Language, transphobia and hurting others (even if unintentionally)

Nimue Brown:

I think this is a really important post, and invites all of us to do some serious thinking and ask questions about how we include those who want to be included, how we might accidentally exclude people, and what we might choose to do if we find we got it wrong, and how much better things are when we care enough to ask how to fix things when they go awry. We all make mistakes. The measure of honour, for me, is what we do in the aftermath…

Originally posted on Treasure in Barren Places:

EDIT (22/3/15): The producers of the podcast in question have said that they will edit it to remove the slurs (see latest comment on this post). I know that a lot of trans people and their allies will appreciate this. Thanks to Damh for this.

A podcast I admire has engaged in language that has hurt some of its trans listeners. Language that the producers could have edited, but chose not to.

At the same time, I���ve discovered that a polytheist group I used to think very highly of has been expressing violently transphobic sentiments about camps/conferences and women-only spaces. (I���m not linking to the places where, as I haven���t talked to members of this group since it happened so I don���t want to highlight them without right of reply ��� but the evidence��is out there for everyone to see anyway.)

You���ll probably remember the trans-phobic incidents that���

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