
I'm afraid it is, and if you had "listened and learned" from a larger pool of people,
whathehell
Jun 2015
#367
No one from that larger pool is successfully pushing 'trans-racial' as legitimate theory.
lovemydog
Jun 2015
#384
Not in the extremely short time that the Dolezar case has been in the news, maybe
whathehell
Jun 2015
#392
Thank you...It is being discussed all across the media, social and otherwise
whathehell
Jun 2015
#368
Why do you put identifies in quotes? That is nasty towards trans gendered people, implying that they
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#17
I have a feeling she probably never felt all that privileged 'being a white man'.
polly7
Jun 2015
#83
The difference between being forced to live a lie and choosing to do so is huge
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#65
Juror one is a fucking transphobe. This board is crawling with them. N/t
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#189
What fucking drives me up the wall is they are tolerated here. This is not a safe place...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#201
Confusing bluntness and adolescent petulance is the first mistake. Just sayin', part two...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#8
gender dysphoria is pretty much a universal experience across countries and cultures
Johonny
Jun 2015
#10
However many, many people try to assimulate themselves into another culture.
AngryAmish
Jun 2015
#144
Can't we say the same for Dolezal, "no matter what body parts she may or may not have"?
uhnope
Jun 2015
#20
Your oppression and self-styled martyrdom will be given all the credibility they indeed, warrant...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#94
Uhnope, Uh, remember me? Who supported your many posts before? Then you get a time out and come back
freshwest
Jun 2015
#373
The OP may have That dreaded Agenda©. But if it's a slow-moving target, hit it.
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#155
I would be interested in reading the reasons duers voted to leave. Were they unclear on the
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#178
Because I don't want that batshit insane woman claiming to speak for me and my culture.
Blue_Tires
Jun 2015
#23
The difference between being forced to live a lie and deliberately choosing to do so...
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2015
#29
You were clear in the direction of your frustration, and I completely agree with your sentiments.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#128
How can gender be fluid? It's not that way in the rest of the natural world - biology, botany,
Hestia
Jun 2015
#387
That's fine...This talking point was circulating on Conservative Twitter 3-4 days ago
Blue_Tires
Jun 2015
#77
More vote to hide a post calling bigots out than the bigoted post? Juries can be odd
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#125
Yes, which tells you a lot of people here do not view her question as "bigotry".
whathehell
Jun 2015
#97
Because she's only black when it's convenient, Dolezal was plenty white when she sued Howard U.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#70
She has harmed both the AA and trans community with her "transracial" bullshit.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#112
Why are white people trying to tell black people to let Rachael Dolezal be black?
bravenak
Jun 2015
#89
lol you got it backward. The NAACP was fine with Dolezal. White conservatives are mocking her
uhnope
Jun 2015
#103
Wow. Would you like to buy a clue? ACLU is not the same thing as NAACP.
Liberal Veteran
Jun 2015
#127
I'm sure police would be more than happy to oblige black folks they pull over.
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#114
I co-sign ever word of your post topic. I don't even know why I clicked on this thread.
Number23
Jun 2015
#260
If this woman is black, why did she sue Howard University for discriminating against her for being-
bravenak
Jun 2015
#184
"We do not have to let this white lady be black until we get to be white if we want."
Codeine
Jun 2015
#187
Gender expression is a social construct, for example, dresses for girls, pants for boys...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#254
Thanks for the links, marking so I can read when I have some spare time. I read the PT article and
seaglass
Jun 2015
#369
How do you know that a woman is a non-lesbian trying to be racy instead of a bisexual woman? n/t
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#331
I don't undestand why that troll hasn't been banned yet, she is an open social conservative...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#257
Since when is the goal to "deconstruct gender" what does that even mean?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#281
Race is largely a cultural construct, what differences exist are superficial. "Transracial" isn't...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#282
I see a lot of people who don't care that their subculture is adopted by someone who...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#292
Its the framing the questions which is the problem, you don't want honest answers...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#295
The OP used offensive language, transphobic language to ask their "question"...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#459
I know you can't reply, but you should self delete anyway. This is a horrible and transphobic OP
stevenleser
Jun 2015
#323
How unfortunate for DU that an OP this insenstive to a member of the trans community survived an
merrily
Jun 2015
#329
If the NAACP was cool with having a white woman identifying as an African American woman
merrily
Jun 2015
#353