I learned a lot about transgender women and their fight in combating transphobia in this video. Although I was aware that it exists, I haven’t thought more deeply upon the ways it has negatively impacted the life’s of these powerful women. As they too, deserve respect and compassion, I think it important that we all challenge the misconceived notions people have in unfairly portraying transgender women.
In Serano’s ‘Trans Women Manifesto” she explains how cigender people have been made the victims of violence through the ridicules of the media, the establishments of medicine and psychology, being made the victims of violence and prejudice, stating her notion that no sexual minority is more maligned or misunderstood than trans women. (pg. 441) At first, I wasn’t sure if I agreed with this, as homo-sexuals also face similar undeserved prejudices. However, after watching Beautiful Daughters, I realized how much compassion these women deserve, as they have taken outstanding lengths to stand up for what they believe in, for the way they feel, and should be portrayed as powerful for their perseverance and determination. I never realized just how powerful these women are, as not many of us can say we have gone through what they have. Yet they deny these discriminations and continue to stand up for who they are, as a people within our people, fighting to overcome the pitiable denial of these women as being a REAL woman, and a powerful, respectable woman. I think it is important that cisgender people act as allies with the transgender society, as it is important for everyone to work together to overcome discrimination. I think cigender people can have a significant impact in combating transphobia in acting as allies with the transgender community because they can speak to other cigender people in standing up for the rights and power of a real and beautifully feminine, transgender women
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