the feminist librarian reads

How to Be an Ally to Trans Women | Julia Serano @ Velvetpark

So when people ask me what they can do to be allies to trans women, I tell them that the most important thing they can do is to help work toward creating new queer women’s communities: Communities that celebrate difference rather than sameness; communities where all of us are listened to and valued for our unique perspectives; communities where every person is seen as a legitimate object of desire; communities where our gender expressions are not policed; communities where gold star lesbians are not viewed as any better than devoutly bisexual women, and where trans women are not viewed as less legitimate than cis women; communities that acknowledge that women who love other women may take an infinite number of different life paths in order to get here. Let’s work together to build new queer women’s communities where all of us, despite superficial differences in our bodies and histories, are given the benefit of doubt.